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
Taranaki coastline 29 Photo 5 Contrasting habitat between the exposed Waihi site (left) and stable Manihi site (right) 30 page 1 1 Introduction State of the environment monitoring The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) established new requirements for local authorities to undertake environmental monitoring. Section 35 of the RMA requires local authorities to monitor, among other things, the state of the environment of their region or district, to the extent that is
team, as the weather conditions meant the demand for irrigation was not high, with irrigation starting in November or December for many. The Council carried out compliance monitoring inspections at 67 sites during the 2016-2017 irrigation season, with 100% of all of the active consents being visited. The inspections included visual checks of the intake structures, screens, staff gauges, fencing around the pump sheds, downloading of data and stream gaugings. For the summer irrigation period,
the Local Government Act 2002 to the extent necessary in relation to this decision; and in accordance with section 79 of the Act, determines that it does not require further information, further assessment of options or further analysis of costs and benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a decision on this matter. Williamson/MacLeod 3. Sediment Load Reductions for Freshwater Planning and Soil Conservation in Taranaki 3.1 Ms A J Matthews, Director –
kg N/ha, with six over 400 kg N/ha and five over 500 kg N/ha. The largest combined application in this period was 587 kg N/ha, on paddock 40. Groundwater nitrate concentrations in some of the wastewater specific groundwater monitoring wells remained high in this monitoring period, namely wells GND1346, 1347, 1348 and 2226. These wells held concentrations close to or above 60 g/m3 N. This indicated that these locations are not capable of managing this level of application of wastewater
largely met the requirements of their resource consents. They have also demonstrated a high level of commitment in regard to addressing environmental matters related to their operation, with various mitigation measures either planned or underway. The contamination of groundwater as a result of TBP’s activities has been reported on in previous years. During this monitoring period it was evident that some of the effects of this contamination have persisted and some further contamination has
Culvert Road/Bridge Construction or Maintenance Land Use Consent Publicly Notified authorisations issued by the Taranaki Regional Council between 09 Nov 2018 and 24 Jan 2019 Discharge Permit #2193113-v1 page Publicly Notified authorisations issued by the Taranaki Regional Council between 09 Nov 2018 and 24 Jan 2019 R2/10636-1.0 New Zealand Transport Agency Structure - Culvert Road/Bridge Construction or Maintenance R2/10637-1.0 New Zealand Transport Agency Structure -
abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of the report. 1.2 The Resource Management Act 1991and 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 a discharger, and may include cultural and socio-economic effects;
state of our rivers and streams show most measures are improving or not changing significantly and again are the best since measurements began. At a time when much national media commentary highlights a negative view of New Zealand’s freshwater resources, it is noteworthy that many indicators in Taranaki collectively indicate that the region is making excellent progress towards enhancing our already good environment. This is no accident. The Taranaki
related to discolouration of the streams, either from natural causes or from short-term works being undertaken in or around the streams. There was no evidence during the period under review of any effects due to discharges from the consent holders monitored within this programme. During the year, Companies monitored within the Hongihongi and Herekawe catchments overall demonstrated a high level of environmental performance and compliance with resource consents, however in the case of Molten