‘acceptable’ category. There were no
exceedances of WHO’s daily mean threshold, with the maximum individual daily mean recorded over the
entire dataset being 14 µg/m3. An annual mean of 4 µg/m3 was recorded for each full year of the
monitoring period, or 40% of the threshold of 10 µg/m3 set by WHO.
Both filter analysis, and a comparison of monitoring results with meteorological conditions, indicate that
marine aerosols are the major source of PM2.5 in the region. Emissions from domestic fires used …
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, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or
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 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
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 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
include conditions setting out the
requirements that the Company must satisfy. The Company holds four consents to allow it to
take and use water and for associated structures, eight consents to discharge stormwater,
sediment, and back flushing from sand filters (and their associated structures) into the
unnamed tributaries of the Tangahoe, Tawhiti and an unnamed coastal stream, or to land
where it may enter water, six consents to discharge wastewater to the Tasman Sea along
with associated
volumes and the installation of groundwater level monitoring bores. These matters require
urgent attention to avoid enforcement action being taken.
During the year the Company demonstrated an overall level of environmental performance that required
improvement and a poor level of administrative performance. This should be addressed in the 2018-2019
monitoring period, or enforcement action may be undertaken.
For reference, in the 2017-2018 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high
deposition in the vicinity of the foundry site. No visible emissions or odour issues were noted
during inspections and no complaints were received during the period under review.
During the year, MASL demonstrated a high level of both environmental performance and administrative
compliance with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2017-2018 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 76% of the consents monitored through the
site’s stormwater system worked effectively.
Owing to the distance of the wellsite to the nearest stream being approximately 30m, the
stream was visually inspected by an Inspecting Officer on each occasion. Chemical analysis or
a bio-monitoring survey were un-necessary as no evidence of effects on the stream
environment were observed by the Inspecting Officer.
Staff on-site were cooperative with requests made by officers of the Council, with any required
works being completed quickly and to
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 include
cultural and
and following their
completion at the Mangahewa-E wellsite.
Todd Energy Limited notified the Council of its intention to combust gas intermittently on 19
November 2014 and 13 January 2015. Following these dates, gas combustion occurred
intermittently over the course of a few days in conjunction with well testing. One complaint
was received in relation to black smoke emissions arising from flaring activities, and an
infringement notice was issued following investigation. No offensive or