fracture fluids to land at depth under the Resource
Management Act 1991 (RMA) must be accompanied by an Assessment of Environmental
Effects (AEE) report. Section 5.1 of the report sets out the RMA requirements for a discharge
in more detail. The purpose of the AEE is to determine the likely adverse effects that the
activity will have on the environment and how these effects can be avoided, remedied or
mitigated. The AEE should present such detail as corresponds with the scale and
significance
groundwater or surface water resources. There were
no unauthorised incidents recording non-compliance in respect of the resource consent held by Petrochem
in relation to these activities or provisions in regional plans, during the period under review.
Petrochem demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative performance and compliance
with the resource consents over the reporting period.
For reference, in the 2017-2018 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of
determine whether there
is any consequent environmental or human health issue due to pesticides in surface waters
in Taranaki.
Executive summary
The Council’s Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki identifies the use of pesticides as an
activity that needs to be appropriately managed in order to safeguard the ecological health of
the region’s waterways and the health of those who rely on them, including through
municipal water supplies. Also, the National Environmental Standard for Sources of
by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the environmental
performance during the period under review, and the results and effects of the consent
holder’s activities.
The Council’s monitoring programme included three regular inspections and two biological
receiving water surveys. No intermittent wet weather overflows occurred during the period
under review.
Regular inspections indicated no problems with the ponds’ system maintenance or operation,
with no unauthorised
October 2014
are presented in this report. Monitoring included groundwater sampling at five sites and
analysis of samples for a range of chemical and isotopic analysis.
The results of the monitoring carried out by the Council indicates that the hydraulic fracturing
activities undertaken by Todd have had no adverse effects on local groundwater resources.
There were no Unauthorised Incidents recording non-compliance in respect of the resource
consent, or provisions in regional plans, during the
grazed pasture) filters
sediment out of surface runoff. Sediment
levels in waterways are thereby reduced.
Swamp vegetation (such as rush or sedge)
on or near streambanks helps remove
nutrients, particularly nitrogen, from
emerging groundwater before it enters
streams.
Where fences deny or restrict stock
access, animal dung and urine are
eliminated from waterways. Water
contamination by organic pollutants, and
also by associated pathogens, is
minimised.
Tall-growing riparian
Littlewood/Joyce
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7. Public Excluded
In accordance with section 48(1) of the Local Government Information and Meetings Act
1987, resolves that the public is excluded from the following part of the proceedings of
the Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Meeting on Monday 3 August 2020 for the
following reasons:
Item 8 - Confidential Minutes - 22 June 2020
That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the
meeting would be likely to result in the …
river field trips planned last term, only two had
to be postponed because of bad weather or high
river levels; unfortunately both involved the
same school.
If you have been to Pukeiti recently you would
have seen the massive changes that are taking
place involving the car parks and many of the
buildings. Despite the action taking place, we
have been, and still are, able to host school visits.
It is extremely heartening to be involved with or
hear about the
action can be taken if there is any threat of an event. Taranaki is less likely to
experience earthquakes and liquefaction than other regions because of the geographical distance from New
Zealand’s major fault lines and the types of soil in the region. However, being on the coast means the region
could be affected by storm surges or earthquake-created
tsunami. The Taranaki coastline has high rates of erosion.
A number of national and regional agencies and
organisations are
Resource Management (National
Environmental Standards for Electricity
Transmissions Activities) Regulations
2009
Transmission line support structures:
Discharges from blasting and applying
protective coatings
Regulation 25 Permitted activities
(1) Blasting a transmission line support
structure of an existing transmission line, or
preparing the structure to receive protective
coatings, is a permitted activity if all of the
applicable conditions