management 5
1.4.3 Site inspections 5
1.4.4 Chemical sampling 6
2 Results 8
2.1 Water 8
2.1.1 Inspections 8
2.1.2 Wastewater trends 8
2.1.3 Results of discharge and receiving water monitoring 12
2.1.4 Treated effluent discharge records 14
2.1.5 Discharge to land monitoring 16
2.1.6 Implementation plan 16
2.2 Air 19
2.2.1 Inspections 19
2.3 Incidents, investigations, and interventions 20
3 Discussion 22
3.1 Discussion of site performance 22
3.2
administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental 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
waters relative to discharge
Physicochemical sampling – Exceedance of
turbidity limits No
15. Contingency plan maintained Plan received – Requires updating Yes
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Purpose: To discharge treated stormwater and treated groundwater from quarry activities into an unnamed
tributary of the Kurapete Stream
Condition requirement Means of monitoring during period under
review
Compliance
achieved?
16. Optional review of consent Optional annual review for 5
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 defence under the
provisions of the RMA can be established) may be excluded with regard to the performance
was issued by the Taranaki Regional
Council on 22 August 2005 under Section 87(e) of the Resource Management Act. It is
due to expire on 1 June 2018.
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Special condition 1 requires the consent holder to adopt the best practicable option.
Special condition 2 requires the consent holder to discharge in accordance with consent
application information.
Special condition 3 requires the consent holder to prepare a site contingency plan and
condition 4 requires STDC
likely effects 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 …
environmental and administrative performance during the period under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the
receiving environment from the activities during the monitoring year.
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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
overall environmental performance and compliance (Table 5).
Table 5 Council rating system for compliance monitoring (2001/02)
Grading category Explanation Results
High
Where there are essentially no adverse environmental effects to be concerned about, &
no, or trivial, non-compliance with conditions (eg, a deadline for delivery of results or a
contingency plan missed by a few days)
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Good
Where the adverse environmental effects of activities during the
brown trout, rainbow trout,
torrentfish, smelt, inanga, and redfin bullies. These modifications were required to have been completed by
previous owners of the hydro scheme, however, given the lack of progress towards improving the fish pass,
and the ongoing non-compliance, an Enforcement Order (ENV-2017-WLG-000049) was issued on 30
November 2017. Paragraph 10 of this Enforcement Order makes it clear that the current owners of the
Company are still subject to this Enforcement Order. Draft plans
strangling three Taranaki lakes.” Signs have been erected at the site warning people to stay out of the lagoon, so as not to inadvertently spread the weed. The public is also asked to be vigilant and report any suspicious plants to the Council on 0800 736 222. The Council has worked alongside local landowners and residents, Ministry for Primary Industries, Department of Conservation and iwi and hapū to raise awareness and plan the control. Following further testing, a plant in a private Stratford pond