2020: Phosphorous reduction (in pond chemical
dosing) upgrade
• 2022: Investigate land disposal options
• 2025: Land disposal or nitrogen reduction (in pond
media) upgrade depending on the outcomes of the
land disposal investigation
The timeframe and works are dependent on the
monitoring results and ensuring ratepayer affordability.
The current Taranaki Regional Council ecological
monitoring requirements will continue to apply and be
undertaken. This means that the wastewater
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Cyclaneusma occurs near the stem in the central crown, is
bright yellow, and affects scattered and susceptible trees
particularly following mild winters with uniform rainfall.
Although this fungi causes growth loss, there is no known
cost-effective solution except for tree selection at thinning.
Armillaria is a root-rot fungi and can cause considerable
mortality, particularly on logged native forest
(podocarp/tawa forests) sites or second-rotation exotic
plantations. In 2 to 5 year
ecology
inspection. The Company 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.
Processing rates continued to increase during the period, particularly for herbicides.
The monitoring showed that the Company has had no significant impact on air quality in the
vicinity of the plant or on water quality in the Herekawe Stream. No complaint about odour
was
effects on local groundwater or surface water resources.
There were no unauthorised incidents recording non-compliance in respect of the resource
consent, or provisions in regional plans, during the period under review.
During the year, GPL demonstrated a high level of both environmental and administrative
performance with the resource consents.
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For reference, in the 2014-2015 year, 75% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance
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Data
What are data and why are they needed?
Data are facts and figures generated from measurements or observations which may be oral,
written or pictures. From data all deductions and observations are made.
Think about any aspect of your daily life. What you do is dependent upon information you
have gathered or been given by others. Your decisions take into account the information you
have available. If we do not have data or information,
demonstrated a good
level of environmental performance and compliance with their consents.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the
last several years, this report shows that the consent holder’s remains at a good or high level.
Components of a suitable monitoring programme for 2016-2017 have been identified and
included in recommendations to this report.
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Introduction 4
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Appendix I
Rules 9 and 10 of the Regional Air Quality
Plan for Taranaki 2011
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Rule 9: Hydrocarbon exploration well sites
Activity classification: Controlled
This rule applies to discharges of contaminants to air from hydrocarbon exploration well
sites, including combustion involving flaring or incineration of petroleum recovered from
natural deposits, in association with well development or
piezometer
or seismic survey into and
under land
46 Any person who undertakes the activity must, within 4 weeks of
completion of any bore for taking and use of water or any
piezometer, submit to the Taranaki Regional Council a Bore
Completion Log;
All bores must be cased and sealed to prevent the potential for
aquifer cross-contamination or leakage from the surface;
The well or bore shall be located not less than 50m from any
effluent treatment pond, septic tank, silage stack or
and paper residue [excluding any pulping wastes that
have been subject to chemical pulping or treated or mixed with any substance or
material containing chlorine or chlorinated compounds];
. Solid drilling cuttings from hydrocarbon exploration provided they are blended down
to a maximum
hydrocarbon content of 5.0 % total petroleum hydrocarbon within 3 days of being
onsite;
. Water based and synthetic based drilling fluids from hydrocarbon exploration
provided they are blended down
and the
Kaupokonui River, Motumate and Waiokura Streams
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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 cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b)