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.
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:
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(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around a discharger, and may
include cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b) physical
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scientific and technical data.
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the
environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2015-2017 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,
issued as a result of the incident investigations undertaken. In three other cases, although the
complaint could not be substantiated at the time of investigation, issues that had the potential
for effects were identified and preventative measures were agreed upon. The complaints
related to a variety of air quality issues, namely odour, dust, or smoke. All incidents and the
Council’s investigations and enforcement actions have previously been reported to the Council
and public. None of the
monitoring
period.
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, 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
on the positive part of
the scale such as ‘total agreement’ which is the sum of 1 + 2 on the scale
• Throughout the report some findings from the media and literature scan are included – full references for these findings are
documented at the end of this report
• When information from the scan is cited we make it clear if it is from a media article or a research report
Ministry for Primary Industries
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Statistical significance testing
Sub-sample differences
Council participated, and to
discuss their significance and answered questions arising.
Recommended
THAT the Taranaki Regional Council
a) receives the memorandum National Survey of Pesticides and Emerging Contaminants in
Groundwater 2018
b) notes the results of the survey, that pesticides are virtually undetectable in the
Taranaki groundwater or when present, are far below levels of concern for either
environmental or human health
c) notes the detection of various EOCs in …
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, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider
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1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of the Inventory of coastal areas of local or regional significance in the Taranaki
Region (Inventory) is to provide information on coastal areas of local or regional
significance in the Taranaki region, and to provide information on public access to the
coastal marine area. Further, the Inventory identifies where subdivisions have
occurred in the coastal area since 1999. The Inventory will facilitate statutory bodies
in their decision-making on