With all three proposals included in
the 2017/2018 Annual Plan, general rates will go up 1% as opposed to the 0.5% rise forecast for
2017/2018 in the 2015/2025 Long-Term Plan.
This Consultation Document sets out the details and implications of what we’re proposing in these
three specific areas, and how you can tell us what you think about them before we make final
decisions.
You can make a submission by letter, by email, or via our website, www.trc.govt.nz. If you
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CONCEPT SHEET 8
Forestry
Commercial-scale log harvesting (covering 5ha or more) is the
focus of a number of measures in the Draft Freshwater and
Land Plan. They are designed to minimise the risks of soil
erosion and impacts on freshwater quality.
The Council proposes rules that are closely aligned with
industry best-practice, while keeping requirements as simple
and streamlined as possible.
When a resource consent would
regional emission sources and ambient air
quality in the region.
Nitrogen oxides
NOx, any mixture of nitrous oxide (N2O), nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), are produced from
soil, motor vehicles and industrial fuel combustion processes. Indoor domestic appliances (gas stoves, gas
or wood heaters) are significant localised sources of nitrogen oxides.
Environmental and health effects of nitrogen oxides
NO and NO2 are of interest to air scientists and public …
(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) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals,
Standards on Auditing (New Zealand) issued by the New
Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.
Other than in our capacity as auditor, we have no relationship with, or
interests in the Regional Council.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
and voluntary riparian fencing and planting programme.
The NIWA report endorses and validates this approach,
Waimoku) met
the national bathing guideline, and this is a lower rate of non-compliance than in the
previous two years. Of the 14% of samples that exceeded the guideline, 10% arose from just
two sites- the two New Plymouth urban sites. Bird life was mainly responsible for the
exceedances at these sites, where on occasions recreationalists have fed the birds.
Two sites recorded all single samples in either the ‘Alert’ or the ‘Action’ mode of the MfE,
2003 guidelines (Waimoku Stream at Oakura,
TRANSFORMING TARANAKI
What's wrong with nutrients in streams?
Nutrients, including the elements nitrogen and
phosphorus, are essential for plant growth and soil
biological activity. On land or of themselves, nutrients
are not a problem (only rarely will the concentration of
nutrients be such that it will result in ammonia toxicity).
The problem with excessive nutrient enrichment is how the
nutrients may affect the physicochemical and biological
condition of water once they escape or seep
Taranaki Regional 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, one additional
inspection, and two biological receiving water surveys. Two short duration overflows (four
to five days) occurred between late September and mid October 2013.
Regular inspections indicated no problems with the ponds’ system maintenance or
operation,
Biodiversity
Biodiversity, or biological diversity, describes the variety of all biological life and the ecosystems of which
they are a part. The arrival of humans radically changed New Zealand’s indigenous biodiversity when
introduced plant and animal species and human activity changed the landscape. As a result, Taranaki is
now a highly modified landscape with approximately 52% of its land area classified as acutely or chronically
threatened in that there is less than 20% of indigenous
any hearing. However, you
will still retain your right to appeal any decision made by the Council.
If others make a similar submission, I/we will consider
presenting a joint case with them at the hearing.
No
Request for independent commisioner/s
Pursuant to section 100A of the Resource Management Act
1991, I request that the Taranaki Regional Council delegates
its functions, powers, and duties required to hear and decide
the application to one or more hearing commissioners who
are not