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
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,
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. …
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
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
Council) adopted a water management plan for the river in September 1991.
At the end of the 2016-2017 monitoring period a total of 20 consents were held by the 13 industries
monitored under this programme that discharge wastewater, stormwater and/or leachate from the
industrial area at Fitzroy, New Plymouth to the lower Waiwhakaiho River and Mangaone Stream, or to land
in the lower Waiwhakaiho and Mangaone Stream catchments. The activities and impacts of the consent
holders upon water quality
to be implemented in the 2019-2020 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 community around an activity, and may
conditions of the applicable resource consents. There is no evidence of
any issues with any injection well currently in use, or the ability of the receiving formation to
accept injected fluids. The results of groundwater quality monitoring undertaken show no
adverse effects of the activity at monitored locations. Inspections undertaken during the
monitoring year found sites being operated in a professional manner and there were no
Unauthorised Incidents in relation to any of the Company’s DWI