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 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: page 2 (a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around a discharger, and may include cultural and socio-economic
changes...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Section 32AA evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3 Assessment of economic impacts and risk of acting or not acting ........................................................................................................................................ 19 3.1 Impacts on economic growth and employment
1 Cold Creek is otherwise known as Cold Stream. For the purposes of this report all references to the water body in question will be using the former, or ‘Cold Creek’. page i Table of contents Page 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource Management Act 1991 1 1.1.1 Introduction 1 1.1.2 Structure of this report 1 1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring 1 1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and
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 ability of the receiving formation to accept injected fluids. The results of groundwater quality monitoring undertaken show no adverse effects of the activity at monitored locations. Inspections undertaken during the monitoring year found sites being operated in a professional manner and
167 Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki Appendix V: Good management practices for intensive poultry farming This appendix has been included in the plan for guidance to the poultry industry, and for general public information and education purposes. The information contained in this appendix provides general guidance on the range of options for preventing or minimising adverse effects on the environment from emissions
Farmers On grazed parts of the farm, bush trees rarely occupy a large percentage of paddock area. They often remain on parts where stock don’t graze much, on account of steep contour or difficult access. So fencing trees off may make little difference to the length of time that stock can be grazed in a paddock. A fence may actually make grazing management easier, excluding stock from parts that are difficult to muster, and concentrating them where pasture growth is greater, but perhaps not
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 terrestrial; d.
plant or on water quality in the Herekawe Stream. No complaint in relation to the Company’s activities was registered by the Council. During the year, the Company demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative performance. For reference, in the 2014-2015 year, 75% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level of environmental performance and compliance with their consents, while another 22% demonstrated a
Kaimiro field, via the K-17 (14,776 m3) and K-10 (1,207m3) injection wells. The volumes 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. page 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
85 special conditions setting out the requirements that the Company must satisfy in order to minimise risk of damage to the environment or overuse of resources. Consent 0822-1 expired during the monitoring period (12 March 2012) and was renewed as 0822-2 on 29 November 2012 with a number of changes to the conditions. Consent 3400-2 was varied on 18 June 2012 to include a condition allowing an increase in the use of the chemical ‘Spectrus CT1300’ to control Legionella bacteria outbreaks. The