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 social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality,
general charge
Pursuant to section 15(1)(b) of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, a uniform
annual general charge (to produce $3,480,756) of $64.40—GST inclusive for every
separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit in the Taranaki region.
Separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP): A SUIP is defined as a
separately used or occupied part of a rating unit and includes any part of a rating
unit that is used or occupied by any person, other than the ratepayer, having a
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
their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2017-2018 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:
farmland. Disposals at the Spence site were completed in 2012.
All three sites are continually monitored and reported on annually, as consents have not yet
expired or been surrendered.
This report for the period July 2014 to June 2015 describes the monitoring programme
implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the environmental
performance during the period under review, and the results and environmental effects of
their activities.
Origin Energy holds two resource
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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30 October 2015
Nicolette West
Policy Analyst
Taranaki Regional Council
NEW ZEALAND
ID: 0014
Dear Nicolette
PETROLEUM DRILLING ACTIVITIES: BUFFER DISTANCES FROM OUTSTANDING AREAS
AND SUBSTRATE TYPES REQUIRING PROTECTION
Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) is currently reviewing its coastal plan and in
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1.1.3 The Resource Management Act (1991) and monitoring
The Resource Management Act 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 a discharger, and may
include cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual
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, whether aquatic or
terrestrial;
(d) natural and physical
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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