2018
describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess
Trustpower’s environmental performance during the period under review, and the results and
environmental effects of their activities.
Trustpower holds a total of 23 resource consents, which include a total of 186 conditions setting out the
requirements that they must satisfy. Trustpower holds five consents to allow it to take and use water, five
consents to discharge water or
stock truck effluent (Waverley), one consent covers the
discharge of untreated municipal sewage in emergencies (Patea), and one consent allows for the placement
and use of a discharge structure in the Patea Coastal Marine Area (Patea).
Monitoring was undertaken to ensure continued maintenance and efficient operation of all treatment
systems plus compliance with discharge permit conditions.
No significant impacts of the Waverley, Manaia, Kaponga, or Patea treatment systems on adjacent
site was managed to a satisfactory standard in relation to stormwater and
wastewater management, with the stormwater areas of the site kept clear of any chemical
storage and all wastewater either disposed of directly to trade waste or temporarily stored in
the bunded area of the site before either being disposed of at an appropriate offsite facility or
taken for recycling.
A recommendation was made in the 2010-2012 biennial report that a small scale investigation
be carried out into the
resource consents held by companies in the Waitaha catchment, and the nature of the
monitoring programme in place for the period under review.
Each company’s activity is then discussed in detail in a separate section (sections
2 to 12).
In each subsection 1 (e.g. section 2.1) there is a general description of the industrial
activity and its discharges, a photograph or map showing the location of the activity,
and an outline of the matters covered by the company’s permit/s
Subsection 2
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 and physical resources having special
discussions with
site operators over site management, 180 samples from chemical surveys of discharges and
the receiving water, sediment sampling, macroinvertebrate and fish biomonitoring in the
Mangati Stream, deposited, point source and ambient particulate monitoring and odour
surveys. A number of modifications to processes or wastewater treatment have been
instituted by site operators as a result of Council's investigations and requirements for
remedial action to avoid, remedy or mitigate adverse
SER proposals;
regional advocacy responsibilities whereby the Council represents the Taranaki region on
matters of regional significance or concern; and
experience having successfully implemented water quality improvements within Taranaki.
3) The Council has also been guided by its Mission Statement ‘To work for a thriving and prosperous
Taranaki’ across all of its various functions, roles and responsibilities, in making this submission.
4) The Council notes its
Taranaki Regional Council:
a) receives this memorandum on the committee and joint committee structure and
operations for 2019-2022
b) confirms that, unless resolved otherwise, no changes be made to the committee
and joint committee structures, the committee duties and responsibilities,
committee delegations or the frequency and timing of committee meetings for
2019-2022
c) confirms that the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson act as ex-officio members
on committees with the exception of
scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
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) the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include
cultural and social-economic effects;
(b) physical
at Sole Rd Ngaere in the Patea
catchment. The landfill was closed in late 2011 when a tipface fire alerted Council to its
presence. As the landfill site was within 25 metres of a waterway and found to contain
contaminants such as zinc-based agricultural pharmaceuticals it was determined by Council
that either all of the contaminants be removed from the site or a consent would be required
to manage and maintain the closed landfill. R H Vosseler applied for consent to discharge
leachate and