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
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 effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual
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 there were no Unauthorised Incidents in relation to any of the Company’s DWI consents.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative performance
interpretation, and their significance for the
environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2013-2015 monitoring
year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
1.2 Compliance monitoring and the Resource Management Act
(1991)
The Resource Management Act primarily addresses environmental `effects' which are
defined as positive or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future,
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 construct and maintain structures in the Mangaotea Stream.
During the period under review, Trustpower demonstrated a good level of environmental
performance at the
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
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
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TARANAKI
Term 2 JUNE 2020
Hooray for the new normal!
With thanks to addi�onal funding support from TRC and the
TSB Community Trust, Richard Carr has joined us from Rahotu
School and we're really excited about the skills, talent,
connec�ons and laughter he will add. (See more from Richard
on next page.) We also have Sue Rine with us un�l the end of
July for some fun ac�on in the environment. Esther Ward-
Campbell and myself you'll already know, or will meet over �me
if
supported by the findings of the
macroinvertebrate survey carried out in the stream.
There were no adverse effects noted on the environment resulting from the exercise of the air
discharge consents. The ambient air quality monitoring at the Maui Production Station
showed that levels of carbon monoxide, combustible gases, PM10 particulates and nitrogen
oxides were all below levels of concern at the time of sampling. No offensive or objectionable
odours were detected beyond the boundaries during
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 cultural and social-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems, including effects on plants,
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