Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2014-2015 monitoring
year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
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1.1.3 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
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Tsunami Inundation Map
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List of figures
Figure 1 Location of bacteriological sampling sites and treatment system 5
List of photos
Photo 1 Wastewater ponding and weed growth on the surface of the eastern filter
bed, 21 December 2015 8
Photo 2 Eastern filter bed with no wastewater ponding or weed growth, 16
February 2016 9
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1. Introduction
1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource
Management Act 1991
The Council did not receive any complaints or register any unauthorised incidents
associated with any of the Company’s DWI activities during the 2014-2015 monitoring
period.
During the year under review Todd Energy Limited demonstrated a high level of
environmental performance and a high level of administrative performance and compliance
with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2014-2015 year, 75% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance monitoring
the Company never generated when
the lake level was at or below the minimum authorised level during the reporting period, and
that leakage was the principle cause when a low lake level occurred. There is still concern
about the sand inundation of the head of Opunake Lake, and the reduced recreational value
that has resulted from this. The Company is continuing to investigate an array of options,
including reducing the potential for sand ingress, modifying the head of the lake to allow
better
Revision No:1.5
Date:12-6-2020
Controller: C Kay
1.0 Purpose of the Plan
The purpose of this document is to ensure the operation of the Uruti farm is managed appropriately
using Good Management Practices and operates within regulatory rules and resource consent
conditions. A major focus of this plan is to avoid, remedy or mitigate the loss of nitrogen to surface
water and ground water from irrigated wastewater onto the effluent block.
2.0 General
The Uruti farm was purchased in 2001
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 community around an activity, and
hydraulic
fracturing activities at the Kowhai-C wellsite.
Greymouth Petroleum Limited notified the Council of its intention to test the well and
combust gas intermittently at the Kowhai-C wellsite between 8 January 2014 and 9 February
2014. Although gas combustion was anticipated intermittently for approximately two weeks,
gas combustion only occurred intermittently over the course of a few days in conjunction
with well testing and pipeline installations. No offensive or objectionable odours,
any issues with any injection well
currently in use, or the on-going ability of the receiving formation to accept injected fluids. The results of
groundwater quality monitoring undertaken show no adverse effects of the activity at on local groundwater
resources. 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 consents.
During the year, the Company
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 special