5206-1 To discharge emissions to air from a piggery
operation and associated practices.
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1.3.1 Water abstraction permit
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
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category, DH Lepper Trust holds water permit 0188-3 to cover the take of water from an
significant costs but with little purpose or community benefit.
Proposed broad-brush national requirements for excluding stock from waterways fall short of what is actually required to reduce faecal contamination, and risk undermining successful and proven local initiatives such as Taranaki’s award-winning riparian planting and fencing programme.
It should be up to councils working with their local communities to decide which rivers and lakes are most important for swimming, whether and how urgently
systems currently in operation in the province fall in to the
pressurised category. Pressurised systems can be further differentiated based on the
method of operation and equipment used. A summary of the systems encountered in
the region and some of their advantages and disadvantages are summarised below:
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K-line and long-lateral types – Impact sprinklers mounted on moveable laterals
(Photograph 1).
Advantages:
• low capital cost;
• are simple in
by a resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
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DH Lepper Trust holds Consent 0188-3 to cover the take of water from an unnamed
tributary of the Waiongana Stream for piggery operation purposes.
This permit was re-issued by the Council on 09 January 2002 under Section 87(d) of
the RMA. It is due to expire on 1 June 2020.
Three special conditions are attached to this consent.
be added as late items
Late items on the agenda. The Councils response is also noted:
Mana Whakahono a Rohe decisions – These decisions are not in
the scope of this committee and fall under the full Council.
Review of Delegated Authority Manual – This will be discussed
at the Māori relationships going forward workshop as there was
confusion as to whether the request referred to the Delegations
Manual or the Committee Terms of Reference. It was noted that a
Governance Handbook …
process areas and roadways, the stormwater collection and retention systems, stormwater sampling and
release records and inspections of the discharge point and receiving waters in the Herekawe Stream.
Scheduled inspections were carried out on 21 August and 5 November 2020, and 11 February and 20 May
2021.
Notes from these visits are summarised below. Records of production and incinerator operation were
inspected and found to be satisfactory.
21 August 2020
It was raining during the
containers and farm plastics. In a submission on the proposed new stewardship regime, the Council supported all six priorities, suggested that tangata whenua be involved in designing the product stewardship scheme, and urged the Government not to let the cost burden of any compulsory requirements fall back on local government. Consents & Regulatory agenda Nov 2019 (1.6 MB pdf) Policy & Planning agenda Nov 2019 (3.9 MB pdf)
quality (NES), and requires regional councils to demonstrate that air meets the standard. Taranaki is one of only two regions that has never exceeded the NES air quality guidelines, always falling into the Ministry for the Environment's categories of 'Acceptable' to 'Excellent'. Intensive ongoing air quality monitoring is therefore not required in Taranaki. What do we look for?
Since 1991, the Council has gathered air quality data at up to 20 representative sites across the region including urban,
Results
2.1 Inspections
14 July 2020
A winter Inspection was carried out during fine weather following a period of heavy rain throughout the
catchment. The influent screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. The main pond was
green/brown in colour with a slightly turbid appearance. Odour was noted as being ‘slightly noticeable’. In
excess of 250 Mallard ducks were present on the pond.
Both wetland pond levels were slightly high. These were green/brown in colour and slightly
rain had caused overflow to the Kurapete
Stream. The discharge had no significant visual effect downstream in the receiving waters. Samples were
collected of the discharge, upstream and two sites downstream.
11 May 2022
The primary screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. The pond level had been lowered in the
primary lagoon to allow a survey to be carried out around the wave band perimeter (remedial works are
planned during the 22/23 summer). The pond was turbid and