Zealand generally accepted accounting practice (NZ GAAP).
BASIS OF
PREPARATION
As the primary objective of the Council and Group is to provide goods or services for community and social benefit, rather
than for making a financial return, the Council and Group are public benefit entities for the purpose of financial reporting.
The financial statements of the Council and Group have been prepared in accordance with and comply with Tier 1 Public
Benefit Entity (PBE)
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
terrestrial;
(d) natural
were no
unauthorised incidents recorded by the Council in relation to the Maui or Kapuni
Production Stations, or to the use of blowdown pits within the Kapuni field. The
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Council received two notifications from the Company regarding potential discharges
to the environment at Maui Production Station. In both cases, an incident report was
received from STOS, and the Council investigation found that the Company was in
compliance with all applicable conditions in resource
fracturing
activities undertaken by Todd have had no adverse effects on local groundwater resources.
There were no unauthorised incidents recording non-compliance in respect of the resource
consent, or provisions in regional plans, during the period under review.
Todd demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative performance and
compliance with the resource consent over the reporting period.
For reference, in the 2014-2015 year, 75% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored
of the resource consents, or provisions in regional plans,
during the period under review.
STOS demonstrated a high level of environmental and high level of administrative
performance and compliance with the resource consents over the reporting period.
For reference, in the 2014-2015 year, 75% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level o f environmental
performance and compliance with their consents, while another
pedestrians used the access ramps
provided.
During the year, the Wai-iti Motor Camp demonstrated a high level of environmental
performance and compliance with the resource consents. During the year under review
there were no unauthorised incidents reported in relation to the motor camp. No adverse
environmental effects were observed as a result of the Wai-iti Beach Motor Camp
wastewater system or rock revetment structure.
This report includes recommendations for the 2013-2014 year.
`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
environmentally acceptable
level of particulate 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 environmental performance and a high
level of administrative compliance with the resource consents. There were no unauthorised
incidents recorded by the Council in relation to MASL’s activities. The foundry site was well
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.
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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,
Composting facility to allow
for the discharge of leachate and stormwater to land (rules 21-44). This activity is deemed a
discretionary activity. Remediation (NZ) Ltd therefore seeks from the Taranaki Regional Council a
land discharge permit to allow for "the cfisctiarge organic materiaC and associatecC
Ceactiate and stornnv .ater to Ca.ncCin conjunction witfi its composting ancC-vermicast
yrod. uctionyrocesse. s .
A discharge permit is also required "to disc/iar^e emissions into t/ie air ̂ i^biir or