the Resource Management Act 1991 6
1.1.1. Introduction 6
1.1.2. Structure of this report 6
1.1.3. The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring 7
1.1.4. Evaluation of environmental performance and administrative compliance 8
1.1.5. Quarrying in Taranaki 9
1.2. Resource consents 11
1.2.1. Water discharge permits 11
1.2.2. Water abstraction permits 11
1.2.3. Discharges of wastes to land 11
1.2.4. Land use permits 11
1.2.5. Summary of resource consents
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State of the environment monitoring ............................................................................................................................................................... 10
Resource investigations and projects ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Sustainable land management plans and plant supply programme
programme for the year under review was comprised of three inspections,
assessing the types of materials being received and how the discharge to land was being managed.
Unacceptable wastes were found during one inspection, however this was removed promptly as requested.
No updated site Management Plan was received by Council as is a requirement of the consent 7374-1.
During the year, Malandra Downs Ltd demonstrated a good level of environmental and administrative
performance.
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Taranaki has been awarded a further $3.9 million for the four years (1 July 2019
to 30 June 2023) from the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) Sustainable Land
Management Hill Country Erosion Fund.
The funds are administered by the Taranaki Regional Council
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 …
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Process description 4
1.3 Resource consents 5
1.3.1 Discharges of wastes to land 5
1.4 Monitoring programme 6
1.4.1 Introduction 6
1.4.2 Programme liaison and management 6
1.4.3 Site inspections 7
2. Results 8
2.1 Inspections 8
2.2 Investigations, interventions, and incidents 8
3. Discussion 10
3.1 Discussion of site performance 10
3.2 Environmental effects of exercise of consents 10
3.3 Evaluation of performance 10
3.4 Recommendations from the 2013-2014 Annual Report 12
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Resource investigations and projects ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Waste minimisation ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Sustainable land management plans and plant supply
freshwater quality is a
priority for today and for the future and the review
aims to find the most practical and cost-effective
ways to do so.
After a couple of years of detailed research and
analysis, and engagement with iwi, agriculture,
industry and others, the Council has drafted a new
Freshwater and Land Plan.
The Draft Plan largely continues the existing
freshwater and soil management regimes but with a
number of important changes, particularly for those
Water discharge permit 7
1.3.3 Air discharge pemit 9
1.3.4 Discharges of wastes to land 9
1.4 Monitoring programme 11
1.4.1 Introduction 11
1.4.2 Programme liaison and management 11
1.4.3 Site inspections 11
1.4.4 Chemical sampling 12
1.4.5 Biomonitoring surveys 12
2. Results 12
2.1 Water 12
2.1.1 Inspections 12
2.1.2 Results of abstraction and discharge monitoring 14
2.1.3 Provision of company data 18
2.1.4 Results of receiving environment monitoring 23
2.2