system under pressure in terms of
maintaining positive dissolved oxygen levels. Although slight localised pond odours were
noted on occasions, there were no noticeable odours offsite or complaints received during
the monitoring year in relation to normal operating conditions in the ponds. A high level of
compliance was achieved with the discharge consent in terms of general conditions, with
minimal usage of the converted holding basin, and no overflow discharges at any time.
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potential and actual threats are as follows:
Site protection Yes/No Description
A Public ownership or
formal agreement
Yes The site is legally protected by a consent condition under the
RMA section 221.
B Regulatory protection by
local government
Yes General regional or district rules might apply.
C Active protection Yes Site is within the self help possum control area and receives
regular pest animal control for possums.
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Forest &
Members need to provide FR with start dates and durations of activities and
clarify the total costs. Any other information missing from the tables (showing
as question marks or empty boxes) also needs to be provided to FR, up to and
inclusive of the 2024/25 year. This also includes completing the contribution to
regional policies section of the tables with the updated reference codes.
PM will confirm the FAR for Road Safety activities.
Concerns were raised about the SHIP –
Excluded
In accordance with section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987, it is resolved that the public is excluded from the following part of the
proceedings of the Consents and Regulatory Committee on Tuesday 23 July 2019 for the
following reason:
Item 8 – Prosecution
That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting would
be likely to result in the disclosure of information where such disclosure
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Hydrogeologic Risk Assessment of
Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas Recovery
in the Taranaki Region
Taranaki Regional Council
Private Bag 713
Stratford
28 May 2012
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Disclaimer: The hydraulic fracturing and geologic information in this report has largely been
supplied by oil and gas companies in the region and is believed to be accurate and reliable. However,
no liability is accepted for any opinions expressed or for any errors or omissions in the
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) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or
terrestrial;
(d) natural and physical resources having special
physical environment and how some of the features may
be protected.
• Suggest ways that their immediate physical environment was different in
the past, eg. the school playing fields, land use, river channels
Level 2
• Investigate easily observable physical features and patterns and consider
how the features are affected by people.
Level 3
• Justify their personal involvement in a school or class initiated local
environmental project, eg. a school tree-planting
collective regional response is required to the ‘Movement’ collective regarding
implementing safer rural speed limits for pedestrians, horse-riders, cyclists and user of
mobility devices. The Committee did not support imposing speed limits on local roads
arbitrarily and agreed that any response or action be left to each individual council as
road controlling authorities.
Recommended
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
1. receives and notes for information purposes the correspondence
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Invite Kevin to talk to your class about weather in
Taranaki or weather-related emergencies in Taranaki.
Invite Kevin to talk to your class about what to do should
a weather-related emergency occur whilst you are at school or at home.
Visit our website for daily, monthly or yearly weather information.
Download our ‘Weather’ study unit from our website or contact Kevin for a hard copy.
Download information sheets about flooding, storms, high winds and tornadoes from our
pervasive long filaments or cyanobacteria can cause a range of issues such as streams becoming un-inviting
for recreational users, anglers having difficulty fishing, streams closures due to cyanobacteria toxins and
adverse impacts on stream ecology.
This freshwater periphyton programme has been designed to monitor for the presence and biomass of
‘nuisance’ algae in Taranaki streams and rivers at levels which may affect the instream values of these
streams i.e., aesthetic values