monitoring under the RMA and the Council’s obligations;
the Council’s approach to monitoring sites though annual programmes;
a summary of the resource consents held by SDC; and
the nature of the monitoring programme in place for the period under review.
Each of the closed landfills is then discussed in a separate section (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
recommendations 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
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`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 effects;
(c) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or
terrestrial;
(d) natural and physical resources
results, their interpretation, and their significance for the
environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2015-2016 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
Regional Council (the Council) adopted a water
management plan for the river in September 1991.
At the end of the 2014-2015 monitoring period a total of 21 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
surface and groundwater results indicate no adverse impacts from
stockpiling or spreading at this site. Ongoing monitoring of the site will ensure that any
consent limits that apply at the time of surrender, are satisfied at that time. There were three
Unauthorised Incident/s (UI/s) recording non-compliance in respect of this consent holder
during the period under review.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a poor level of compliance with various consent
conditions, and improvement is
improve their stormwater system. No odour impacts
were reported or noted during inspections. Housekeeping was prevalent with all worms beds covered when
not being fed or harvested.
During the year, the Company’s Uruti facility demonstrated an improvement required level of environmental
and administrative performance with the resource consents.
During the year, the Company’s Waitara Road facility demonstrated a high level of environmental and
administrative performance with the resource
discusses the results.
STDC demonstrated a high level of administrative compliance with its resource consents. No
rating is given for environmental effects as no discharges or in-stream works have yet to occur.
No incidents were recorded by Council in regards to this site during the period under review.
For reference, in the 2013-2014 year, 60% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level of environmental
performance and
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resulting from such actions or reliance.
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