2 Results
2.1 Inspections
12 August 2019
An inspection was undertaken of the Osflo fertiliser facility, located at 1319 Mountain Road, North of
Inglewood. The weather was overcast with intermittent heavy rain and strong North Westerly winds. The
inspection was undertaken with the Osflo site manager whom escorted the officer for the duration of the
inspection. This was the first inspection of the 2019-2020 monitoring period. The site area, including the site
office; truck wash down …
would direct stormwater back to the ring drain while still allowing vehicle access.
9 June 2022
The site was tidy and processes appeared to be well managed with drip trays and chemical bunding in use
and no spills or stains evident on the ground. The inspection was undertaken after heavy rain and the
stormwater system was coping well, with all stormwater being collected and directed appropriately prior to
discharge. The stream was visually the same upstream and downstream of the site. It
defences in February
as the region was hit by heavy rain. The
deluge saw 138mm of rain recorded at
Cape Egmont in just four hours.
We ran a marine oil spill response exercise
in New Plymouth’s harbour alongside Port
Taranaki, New Plymouth Underwater Ltd
and iwi. We do these to ensure that if there
was a real oil spill, everyone would be
familiar with the equipment and the correct
procedures. An ecologist was on hand to
check on the wellbeing of penguins and
other
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Tom Cloke (New Plymouth Constituency)
David Gibson (New Plymouth Constituency)
Peter Horton (New Plymouth Constituency)
John Larmer (New Plymouth Constituency)
David Lean (New Plymouth Constituency)
Charlotte Littlewood (New Plymouth Constituency)
Bev Raine (New Plymouth Constituency)
Richard Williams (New Plymouth Constituency)
Craig Williamson (New Plymouth Constituency)
Netta Burnside (North Taranaki Constituency)
Michael Davey
facility was also inspected. This area was found to be in a satisfactory
condition with no odour or unauthorised waste disposal issues noted.
27 November 2017
An inspection was conducted in showery weather with very light wind conditions. The monthly rainfall was
60.5 mm of rain as recorded at the Stratford TRC weather station.
The step screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. The influent flow rate was measured as 37.6
m3/hr (17 L/s). The pond was a turbid green colour,
main building is transported across the paddocks to Manhole 1
1 The Council has used these compliance grading criteria for more than 20 years. They align closely with the four compliance
grades in the MfE Best Practice Guidelines for Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement, 2018
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(Figure 1). During heavy rain overflow from the settling pond also discharges into the same manhole and
enters the piped tributary (Figure 1).
Figure 1 Taranaki
carried out to check for compliance
with resource consent conditions. Light rain fell intermittently throughout the day. Well sites inspected were
Mangahewa-A, C, D, E and G; Pouri-A; Pukemai-A; Tuhua-A, B, C and D; McKee B, C, D and E; Toetoe-A, B
and C; and Mystone-A. In general, the sites were tidy and clean with minimal activity occurring. The sites
were being maintained with weed spraying evident on the site and in some places within the ring drains.
The majority of ring drains were
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.
Water permit 1125-4 allows Vector to take water from Kapuni Stream for the operation
of a gas processing facility and related ancillary purposes and downstream uses. This
permit was issued by the Taranaki Regional Council on 19 June 2012 under Section
87(d) of the RMA. It is due to expire on 1 June 2035.
report.
1.3.2 Water abstraction permit (groundwater)
Section 14 of the Act stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49
of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as the rate and daily volume of
the groundwater