defined
in Part 2 of the RMA. The application as it stands fails to ensure that adverse effects of the
activities are avoided, remedied or mitigated. In particular it is inconsistent with;
• Matters of national importance outlined in s 6(a) of the RMA
• Other matters outlined in s 7 of the RMA, including: 7(d), 7(f) and 7(g) of the RMA;
13. The application is contrary to the objectives and policies of the NPS-FM, including:
• Objective A1(a) To safeguard the life
deep-rooting.
Afforestation with pines, or reversion to indigenous
scrub, are not the only options for dealing with erosion-
prone land. Much erodible hill country can be stabilised
and sustained as farmland by planting poles into
pastoral areas. In the past, poles have mainly been used
for riverbank or roadside stabilisation in Taranaki. As
they grow well in the local climate, they can also be
used for stabilising erosion-prone hillslopes. When
driving in or out of the region, many examples of their
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
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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 virtue of a tenancy, lease, licence, or other agreement,
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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
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
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