The results from deposition gauging indicate that there was an 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 good level of environmental performance and a high
level of administrative compliance with the resource consents. The Council was required to
record one incident and
latest trends for ecological health and the physical and
chemical state of our rivers and streams show most
measures are improving or not changing significantly,
and are again the best since measurements began.
This is no accident. The Taranaki community continues
to invest heavily in measures that protect and enhance
the region’s waterways. The benefits are now becoming
more apparent and the Council remains firmly focused
on working with the Taranaki community to
raised
around whether radioactivity is associated with hydrocarbon exploration and production.
There are two central issues: does the recovery of natural gas and condensate bring with it
the potential for release of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs), and
secondly, is there a health risk associated with the use or disposal of radioactive isotope
tracers that may be used during activities associated with drilling or fracturing?
It should be noted first of all that the use of
receiving waters, and three air quality surveys. NPDC also
collected seven leachate samples and two under-liner drainage samples for physicochemical
analysis.
At inspection issues were found in regards to site management, and although most of them
were resolved and none resulted in significant off site effects, a number of issues were
recurrent, or remained unresolved at the end of the monitoring period.
Groundwater and under liner drainage sampling indicated that there is no significant
injection records were supplied to the Council during the 2012-2013
monitoring period. In total 11,577 cubic metres (m3) of fluids were discharged under consent
4728-2, and 3,083 m3 under consent 9545-1. An assessment of process data provided by the
consent holder and data gathered during Council inspections does not indicate any potential
issues with the integrity of the injection well or the injection zones.
Groundwater monitoring carried out by the Council in the vicinity of the Cheal-A
would be expected in an
intensively farmed region, but signifi cantly,
over time, it is either not changing or has
measurably improved. This is despite
expansion and intensifi cation of our
agricultural sector over the past fi ve to
10 years. Positive movements towards
sustainability continue in our erosion-prone
inland hill country. Improvements in air
emissions from our major industries have
continued over the last fi ve years and, by all
measures, we
significant effects were noted in the receiving waters of the
Tasman Sea, and the water quality of nearby popular beach bathing sites remained at a very high standard.
There were no unauthorised incidents recording non-compliance in respect of this consent holder during
the period under review.
During the year, STDC demonstrated a good level of environmental and a high level of administrative
performance with the resource consents. There were no issues with the performance of the WWTP, or
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
terrestrial;
(d) natural and physical
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of fluid discharged, and the pressure at which it was injected into the receiving
formations, were within the limits specified in the respective resource consents.
The information gathered during inspection visits and the data supplied by the consent
holder for Council audit have been used in compiling this report.
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The Council did not receive any complaints or register any unauthorised incidents
associated with any of the Company’s DWI activities during the