page FORM 13 SUBMISSION ON RESOURCE CONSENT APPLICATION Taranaki Regional Council Telephone: 06-765 7127 Facsimile: 06-765 5097 Email: consents@trc.govt.nz Website: www.trc.govt.nz Important Note: Please ensure that all sections of this form are completed and that the Taranaki Regional Council receives this submission before midnight on the closing date specified on the notification. For Council Use Only Post To: The Chief
application is to discharge contaminants to: Water Describe the industry and/or process from which the discharge will occur, and its general nature (e.g. domestic sewage, wastewater) The discharge relates to hydro-electricity generation. Further details of Manawa Energy operations and the Motukawa HEPS are provided in the attached Assessment of Environmental Effects. What is the general form of the discharge? Liquids Identify the potentially significant contaminants in the discharge
entitled Pest Management Plan for Taranaki - Impact Assessment and Cost Benefit Analyses (the report). The report sets out an assessment of the impacts of plant and animal species proposed to be declared ‘pests’ for inclusion in the Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP) and an evaluation of the costs and benefits of regional management. This report meets the requirements of Section 70–71 of the Biosecurity Act 1993 (the BSA) and the Proposed National Policy Direction for Pest
the area grassed. The landfill is monitored by the Council under the Eltham wastewater treatment plant/Eltham landfill combined monitoring programme. Historically the water quality in the Mangawhero Stream was quite poor due to the discharges from the Eltham wastewater treatment plant and it was difficult to fully assess any impact from the landfill on the stream. Generally no deterioration in water quality was found when comparing upstream and downstream sites. Now that the Eltham
says: “Nova Energy developed the Kapuni solar power plant to demonstrate that electricity generation, the environment, tangata whenua and agriculture can coexist in a sustainable win-win environment. It takes a village to build a successful power plant and Nova Energy could not have done it without help from the Kapuni community and tangata whenua.” Highly commendedPregnancy Help Inc - Taranaki Branch Pregnancy Help Inc has demonstrated commitment to community and sustainability. Every textile it
order or above and lakes with a perimeter of 1.5 kilometres or more. Each regional council is required to develop targets to demonstrate a regional contribution towards the national target. Regional context and focus The joint taskforce has advised the Council that currently, overall swimmability for the Taranaki region is estimated as: 39% of rivers, and 97% of lakes. This figure has been generated by the computer modelling undertaken on behalf of the taskforce. The
in their current form to be preserved for future generations? Prioritization – what aspirations of areas of improvement are the most important from a community perspective? The Council further incorporated the four well-beings into its consultation methodology as a tool to assist users in framing responses: environmental well-being; economic well-being; social well-being; and cultural well-being and were incorporated into the engagement in order to
application is to discharge contaminants to: Water Describe the industry and/or process from which the discharge will occur, and its general nature (e.g. domestic sewage, wastewater) The discharge relates to hydro-electricity generation. Further details of Manawa Energy operations and the Motukawa HEPS are provided in the attached Assessment of Environmental Effects. What is the general form of the discharge? Liquids Identify the potentially significant contaminants in the discharge
minimal opportunities for safe overtaking, particularly between Mount Messenger and the north end of the Awakino Gorge, and through the Uruti Valley. 1 The Road Ahead: Economic Development Study on State Highway 3 North prepared by NZIER for Venture Taranaki (Sep 2012). SH3 along Taranaki’s northern coastline Motunui methanol plant on SH3 north of New Plymouth
order to try to target such events. It is noted that the wastewater sample analysed by the Company and provided to the Council was compliant with the consent. From a biological monitoring perspective, two rounds were undertaken in the Mangorei Stream in this monitoring period. The conclusion from the Council’s biologist was as follows: Overall, there was no evidence that any discharges from the Junction Road Power Plant had caused any recent detrimental impacts on the