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
be implemented in the 2013-2015 monitoring
years.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
1.2 Compliance monitoring and the Resource Management Act
(1991)
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
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
warranties and accepts no responsibility for any
actions taken based on or reliance placed on the report and maps
and excludes liability for any loss, damage, expense or liability
resulting from such actions or reliance.
Where the New Plymouth District Council, Taranaki Regional
Council, Stratford District Council or South Taranaki District Council
disseminates the deliverables to any other party in any medium
(web-site) or otherwise and in full or part the deliverables are to be
accompanied,
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 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)
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
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
still in place informing the public of the erosion and the dune
replanting efforts.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative
performance and compliance with the resource consents, and there were no unauthorised
incidents reported in relation to the motor camp. No adverse environmental effects were
observed as a result of the wastewater system or rock revetment structure.
This report includes recommendations for the 2015-2016 year.
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.
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 arise in relation to: