Performance Future Performance
On target
Target may not be achieved
Target will not be achieved
Delayed
Overdue
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Resource management
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Resource investigations and projects
Providing relevant research information for resource management purposes.
Commentary/Highlights
Activities during 2018/2019 include exploring research and funding opportunities relevant to regional council activities in
identified and responses researched before they become critical. Various activities continue as planned, with a high level of
engagement exploring opportunities relevant to regional council activities with Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) towards the MBIE
research 2017 bidding process for environmental research funding, allocation of CRI core funding (Strategic Science investment funds),
and with several of the National Science Challenges- in particular the 'Our Land and Water', the
Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020 (NES-FW) as part of the Government’s Essential Freshwater reforms and came into effect on 3 September 2020. As of 1 January 2025, these regulations were revoked and no longer apply. This means that resource consent is no longer required under the NES-FW for the conversion of non-dairy land to dairy farmland, however a consent may still be required under our Regional Freshwater Plan. If you are unsure or require clarification, please seek advice from Council on
District councils can work with Taranaki schools to help them minimise their own waste, as well as educating pupils about waste minimisation and recycling. Did you know most schools in the Taranaki region receive recycling bins and collection of recyclables for free? District councils may be able to offer advice or assistance in setting up a recycling system, improving your current system or any other area of waste minimisation you may need. To find out what's available and who to talk to, go
the Executive, Audit and Risk Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Executive, Audit and Risk
Committee held in the Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47 Cloten road, Stratford
on Monday 7 December 2020 at 10am
b) notes the recommendations therein were adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council on
Tuesday 15 December 2020.
Matters Arising
Appendices/Attachments
Document 2658894: Minutes Executive, Audit
onto land under any circumstances, unless
the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent, a rule in a regional plan, or by national
regulations.
The Company holds discharge permit 7884-1.1 to cover the discharge of wastes from hydrocarbon
exploration drilling operations with water based muds and synthetic based muds, and oily wastes from
hydrocarbon exploration and production activities, condensate storage tank wastewater, and well work-over
fluids (which includes fracturing
or from any industrial or trade premises onto land under any circumstances, unless
the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent, a rule in a regional plan, or by national
regulations.
WRS holds discharge permit 7795-1 to cover the discharge of drilling wastes (consisting of drilling cuttings
and drilling fluids from water based muds and synthetic based muds), from hydrocarbon exploration and
production activities, onto and into land via landfarming. This permit was issued
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Waste Remediation Services Limited
(WRS)
Symes Manawapou Landfarm
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2015-2016
Technical Report 2016-92
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 1739413 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 1770901 (Pdf)
January 2017
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Executive summary
Waste Remediation Services Ltd (the Company) operates
and promoting sustainability. Council Chair Charlotte Littlewood says the awards are an excellent way of saying thanks to the unsung heroes who are leading by example and giving so much back to their communities and the region through their work. “It’s always one of the highlights of the year to see who has won an award and to find out about their mahi and how that is making a difference to Taranaki,” says Mrs Littlewood. “And this fantastic work is being done across the generations and by people
Manutahi reservoirs.
A schematic representation of injection wells for both waste discharge
and enhanced oil recovery is presented in Figure 1.
Further details regarding hydrocarbon exploration and production in
Taranaki, the DWI process and its history within region can be found in
previous compliance reports published by the Council (see
Bibliography).
Resource consents
Sections 15(1)(b) and (d) of the RMA stipulate that no person may
discharge any contaminant onto land if it may