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Tupare, Hollard Gardens and Pukeiti
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sample Taranaki's fine flavours and unique arts and crafts in an intimate garden setting – from the shady glens to
wildly colourful spaces. Each fair has a theme and space is limited.
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and splendour of the Taranaki Regional Council gardens!
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Regional Council, Aqualinc Research Ltd and MWH New Zealand Ltd
gratefully acknowledge the funding support provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry's Community Irrigation Fund in the preparation of this report.
Front cover photo: Pasture irrigation near Manaia on south Taranaki coast, courtesy of Rob
Tucker.
Disclaimer:
This report has been prepared solely for the benefit of Taranaki Regional Council. No
liability is accepted by Aqualinc Research Ltd or MWH New Zealand
being over
300 metres away, there was no biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters. Eleven ground
water bores/wells were regularly sampled over a 12 month period, to monitor for discharges
to groundwater at the site (particularly around the flare/blowdown pit), and for any effects on
shallow groundwater aquifers either from fracturing activities or spillages. An investigation of
air quality arising from flaring of fracturing fluids was carried out. This work has been
repeated separately.
POLICY STATEMENT OR PLANS AND THE
PROCESSING OF RESOURCE CONSENTS
Request for preparation or change to a
plan/policy statement $50,000
For non-notified farm dairy discharge consent $695
For non-notified consent other $1,040
For notified consents (limited and public) $7,000
Renewal, change or review of consent:
Non-notified $1,040
Notified (limited and public) $7,000
Extension of a consent lapse date $450
Certificate of compliance $1,040
Approvals under
returning to the wellhead post-fracturing, were
also obtained for physicochemical analysis in order to characterise the discharges and to determine
compliance with consent conditions.
The monitoring carried out by the Council indicates that the hydraulic fracturing activities undertaken by
Todd had no significant adverse effects on local groundwater or surface water resources. There were no
unauthorised incidents recording non-compliance in respect of the resource consents held by Todd in
data.
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretation, and their significance for the
environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2015-2016 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
acceptable level. The
recommended improvements or upgrade are listed as follows:
1. Installation of flashing lights and bells on all approaches to the level crossing.
2. Reshaping the cut face to improve visibility of any approaching train (we expect this is unlikely
to occur as may need private land to achieve).
3. Lifting up the road approach to the level crossing to improve visibility of the approaching trains
and remove the hump at the level crossing, which could lead to grounding out.
resource consents.
The LTCCP identifies the following targets for consent processing and administration:
• Provide appropriate and timely information in response to 100% of requests for assistance
in undertaking or complying with the consents process under the Resource Management
Act 1991.
• Process, issue and report upon 100% of
accepted resource consent applications in
compliance with the Resource
Management Act 1991 and the Council’s
Resource Consents Procedures document
(TRC
greenwatse
All green waste is collected at either a refuse transfer station or brought directly to
the site. The site manager inspects greenwaste delivered to ensure it is not
contaminated.
Materials specifically excluded are
> Treated timber
> Food scraps
> Household refuse
Any unsuitable material to be separated from the greenwaste (if possible) and sent
directly to the appropriate disposal site
> Cleanfill
> Refuse Transfer Station
All transport companies are to be
review, and the results and
environmental effects of the consent holder’s activities.
Colin Boyd holds three resource consents, and Surrey Road Landfarms Limited (a subsidiary
company in relation to the landfarming operations at this site) holds one. Two of these
consents permit the discharge of drilling waste onto and into land via landfarming or
landspreading (7559-1 & 7591-1). One consent permits the temporary stockpiling of material
prior to landfarming (6900-2) and one consent permits the