and rendering plant, located on Mountain Road at
Stratford, in the Kahouri Stream catchment, a tributary of the Patea River. The Company currently processes
only beef. Wastewater is treated in a two pond system, which is either irrigated to land when conditions
allow, or to the Kahouri Stream during high flow conditions. This report for the period July 2017 to June
2018 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to
assess the Company’s
rendering
plant, located on Mountain Road at Stratford, in the Kahouri Stream catchment, a tributary of
the Patea River. The Company processes primarily pigs, but also sheep and beef. Offal, blood
and bones were processed on site in the rendering plant, producing meal and tallow.
Wastewater is treated in a two pond system, which is either irrigated to land when conditions
allowed, or to the Kahouri Stream during high flow conditions. This report for the period July
2014 to June 2015 describes the
Evaluation of environmental performance 2
1.3 Process description 3
1.3.1 Background 3
1.3.2 AB & DM Sybrandy Contracting Limited 4
1.4 Resource consent 5
1.4.1 Discharges of wastes to land 5
1.5 Monitoring programme 5
1.5.1 Introduction 5
1.5.2 Programme liaison and management 5
1.5.3 Site inspections 6
2. Results 7
2.1 Inspections 7
2.2 Results of discharge or receiving environment monitoring 7
2.3 Register of incidents 7
3. Discussion 9
3.1 Discussion of plant
period under review.
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, 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,
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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2
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
located at Eltham,
in the Waingongoro catchment. Since May 2014, the site has been known as ANZCO Foods
Eltham. The plant has an associated wastewater treatment ponds system from which
effluent is disposed of either to land or to the river. This report for the killing season from
October 2014-September 2015 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental
performance during the period under review, and the results
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
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.
page
2
The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring 1.1.3
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)
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