results fell into the MfE
‘Excellent’ air quality category. Three of the four
benzene results were within the MfE ‘Acceptable’
category. One result fell within the ‘Good’ category.
The Council also monitors for VOCs around
significant potential sources, such as gas production
stations, as part consent compliance programmes.
Results always fall well within guideline values.
Find out more
Air emissions consents monitoring reports
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Air monitoring survey
resource consent
please contact the TRC Consents department)
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Water abstraction permits
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is
expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in Section 14. Permits authorising the abstraction of water are issued by the Council
under Section 87(d) of the RMA.
Water discharge
Westside New Zealand Ltd Deep Well Injection Annual Report 2022-2023
Lower Waiwhakaiho catchment consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
leachate generated on site converge, the discharges cannot be
meaningfully separated. No rules within the RFWP specifically provide for the
discharge of leachate and, as such, the discharge of leachate and stormwater onto and
into land [where contaminants may enter water], and into water, fall for consideration
under Rules 44 and 43 [respectively] of the RFWP as discretionary activities.
13. The Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki [RAQP] details Council policies relating to
fresh air. The
Freshwater ecological monitoring state of the environment report - Taranaki Regional Council.
Taranaki Regional Council Long-Term Plan 2015-2025
Appendix S - Assessment of cultural effects
tunnels, where the water flows from the river into the canal. It is likely that flow velocities through the tunnels
are the primary influence on fish passage, although during low lake levels, water will fall into the intake, which
smaller fish will struggle to negotiate.
Previous survey data show that smelt and torrentfish have been recorded upstream of the weir, with torrentfish
recorded more frequently, though not in abundance. In addition, the station owner/operator reports observing
schools