Investigations, interventions, and incidents 23
3. Discussion 24
3.1 Discussion of site performance 24
3.2 Environmental effects of exercise of consents 24
3.3 Evaluation of performance 24
3.4 Recommendations from the 2014-2015 Annual Report 27
3.5 Alterations to monitoring programmes for 2016-2017 27
4. Recommendations 29
Glossary of common terms and abbreviations 30
Bibliography and references 32
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Appendix I Resource consents held by Shell Todd Oil
references 24
Appendix I Well construction schematic 1
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Appendix II Resource consent held by GPL 2
Appendix III Certificates of analysis (Groundwater) 1
Appendix IV Certificates of analysis (Hydraulic fracturing and return fluid) 1
Appendix V Biomonitoring report 2
List of tables
Table 1 Summary of hydraulic fracturing activity (2013-2014) 5
Table 2 Details of groundwater sites included in the monitoring programme 9
Table 3 Details of
Appendix I Periphyton Flow Sampling Dates
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List of tables
Table 1 Periphyton attribute table (NPS-FM, 2020) 2
Table 2 Periphyton guidelines in New Zealand 3
Table 3 Sites monitored in the monthly periphyton monitoring programme 4
Table 4 Physicochemical monitoring undertaken as a component of the monthly periphyton
monitoring programme 6
Table 5 River Environment Classification (REC) classes and categories within each class. Classes
Recommendations 38
5. Acknowledgements 38
Bibliography 41
Appendix I Resource consents held by South Taranaki District Council 44
Appendix II Results of cliff erosion survey, November 2014 46
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List of tables
Page
Table 1 Dissolved oxygen measurements from the Opunake
wastewater treatment system’s oxidation pond and
combined wetlands 10
Table 2 Results of comparative sampling surveys of the Opunake
wastewater treatment system during the
Agenda for Taranaki Regional Transport Committee 17 June 2015
Fonterra Whareroa 77
Appendix II Marine ecological monitoring reports 79
Appendix III Freshwater biological survey 81
Appendix IV Fish survey of the Tawhiti Stream 83
Appendix V PM10 monitoring report 85
Appendix VI Explanation of Box and Whisker Plots 87
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List of tables
Table 1 Product manufactured at Fonterra annually 3
Table 2 Summary of abstraction rate data for 2013-2014 23
Table 3 Summary of wastewater volume data for 2013-2014 25
Composite samples 10
2.1.2.2 Grab samples 11
2.1.2.3 Norovirus samples 12
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2.1.3 Sludge lagoon monitoring 12
2.1.4 Marine ecological surveys 15
2.1.5 Shoreline bacteriological survey 18
2.1.6 Shellfish monitoring 19
2.1.6.1 Metals in mussel flesh 19
2.1.6.2 Norovirus in shellfish flesh 19
2.2 Air 20
2.2.1 Inspections 20
2.3 Investigations, interventions, and incidents 21
2.3.1 New Plymouth Wastewater Treatment Plant incidents 21
performance 9
3.4 Recommendations from the 2016-2017 Annual Report 10
3.5 Alterations to monitoring programmes for 2018-2019 11
3.6 Exercise of optional review of consent 11
4 Recommendations 12
Glossary of common terms and abbreviations 13
Bibliography and references 15
Appendix I Resource consent held by Value Timber Ltd 1
Appendix II Wood waste analysis results
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List of tables
Table 1 Results of CCAB analysis of wood waste sample, 17 January 2018
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APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Resource Management Act Charging Policy
SCHEDULE OF CHARGES PURSUANT TO
SECTION 36 OF THE RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
SCHEDULE 1: SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
STAFF TIME
Rate for
processing
resource
consents and
responding to
pollution
incidents.
Rate for
all other
Council
work.
Professional staff $88/hr $83/hr
Professional/supervisory staff $112/hr $104/hr
Managers $162/hr
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11.3 Discussion...................................................................................................................... 41
12. Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 49
Appendix I..................................................................................................................................... 51
Appendix II