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 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
pesticide analysis, two biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters, and a marine
ecology inspection. The Company provided groundwater and air quality monitoring data which was carried
out by independent consultants.
The monitoring showed that DAS has had no significant impact on air quality in the vicinity of the plant or
on water quality in the Herekawe Stream. No complaint in relation to DAS’s activities was registered by the
Council. There were no Unauthorised Incidents recording
caused significant damage to infrastructure including bridges and roads
being washed out or damaged by flooding, and power disruptions. Massive slips and
landslides, and surface flooding, blocked local roads and State Highway 3. A state of
emergency was declared on 20 June and the Waitotara Township was evacuated prior
to flooding. Several properties were affected and repairs have taken some time to be
completed.
The Government declared a medium-scale adverse weather event in June and
number of events recorded for Taranaki during 2013 for agencies which provided
this information (five of the six) was 249; and the total volume reported (by four of the six
agencies) was 967m3. NZTA did not specifically record illegal dumping on or around state
highways prior to the meeting in February 2013, and thought it only occurred occasionally.
Since then, they have discovered the extent of the problem (84 events recorded).
The number of events per capita by district, including records
temperature in the Kaupokonui Stream reached 24.8°C. Riparian planting
was maintained on the farms and factory site and a donation was received by the Council as per consent
conditions.
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Irrigation onto the two dairy farms was, in general, well managed, including the new dairy shed effluent.
Nitrogen loading on the farms was reduced due to a decrease in loading from factory wastewater. No effect
from irrigation was found during inspection, sampling or biological monitoring of
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;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or
marine ecological survey, analysis of mussels for norovirus and heavy metals (two,
two site surveys for norovirus and one, three site survey for metals), and additional groundwater monitoring
associated with the sludge lagoon.
Norovirus levels in mussels at Waiwhakaiho Reef varied from low to high during the monitoring period.
There were no other significant detectable effects in the receiving environment resulting from or potentially
associated with authorised discharges from the plant.
monitoring
year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and 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:
(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around a discharger, and may
include
2016-2017 monitoring
year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
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1.1.3 The 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
duties required to hear and decide the application to one or more hearing
commissioners who are not members of this Council.
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Note: Such a request may be made [in writing] up to 5 working days after close of submissions. If you do make a request under section
100A of the Resource Management Act 1991, you will be liable to meet or contribute to the costs of the hearings commissioner
or commissioners.