the time)
How wide should my buffers be?
You must have a buffer of at least 5m from areas of grazed forage crop and
rivers, lakes, wetlands or drains. This buffer is regardless of whether they contain
water or not. A 5m buffer is the minimum legal requirement. However, regional
rules may require you to have wider buffer widths so you need to check with your
Regional Council.
You may also want to consider wider buffers as good practice. The good practice
rule of thumb is, the steeper
issues with environmental or administrative performance in the 2023-2024,
monitoring of the closed Hāwera landfill may be adjusted to reflect any additional investigation or
intervention as found necessary.
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4 Kaponga landfill
Site description
STDC (previously as Eltham District Council) operated the Kaponga landfill from the 1970’s to 1993. The
Kaponga landfill site is located in a gully that also has a wetland fed by a number of springs emanating from
within
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Ensuring the ongoing
development of
Yarrow Stadium.
Caring for
Pukeiti, Tūpare and
Hollard Gardens.
Owning and ensuring
good governance of
Port Taranaki Ltd.
Biosecurity, including
controlling animal
and plant pests.
Protecting rivers,
lakes and wetlands
from pollution.
TRC ready to meet
challenges ahead
They align closely with the 4 compliance
grades in the MfE Best Practice Guidelines for Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement, 2018
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Figure 1 Schematic layout of Eltham WWTP prior to the diversion of wastewater to the Hawera WWTP
The layout of the wastewater plant as it existed prior to the new pipeline diversion is illustrated in Figure 1.
Reconfiguration of the wetland to act as a storage pond was undertaken following full diversion of wastes to
the
sensitive species within a water course are impacted regularly.
• The biological monitoring of the Haehanga Stream (Section 2.1.8) concluded with: ‘MCI declines
significantly downstream of consented activities such as the wetland treatment system discharge as
well as the irrigation areas.’ This demonstrates that the facility was in breach of consent 5838-2.2,
through significant adverse effects to instream biota.
• Surface water monitoring indicated an increasing trend in total ammoniacal
remnant of lowland tawa, kohekohe,
rewarewa, hinau, podocarp forest, on short steep slopes descending to the Waitara
River. The forest provides good connectivity to nearby wetlands and forest, including
the Taramoukou, Tarata and Junction Road Conservation Areas and Fairy Forest
KNE…
The canopy of the bush remnant is dominated by tawa, rewarewa, pukatea,
kahikatea, rimu and miro. A variety of native vines and epiphytes are present. The
understory is in recovering condition
composting operation, observe the onsite stormwater management
system including treatment devices and various reaches of the Haehanga
Stream.
2.3 I have also reviewed various documentation submitted by the applicant
and their agents. This documentation included:
(a) Letter from Ms Kate McArthur (dated 9 December 2020) to Mr Paul
Cummings of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga.
(b) Surface water quality monitoring data.
(c) Uruti Wetland Management Plan.
(d) Haehanga Catchment
communities upstream and
downstream of the wetland treatment discharge directly to a tributary of the
Haehanga Stream, shows the discharge causes a 25% reduction in SQMCI, which is
in my view (and commensurate with standards in other regional plans) evidence of a
significant adverse effect on aquatic life resulting from the discharge.
19. In my view, the discharge of ammoniacal nitrogen both directly (from the wetland
treating the paunch waste) and indirectly via overland flow and
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NPS-FM DEFINITIONS
loss of value, in relation to a natural inland wetland or river, means the wetland or river is less
able to provide for the following existing or potential values:
(a) any value identified for it under the NOF process; or
(b) any of the following, whether or not they are identified under the NOF process:
(i) ecosystem health
(ii) indigenous biodiversity
(iii) hydrological functioning
(iv) Māori …