(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; page 2 (c) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats,
rules 2 • standards/terms/conditions; • classification; • notification; • control/discretion; and • policy reference. Activity The activity column describes the type of activity to be, or being, undertaken. For the activity to come within and continue to comply with the rule, the activity must come within the description contained in the `activity' column and meet any standards/terms/conditions in the `standards/terms/conditions' column (see below).
conversation on freshwater quality, Taranaki continues to see impressive gains. The Council’s own monitoring and trend analyses, reported during the 2017/2018 financial year and subsequently, paint a consistent picture: Continued improvements, or at the very least no deterioration, in the ecological health of the waterways we monitor. Ecological health is regarded as the prime measure of freshwater quality. And given the tone of the national discussion on levels of
for the year under review included four inspections, four sets of water samples collected for pesticide analysis, two biological surveys of receiving waters, and a marine ecology inspection. DAS carried out air emission sampling and groundwater monitoring through independent consultants and further storm water sampling, and forwarded the results to the Council for audit and review. The monitoring showed that DAS has had no significant impact on air quality in the vicinity of the plant or
2013-2014 monitoring year. A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of the report. page 2 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
proposes a uniform annual general charge of $60.38 (GST inclusive) on all separately used or inhabited parts of a rating unit in the region to produce $3,212,010 (GST inclusive). Separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP): A SUIP is defined as a separately used or occupied part of a rating unit and includes any part of a rating unit that is used or occupied by any person, other than the ratepayer, having a right to use or inhabit that part by
reducing the risk and severity of flooding as a result of severe weather. The Council has worked alongside landowners to prepare sustainable land management plans for 840 hill country farms, covering 67% of hill country land in private ownership. Alongside these efforts, the Council also continued to work with communities and industry across the region to reduce or eliminate impacts from point-source discharges, and taking enforcement action when
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the environment. Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2018-2019 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 RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present
performance with the resource consents. Effects from the discharge on the receiving waters continue to be recorded, with minor or no effects noted beyond the boundary of the permitted mixing zone. For reference, in the 2016-2017 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental performance and compliance for 74 % of the consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 21 % of the consents, a good level of environmental performance
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 significance