rating for their 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. 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
the relief
sought by many in the primary sector to allow for the grant of consent for
durations exceeding six years is not approved.
[6] A limited exception to the policy on duration has been made for existing
hydro-electricity generation activities. No exception has been made for
community water supplies, other than existing supplies which may increase
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historical take and use volume and rate limits in line with their current permits to
provide for
discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
Appendix II.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high
required to enter three incidents in relation to
irrigation consents over this period, which resulted in two infringement notices being issued. The overall
rate of non-compliance across all exercised consents was 5%, which was similar to that seen during the
2019-2020 period (4%).
During the 2020-2021 year, 84% of exercised irrigation consents in Taranaki achieved a high level of
environmental performance and compliance with their consents, 11% achieved a good level of performance,
while 5%
for odour – the
frequency, intensity, duration, offensiveness, and
location of the event. In terms of the intensity of
a dust event being deemed offensive or
objectionable, it can be noted that in situations
involving exposure by the general public, the
experience of the Council is that a deposition rate
of more than O.13 grams per square metre per
day can lead to justified complaints. For
suspended dust, an ambient concentration of
around 3 mg per cubic metre is the point at which
of consent holders to resource management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance
decision; and in
accordance with section 79 of the Act, determines that it does not require further
information, further assessment of options or further analysis of costs and
benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a decision on this
matter.
Walker/Van Der Leden
8. Setting of Rates 2021/2022
8.1 Mr M J Nield, Director – Corporate Services, spoke to the memorandum setting the
rates for the 2020/2021 financial year. The rates are driven from the adopted 2021/2031
responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and
report and monitoring programme 10
2.1.2.4 Annual meeting regarding the Waingongoro River intake and
environmental performance 11
2.1.3 Discharge monitoring 11
2.1.3.1 Stormwater and raw water treatment discharges 11
2.1.4 Receiving environment monitoring 15
2.2 Land 16
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2.2.1 Inspections 17
2.2.2 Discharge monitoring 18
2.2.2.1 Effluent volume 18
2.2.2.2 Nitrogen application rates 18
2.2.3 Soil and herbage monitoring 19
2.2.3.1
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3.3 Map Co-ordinates at point of take (either Longitude/Latitude or NZTM):
________________________ Longitude ________________________ Latitude OR
________________________ E ________________________ N (NZTM)
3.4 Legal description of property at site of activity (refer to land title or rates notice)