presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the
last several years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a good
or high level.
This report includes recommendations for the 2016-2017 year.
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1. Introduction 1
1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource
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1.1.1 Introduction 1
1.1.2
to generally discourage the use of hard protection structures in the
coastal marine area.
The submitter has highlighted an issue whereby the Policy reference to “regionally
important infrastructure” is problematic in that it excludes some activities and
arguably repeats consideration matters covered in Clause (e), which refer to the
national and regional importance of existing infrastructure, use or value at threat.
The Council agrees to an alternative relief whereby
or chronic exposure guidelines in 21 of 24 results. Suspended
solids were found to be above median at all sites (including at the upstream control site)
however in all sampling surveys there was found be only slight increases in the
concentration of suspended solids between the upstream control site and the site
immediately below New Plymouth District Council’s (NPDC’s) treatment ponds at the
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bottom of the industrial catchment. Concentrations of ammoniacal
overall good level of environmental
performance.
The Council’s monitoring programme for the period under review included four compliance monitoring
inspections of the site focussing on types of materials discharged, stormwater and leachate control, and
emissions to air.
The monitoring during the period under review showed that the closing of the site to the general public
resulted in no unacceptable material being dumped on site. There were no issues noted relating to
stormwater or odour.
Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA)primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’
which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or
future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include
cultural and social-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats,
issues with the integrity of the injection
well or the injection zones.
Groundwater monitoring carried out by the Council in the vicinity of the Cheal-A wellsite
does not indicate any contamination of shallow aquifers due to injection operations, further
supporting the conclusion that the injection wells and injection zones remain secure.
The information gathered during inspection visits and the data supplied by the consent
holder have been used in compiling this report.
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programmes carried out by the Council.
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1.1.3 The Resource Management Act (1991) and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive
or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects
may arise in relation to:
(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include
cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape,
on
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Table 3 Summary of performance for 9616-1 to take groundwater as ‘produced
water’, during hydrocarbon exploration and production activities at
the Cheal-G wellsite 21
Table 4 Summary of performance for 9613-1 to discharge contaminants to air
from hydrocarbon exploration at the Cheal-G wellsite, including
combustion involving flaring or incineration of petroleum recovered
natural deposits, in association with well development or
redevelopment and testing or
scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or
adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may
arise in relation to:
(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include
cultural and social-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality,