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, including landscape, amenity and
remains at a good or high level.
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Table of contents
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Introduction 1
Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource Management Act 1991 1
Introduction 1
Structure of this report 1
The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring 2
Investigations, interventions, and incidents 2
Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance 2
Process description 6
Summary of resource consents 6
continuous basis for 24 hours, every three days, and determination of the average
concentration of PM10 in air sampled during that period.
The Council also undertook, as a further stage of investigation, analysis of 6 filters
used during the monitoring, to confirm the likely origins of suspended particulate
matter collected during each sampling period.
The monitoring showed that overall, 80% of samples fell into the Ministry's 'excellent'
or 'good' categories, and all results met the
total of 26 resource consents, which include conditions setting out the
requirements that they must satisfy. Fonterra holds four consents to allow it to take and use
water and for associated structures, eight consents to discharge stormwater, sediment, and
back flushing from sand filters (and their associated structures) into the unnamed tributaries of
the Tangahoe, Tawhiti and an unnamed coastal stream, or to land where it may enter water,
six consents to discharge wastewater to the Tasman Sea
monitoring
period.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
1.2 The Resource Management Act (1991) and monitoring
The 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
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, whether aquatic or
terrestrial;
(d) natural and physical resources having
data.
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2018-2019 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and 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,
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
‘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