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Tsunami Inundation Map
The inundation zones were
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
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
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
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
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,
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;
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b. physical effects on the locality, including
Waitara Road at Brixton, Waitara, in the Waiongana catchment. The operations at this site
mainly involve packaged dairy related products. Goods are stored under roofed catchments
with the remaining areas being paved or gravel. The site also has a truck wash facility with
waste water draining to sumps and then to the stormwater system.
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
interpretation, and their significance for the
environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2013-2014 monitoring
year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource 1.2
Management Act 1991
The Resource Management Act primarily addresses environmental `effects' which
are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or permanent, past,
faecal contamination of seawater as a result of the
treatment system.
During the 2014-2015 monitoring year, the STDC demonstrated a good level of administrative
compliance with the resource consent and a high level of environmental performance in
relation to the consent. During the year there were no unauthorised incidents or any adverse
effects on the receiving environment in relation to Consent 3769-3.
This report includes recommendations for the 2015-2016 year.
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