controls as to how it is to be managed.
Implementing much of the NPS-HPL will fall to territorial authorities through their
District Plans.
13. Set out below is a summary of the overall policy direction to be implemented by
Councils:
13.1. Restrict rezoning of highly productive land, but allowing tier 1 and 2 territorial
authorities to consider rezoning subject to requirements of the NPS-HPL.
13.2. Avoid rezoning of HPL for rural lifestyle and avoid subdivision generally of HPL,
from each
of the subcommittees and a representative from the
TRC, all with a three-year term.
2 pm: Gordon Bailey is the speaker and will address
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minimal flaring occurring and the flare was clean burning
with no smoke or odours noted.
4 December 2020
An inspection carried out following period of heavy rain and strong winds. A lot of tree debris was noted
around the site and the stormwater drains were being cleared at the time of inspection. Frogs were noted
within the interceptor system. In general the site was tidy and no staining was noted. Gas was being flared
at a rate and quantity which controlled smoke and odour.
4 March
during the second
and third inspections. Water samples were taken in conjunction with the second inspection on 10 Jan 2022.
The Urenui Beach Camp trenches were inspected separately on 16 Feb 2022 at 0900 NZST. There had been
heavy rain prior and the camp reported they had experienced a power cut for 30+ hours, during which
NPDC had attended with generators to ensure the wastewater pumps did not overflow. There were no
odour or visual issues identified in or around the trenches at the time of
Freshwater Management 2014 (NPS-FW), by
far the greatest number of attribute measurements at each site already fall into the ‘A’ NOF
category, with most of the remainder falling into a ‘B’ category. There is a single ‘C’ result and
no ‘D’ result: that is, there is no attribute at any site that falls below the compulsory bottom
lines established within the NOF.
Before the NOF was released, the Council had in preparation for the review of its RFWP
commissioned NIWA to develop regionally
one inspection, a review of water
abstraction data and water level monitoring data, three water samples collected for physicochemical
analysis, two biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters and various stream gaugings.
The monitoring indicated that the operation of the sluicing of the weir has improved, with flows not falling
below 151L/s at any point in the 2023/24 year.
For reference, in the 2023/24 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
from the normal discharge point along with the discharge immediately above it.
A slight odour was detected on site. No offensive or objectionable odour was detected offsite at the time of
the inspection. An abatement notice may be issued and the compliance rating would be pending sample
results.
16 June 2021
Inspection was undertaken as part of routine compliance monitoring, after a period of very heavy rain
overnight. The worm beds were all covered. There was evidence of a large
load out area were clear and stormwater was not discharging offsite.
No smoke or odours were noted.
19 September 2016
The site was neat and tidy at the time of the inspection. Ring drains and skimmer pits were clear of
contaminants, with no discharge offsite.
No flaring or smoke were observed.
16 January 2017
The skimmer pits contained clear water despite quite heavy rain fall during the previous few days. Frogs and
other aquatic species were in residence which may
which water levels rise and fall rapidly in
response to rainfall. The unit has both shallow unconfined low-yielding aquifers and
confined higher yielding aquifers at depth. The unit includes New Plymouth and other
urban areas and most of the land use (outside the Egmont National Park) is
predominately intensive pastoral farming. The use of surface water supports a wide
range of consumptive activities including agriculture, industry, community water
supplies, and hydro-electric power
that works needed to be undertaken to ensure best
practice is maintained. This included ensuring that chemicals are covered with tarpaulins, especially when
rain is expected, and ensuring that chemicals are stored in a bund if access to another storage area is not
immediately available. Also discussed was the bund itself and the requirement that it must capture and
contain stormwater to ensure that spilled chemicals cannot escape the bund and flow to the ring drain,
skimmer pit and ultimately