option to minimise
effects on the environment.
Conditions 6 and 7 are lapse and review provisions.
Section 14 of the Resource Management Act 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.
SENZL holds coastal permit 5992-1 to take produced water and associated heat from
aquifers in the coastal marine area
Appendix I of this report.
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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
was well managed
and that good wastewater dilution ratios had been maintained by discharging when the stream flow was
above 5 m³/s (special condition 16 of consent 0715-4.1).
The Waiongana Stream hydrology displays a natural rapid rise and fall (typical of Taranaki ring plain
streams), which allows for a limited window of opportunity when treated wastewater can be discharged
above the minimum consent limit. The consent holder has access to the Taranaki Regional Council web site,
which
rain and other water percolating through the composting material.
Leaf and Yard Waste - Includes waste consisting of plant materials but not tree limbs or other
woody materials in excess of 7 centimetres in diameter.
Maturity - A condition of compost that results from the thorough decomposition of the feedstock
materials, and as a result exhibits very limited biological activity, which enables the compost to be
stored and handled without adverse effect, including offensive odours, and used
monitored
by the Council on 24 and 13 separate occasions respectively between early November 2017 and early April
2018.
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2 Results
2.1 Inspections
18 August 2017
An inspection was conducted in fine weather with light northerly wind conditions, following recent heavy
rain throughout the catchment.
The influent screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. The primary pond level was high,
approximately 150 mm below the concrete waveband. The pond
rainwater. The slurry area had nothing put in it recently. There was no flow in the
gully below the discharge point and only looked to flow only during rain events. No
evidence of any cement or fine sediments were found in the drain. Overall the site
looked to have minimal use and was being kept tidy.
Results of discharge monitoring 3.2.2
Inspections undertaken at Firth Industries during the 2015-2016 monitoring period
did not find any untreated or inadequately treated discharges entering
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surface waterway via a settling pond (or tank), or are contained in cartridges disposed of at
landfills.
1.3 Resource consents
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.
Section 15(1) (a) of the RMA stipulates that no person may discharge any contaminant into water, unless
the
consent, the conditions of this consent shall prevail.
2. The consent holder shall maintain the structure in a safe and sound state such that:
(a) It does not fall into a state of disrepair and continues to function effectively for the
purpose it was designed;
(b) Its structural integrity is maintained; and
(c) There is no settlement or loss of foundation material.
3. The structure shall not cause significant erosion of the foreshore or seabed.
4. In accordance with section 128
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