include a total of 186 conditions
setting out the requirements that the Company must satisfy. The Company holds five consents
to allow it to take and use water, five consents to discharge water or sediment into the Makara,
Mangaotea, and Mako streams, one consent to discharge wastes to land around Lake Ratapiko
and four land use permits for bed disturbance and structures in the Manganui River,
Mangaotea Stream and Lake Ratapiko. Seven additional consents allow Trustpower to abstract
water, and
the 2018-2019 monitoring year, with most
commencing irrigation in November or December and concluding for most in March. Rainfall recorded at
the Council’s monitoring locations over the summer irrigation period ranged between 58% and 111% of
historical mean values. A particularly dry October, along with warm coastal winds, caused soils to dry out
faster than normal which resulted in high irrigation water demand. Total usage during the 2018-2019
irrigation season, with a total water use across
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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:
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(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
including scientific and
technical data.
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2017-2018 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
the respective resource consents.
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The information gathered during inspection visits and the data supplied by the consent
holder for Council audit have been used in compiling this report.
The Council did not receive any complaints or register any unauthorised incidents
associated with any of the Company’s DWI activities during the 2014-2015 monitoring
period.
During the year under review Greymouth Petroleum Limited demonstrated both a high
level of
implemented in the 2019-2020 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
relation to Consent
R2/10470-1.0 Oakura Farms Limited, and took no part in the discussions or
deliberations other than those duties required of the Committee Chairperson.
2.1 The Committee considered and discussed the memorandum advising of consents
granted, consents under application and of consent processing actions since the last
meeting of the Committee.
Recommended
THAT the Taranaki Regional Council
1. receives the schedule of resource consents granted and other
inspections, two injectate
samples and nine groundwater samples collected for physicochemical analysis. The monitoring programme
also included a significant data review component, with all injection data submitted by the Company
assessed for compliance on receipt.
The monitoring showed that the Company’s DWI activities were being carried out in compliance with the
conditions of the applicable resource consents. There is no evidence of any issues with any injection well
currently in use, or the
including scientific and
technical data.
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2019-2020 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