(consent limit 4.27 ppm one hour average) 31
Figure 18 Riparian management plans in Waingongoro catchment with the property that received
funding outlined in red for the 2021-2022 monitoring year 34
List of photos
Photo 1 Ballance Agri-Nutrients ammonia urea plant (viewed looking towards the north-east) 3
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1 Introduction
Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource
Management Act 1991
1.1.1 Introduction
This report is for the period
change potentially impacts on the Council’s current policy programme to develop a new Land and
Freshwater Plan to give effect to the NPSFM. This memo sets out the considerations being undertaken
to determine an appropriate way forward through the uncertainty. A paper setting out a proposed
way forward will be brought to the Policy and Planning Committee in March.
Recommendations
That Taranaki Regional Council:
a. receives the memorandum Update on changes to the NPSFM and
is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans and water take data) in accordance with
consent conditions.
Events that were beyond the control of the consent holder and unforeseeable (that is a
accessed from
Lower Stuart Road. The area irrigated increased progressively, from 60 ha when the reticulation system was
commissioned in January 2001, to 265 ha in 2012-2013.
An additional area (Paulwell Farm) has also been equipped and irrigation is planned to commence during
the 2021-2022 monitoring year.
When effluent is discharged to the river, it is through a variable-rate pump via a pipe that projects over the
river by about one third of its width. Flow is measured at a v-notch weir
on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with Methanex’s approach to
demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely provision of
information to Council (such as contingency plans and water take data) in accordance with consent
conditions.
Events that were beyond the control of the consent holder and unforeseeable (that is a defence under the
provisions of the RMA can be
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1.4.6 Ambient air quality 19
1.4.7 Biomonitoring surveys 19
2 Results 23
2.1 Programme liaison and management 23
2.1.1 Erosion and sediment control plans 23
2.1.2 Landfill management and contingency plans 23
2.1.3 Stage 3 closure plan 23
2.1.4 Colson Road Landfill Liaison Committee 25
2.1.5 Independent consultant’s reports 25
2.2 Inspections 26
2.3 Water 32
2.3.1 NPDC monitoring results 32
2.3.1.1 Leachate 32
2.3.1.2 Under liner groundwater
2020 (NES-FW) as part of the Government’s Essential Freshwater reforms. The regulations seek to improve IWG practices by providing three pathways for farmers doing it: Pathway 1: IWG is permitted if a farmer complies with default conditions set out in the NES-FW, or Pathway 2: IWG is permitted if a farmer obtains a certified Freshwater Farm Plan that achieves an equivalent (or better) outcome. The farm plan must demonstrate that any adverse effects in relation to the IWG are no greater than those
performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans and water take data) in accordance with
consent conditions.
Events that were beyond the control of the consent holder and unforeseeable (that is a
Adopt best practical option Inspections and liaison with consent holder Yes
2. Prepare a Contingency and
Maintenance Plan Revised plan received May 2018 Yes
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N/A = not applicable
Purpose: To discharge leachate into land and into groundwater adjacent to the Patea River
Condition requirement Means of monitoring during period under
review
Compliance
achieved?
3. Maintain landfill site Inspection Yes
4. Effects beyond mixing zone Water quality
with consent holder Yes
5. Consent holder to adopt best
practicable option Inspection Yes
6. Requirements of overflow
notification Notification received Yes
7. Requirements of contingency
plan Updated report received May 2022 Yes
8. Provisions for monitoring Chemical sampling Yes
9. Review condition No further provision for review prior to expiry N/A
Overall assessment of consent compliance and environmental performance in respect
of this consent
Overall assessment of