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
Councillor B K Raine
Councillor C S Williamson
Councillor D L Lean (ex officio)
Councillor D N MacLeod (ex officio)
Representative Ms E Bailey (Iwi Representative)
Members Councillor G Boyde (Stratford District Council)
Mr J Hooker (Iwi Representative)
Councillor R Jordan (New Plymouth District Council)
Mr P Muir (Taranaki Federated Farmers)
Councillor P Nixon (South Taranaki District Council)
Mr M Ritai (Iwi Representative)
Apologies
Notification of Late Items
sensor system, the Company can monitor the residual flows in the Manganui River, water levels in the
race and lake, and how much rain is falling locally. This has allowed the Company to manage race flows to
minimise flooding and has greatly improved the Company’s compliance with residual flow requirements.
Resource consents
The Company holds 13 resource consents, the details of which are summarised in the table below.
Summaries of the conditions attached to each permit are set out in Section
bacteriological water quality in the latest survey period was lower than
normal in comparison with historical surveys. The total number of samples falling within
the “Alert” or “Action” categories (36% of samples, or 40% if the samples of the Waimoku
are included) across the 16 recognised bathing sites was the highest recorded. However, it
should be noted that the “Action” category is the only category for which swimming is not
recommended. In the 2016-2017 season, 86% of all samples (ie excluding the
national
regulations. Methanex currently holds a consent for a flood control structure in the
Waitara River.
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.
Methanex currently holds two abstraction consents for the Waitara River.
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Section 15(1)(a) of the
(upper) $1,177.30 per year
Waingongoro hydrometric equipment $913.60 per year
Waitaha hydrometric equipment $9,709.92 per year
Rain Gauge Calibration $370.30 per deployment
Chlorine Meter $22.90 per use
Drone $145.20 per day
Multi-parameter Field Meter $123.40 per day
Haehanga hydrometric equipment $2,621.50 per year
Explanation
This scale of charges is used to calculate the Council's actual and reasonable costs when carrying out functions under the
Resource
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
build a new
compressor onsite. The old flare pit had been tested for contamination prior to it being reinstated to
pasture. At the time of inspection no flare, heat haze or smoke was detected. The skimmer pits were visually
satisfactory. It was noted that the discharge pipe is kept closed during rain events to allow sediment to
settle out prior to discharge, with various tide marks around the pits showing that this was common
practice. Hydrocarbon cloth had been placed under the coil tubing
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
of skimmer pits indicating relatively good
water quality. A drip tray (tarp) had been placed under the mud shaker chutes and this was
collecting/catching a lot of mud and preventing discharges to ground. Both liquid and dry chemicals were
being stored in the onsite metal bund and these were covered by tarps to prevent rain from falling on
product. Appropriate bunding was noted around the rest of the site.
15 October 2018
Kowhai-D wellsite: A new filter sock was being installed within