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 having special significance (eg,
processes still
influence the site. Under appropriate management, it can remain
resilient to existing or potential threats
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Other values
Oaonui Beach has the following additional values:
• Recreational: the beach is internationally renowned for surfing and
windsurfing. The coastline is also a popular surf casting spot and
provides for a range of active and passive recreational experiences
• Cultural: several pa and occupation sites, as well as a spiritually
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 a discharger, 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
support or opposition to the
initial submissions. Twenty-five further submissions were subsequently received.
The main issues/themes raised in submissions are: integrated management; coastal
management areas and the coastal environment boundary; use and development;
recognition of regionally important infrastructure; the identification of tangata whenua
principles, values and sites of significance; the protection of surf breaks: and the
protection of indigenous species; and rules
according to the recommendations of
the Land and Water Forum, or alternatively according to the Council’s working policy
as drafted in preparation for the next Regional Freshwater Plan. The report, ‘Estimation
of water quality contaminant loads and the likely effect of fencing in Taranaki’ has been
prepared for the Council by Professor RW McDowell, of the Soil and Physical Sciences
department of the faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University.
3.2 It was noted that the
on the environmental performance of the Company.
During the period under review, Osflo demonstrated overall improvement required level
of environmental performance.
The Council’s monitoring programme for the period under review included four inspections
each year, which looked at the plant processes and any potential or actual discharges to the
receiving watercourses and to air. Fourteen complaints about odour were investigated; all but
one occurred in the 2013-2014 year.
For 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;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems,
(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) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or
convenient or insufficient space is provided on the form. If that is done, state
specifically on the application form where the answer can be found (include page numbers if referring to a
separate report).
If you have any questions relating to completion of this application form, please contact the Consents
Department, Taranaki Regional Council on telephone (06)765-7127 or email consents@trc. govt. nz.
Lodge the application by signing beSow and sending the completed
form to:
Mail: Taranaki
improve their stormwater system. No odour impacts
were reported or noted during inspections. Housekeeping was prevalent with all worms beds covered when
not being fed or harvested.
During the year, the Company’s Uruti facility demonstrated an improvement required level of environmental
and administrative performance with the resource consents.
During the year, the Company’s Waitara Road facility demonstrated a high level of environmental and
administrative performance with the resource