Council participated, and to
discuss their significance and answered questions arising.
Recommended
THAT the Taranaki Regional Council
a) receives the memorandum National Survey of Pesticides and Emerging Contaminants in
Groundwater 2018
b) notes the results of the survey, that pesticides are virtually undetectable in the
Taranaki groundwater or when present, are far below levels of concern for either
environmental or human health
c) notes the detection of various EOCs in …
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
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.
page
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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 social-economic effects;