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. 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
recommendations to be implemented in the 2014-2015 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 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)
behind the survey vessel) are then mapped and analysed, and show
the types of strata and structures beneath the seabed. Historically the sound waves
were generated by explosive charges, but this technology was abandoned many decades
ago.
So in terms of the RMA there is a discharge of noise/energy and a temporary occupation
of space. As a consequence, these activities must be authorised by either a rule in
regional [coastal] plan, or by resource consent (refer sections
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 a discharger, and may
include cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c)
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 there were no
Unauthorised Incidents in relation to any of the
for the Environment has planned over the
next 12 to 18 months and provided commentary on the implications for the Council, in
particular the small Policy team.
Recommended
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
1. receives the memorandum Ministry for the Environment – current work programme
2. notes the many areas of interest or concern to the Council.
Littlewood/MacLeod
3. Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Overseer
and regulatory
the Hearing
Committee on submissions to the Proposed Regional Pest Management Plan and Taranaki
Regional Council Biosecurity Strategy
3. makes no further changes to the Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki or the
Biosecurity Strategy for Taranaki 2017-2037.
Submission No. 2 – Waikato Regional Council
Recommended
THAT the Taranaki Regional Council
1. thanks the submitter for their submission
2. adopts the recommendations contained within the Officer’s Report to
appendix is
required and to contact the Taranaki Regional Council if
further clarification is required.
PART I – Introduction
Scope of the Requirements
1 This Appendix provides a method of calculating
acceptable chimney heights for discharges of the
products of combustion from industrial or trade
premises. It also includes an overview of basic
boiler management.
2 The Appendix is in two parts. Part I provides an
introduction to the appendix by
you may see
established sites that will give you ideas.
Get maps and aerial photos of the site off Taranaki
Regional Xplorer
www.trc.govt.nz/taranaki-regional-xplorer.
In addition, note:
What direction does your site face?
What are the moisture levels? Some parts may
be wet or damp, while others are dry.
Is it exposed to wind/ frost/ salt?
What parts are sunny? What parts are shady?
Is it flat or steep? Does it have difficult slopes?
What kind of soil does it
outcome for this site?
at the end of this season?
at the end of next season?
a couple of years from now?
50 years from now?
Look around your neighbourhood, you may see
established sites that will give you ideas.
Get maps and aerial photos of the site off Taranaki
Regional Council’s Xplorer site.
In addition, note:
What direction does your site face?
What are the moisture levels? Some parts may
be wet or damp, while others are dry.
Is it exposed to