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. ecosystems, including effects on
relation to decision making. Unless otherwise stated, the recommended option
outlined in each report meets the purpose of local government and:
Promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of communities in
the present and for the future.
Would not alter significantly the intended level of service provision for any significant
activity undertaken by or on behalf of the Council, or transfer the ownership or control
of a strategic asset to or from the Council. …
‘objectionable’ and or
‘offensive’ odour was found to be emanating beyond the piggery boundary nor were there any
unauthorised discharges from the effluent treatment system discharging into the receiving
waters.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a good level of environmental performance and
a high level of administrative performance with the resource consents.
This report includes recommendations for the 2015-2016 year.
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May 2014, the site was known as Riverlands Eltham. The plant has an
associated wastewater treatment ponds system from which effluent is disposed of either to land or to the
river. This report for the killing season from October 2016-September 2017 describes the monitoring
programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s
environmental performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the
monitoring undertaken and
and 6544-1 were not exercised during the 2014-2015 monitoring
period. An assessment of process data provided by the consent holder and data gathered
during Council inspections do not indicate any potential issues with the integrity of the
injection well or the injection zone.
Groundwater monitoring carried out by the Council in the vicinity of the Manutahi-D
wellsite does not indicate any contamination of shallow aquifers as a result of injection
activities, further supporting the
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10. Consultation policies .................................................................................................................................... 10
11. Policies for liaising with, and memoranda or agreements with, Maori ....................................................... 11
12. Management structure ................................................................................................................................ 13
13. Equal employment opportunities policy
(Sections 2 to 4).
In each subsection 1 (e.g. Section 2.1) there is a general description of the landfilled
site and its discharges, an aerial photograph or map showing the location of the
former landfill, and an outline of the matters covered by the water discharge permit.
Subsection 2 presents the results of monitoring of the SDC’s activities at each of the
sites during the period under review, including scientific and technical data.
Subsection 3 discusses the results, their
concern at the time of sampling. No offensive or objectionable odours were detected beyond
the boundary during inspections and there were no complaints in relation to air emissions
from the site.
During the year, the Company demonstrated an overall high level of both environmental
performance and administrative compliance with the resource consents. There were no
unauthorised incidents recorded by the Council in relation to the Company’s activities. The
Waihapa Production Station and
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,
operations at the Mangahewa-D wellsite
during the period under review, and the results and environmental effects of the Company’s
activities.
The Company holds six resource consents, which include a total of 88 conditions setting out
the requirements that the Company must satisfy. The Company holds two consents to allow it
to take and use water, two consents to discharge effluent /stormwater onto land or into an
unnamed tributary of the Manganui River, one consent to discharge into land, and one