The Taranaki Regional Council has decided that mustelids (ferrets, stoats and weasels) should be included in its pest management ‘rule book’, the Regional Pest Management Plan. Public notice: Adoption of new mustelids rule This means land occupiers in specified Predator Control Areas will be required to control mustelid numbers, similar to existing requirements for possum control. Weasels, as well as ferrets and stoats, are effective and opportunistic predators that have been implicated in the
The Taranaki Regional Council has decided that mustelids (ferrets, stoats and weasels) should be included in its pest management ‘rule book’, the Regional Pest Management Plan. Public notice: Adoption of new mustelids rule This means land occupiers in specified Predator Control Areas will be required to control mustelid numbers, similar to existing requirements for possum control. Weasels, as well as ferrets and stoats, are effective and opportunistic predators that have been implicated in the
going through an Environment Court appeal. The Department of Conservation also has oversight and regulatory powers to protect kororā under the Wildlife Act. Pampas not being pamperedA ‘one size fits all’ rule requiring all landowners to eradicate pampas has given way to a more efficient site-led approach that tackles the plant in specific locations where it is clearly a problem, the Policy & Planning Committee was told. An introduced species from South America, pampas can threaten indigenous
grazing rules in limboCouncil officers are awaiting more guidance from the Government on requirements relating to intensive winter grazing, following the deferment of new regulations that were introduced as part of the Essential Freshwater package. The new regulations were widely criticised and the Government has now delayed their implementation until May 2022. In the meantime it wants regional councils and the agricultural sector to jointly develop an intensive winter grazing module to include in
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Activity Rule Standards/Terms/Conditions Classification Notification Control/Discretion Policy
Reference
Discharges of contaminants to air
from the disposal by combustion of
waste materials collected from
premises or properties other than
the site where the combustion
occurs, where;
the activity does not occur in an
incinerator, and
the combustible waste materials
contain other than paper,
cardboard, timber not treated with
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Discharges from the Application of Agrichemicals For information requirements refer to Section 5
(For the purpose of clarification, note that Rules 56 to 58 do not apply to the application of vertebrate toxic agents to land by aerial spreading or the application of agrichemicals direct to
Processes
Discharges from Intensive Pig Farming Processes For information requirements refer to Section 5
Activity Rule Standards/Terms/Conditions Classification Notification Control/Discretion Policy
Reference
Discharges of contaminants to air
from intensive pig farming when
no more than 25 pigs are kept at
any one time
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Small intensive
pig farming
processes
a) Discharge must not result in
To take and use water for pasture irrigation you need to apply for resource consent. Applying to take water for pasture irrigation?An application to take and use fresh water for pasture irrigation is assessed against the rules of the Regional Fresh Water Plan for Taranaki. Which rules are applied will depend on the catchment you intend to use and whether you intend to source your take from surface water (a river, stream, spring or lake) or from a groundwater source. Assessment of environmental
To take and use water for pasture irrigation you need to apply for resource consent. Applying to take water for pasture irrigation?An application to take and use fresh water for pasture irrigation is assessed against the rules of the Regional Fresh Water Plan for Taranaki. Which rules are applied will depend on the catchment you intend to use and whether you intend to source your take from surface water (a river, stream, spring or lake) or from a groundwater source. Assessment of environmental
public will soon be formally consulted about the Council’s proposed new Regional Coastal Plan for Taranaki, marking the start of the final phase of an extensive review process. The Policy and Planning Committee today recommended adoption of the Proposed Plan ahead of a public submissions phase from late February to late April. The Plan will replace one that’s been operational since 1997, and sets policy and rules for the Coastal Marine Area from the high-tide mark, including estuaries, to 22 km