activities.
The Company holds five resource consents, which include a total of 41 conditions setting out the
requirements that the Company must satisfy. The Company holds two consents to discharge effluent into
the ground via land soakage, one consent to discharge stormwater to surface water and two consents to
discharge emissions into the air at two sites in Taranaki.
During the monitoring period, the Company demonstrated an overall high level of environmental
performance.
The
Mutunga to assess
potential cultural effects of discharge
consents
A site visit with Ngāti Mutunga Kaumatua
and Iwi representatives has occurred and
Remediation (NZ) is open to further visits as
required.
7. Encourage annual monitoring and
reporting by councils on the effects of land
management practices on water in the Ngāti
Mutunga rohe.
The Taranaki Regional Council prepares an
annual monitoring report for the site.
Remediation (NZ) will ensure that Ngāti
Mutunga receives a
management should
be integrated across all media, so that a consent holder's use of water, air, and land should be considered
from a single comprehensive environmental perspective. Accordingly, the Council generally implements
integrated environmental monitoring programmes and reports the results of the programmes jointly. This
report is the 28th combined annual report and the 30th water-related report by the Council and its
predecessors for the Company.
1.1.2 Structure of this report
Section 1
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State of the environment monitoring ................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Resource investigations and projects ................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Sustainable land management plans and plant supply programme
to discharge uncontaminated stormwater into the Puremu
Stream, two consents to discharge leachate and contaminated stormwater into the Puremu Stream, two
consents to discharge emissions into the air, one consent to discharge solids onto and into land and two
consent to discharge stormwater from earthworks, one of which was granted during the year under review.
NPDC also holds one consent to divert water.
The Council’s monitoring programme for the year under review included 12 routine …
attached separate to the Agenda.
Executive summary
In late 2015 the Council decided not to formally notify its Freshwater and Land Management
Plan but to continue with further review work and engagement with a view to having a
revised version of the plan notified around 2020.
The Council’s position is that further gains in freshwater and land management can be made
in the meantime supported by our current policies and programmes which give the Council
some scope to make adjustments in
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The document focuses on managing high nutrient levels as a perceived driver of poor
water quality however high nutrient levels do not necessarily mean poor aquatic
health. Taranaki generally has good aquatic health even with nutrient levels above the
proposed limits. It indicates that farms will have to fence and riparian plant 5m back
from all river banks.
Council has requested
regional intervention or
assistance
the proposal does not conflict with or reduce the Council’s
ability to carry out its primary role
the proposal does not conflict with other policies of the
Council including the Revenue and Financing Policy, the
Investment Policy and the Liability Management Policy
the proposal does not represent a shifting on to the
Council of a duty or responsibility that is properly that of
another agency. On this matter however, the
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Resource Consent Application
(Pursuant of section 88 of the Resource Management Act 1991)
Discharge Permit
To discharge to air
(A separate application form is required for each consent being applied for)
Important: Please read carefully before completing the form
All applicants need to respond to all of the questions. If a particular section is not applicable to your
application, please say so; do not
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Resource Consent Application
(Pursuant to sections 13(1), 14(1) and 88 of the Resource Management Act 1991)
Damming
(A separate application form is required for each consent being applied for)
Important: Please read carefully before completing the form
All applicants need to respond to all of the questions. If a particular section is not applicable to your
application, please say so; do not leave