animal rendering operation located on Kohiti Road at Okaiawa,
in the Inaha catchment. Two rendering plants operate on the site: an inedibles plant owned by the TBP, and
a food grade plant owned by Taranaki Bio-Extracts Ltd (TBE). A trucking firm, Jackson Transport Ltd (JTL),
owned by TBP, also operate from the site.
This report for the period July 2018 to June 2019 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess TBP’s environmental and
Korito Heights, Mount View and Carrington Road KNE's.
The site is falls within the Te Henui Catchment and Egmont Ecological District. Covering about 6ha, the
site is comprised of cutover forest dominated by Kamahi and includes multiple small unnamed
tributaries of the Pukekotahuna Stream.
Ecological Features
Flora
The canopy of the remnant is dominated by kamahi with a mix of hinau, toro, miro, rimu and rewarewa.
A good sub canopy and understorey is also
and deposition gauge locations 37
Figure 9 Deposition gauge results for the three Ravensdown monitoring sites from July 2012 to July
2017 40
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Figure 10 Location of Intergroup Ltd blasting facilities at Colson Road 44
Figure 11 Dust deposition for the Lower Waiwhakaiho area in the 2016-2017 monitoring period 50
List of photos
Photo 1 Examples of a deposition gauge set up and recovered filter pads 7
Photo 2 Blastquip fabric filter air treatment
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Consent Holder Subtype Primary Industry Secondary Industry Primary Purpose
R2/10812-1.1 Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Structure - Protection (Coastal) Central Government Transport Roading
Consent Holder Subtype Primary Industry Secondary Purpose Primary Purpose
R2/0758-3.0 DR & FM Corrigan Trust Partnership Land - Animal Waste Agriculture Farming - Dairy Effluent disposal
R2/1394-4.0 Harbledown Trust Land - Animal Waste Agriculture Farming - Dairy Effluent disposal …
Victoria Road at Stratford, in the Patea catchment. This report for the period July 2016 to June 2017
describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess
SDC’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. The report also
details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of SDC’s activities.
SDC holds one resource consent to discharge treated wastewater to the Patea River,
existing utilities and scrubbers.
2.1.1.1. Water
The site has an enclosed stormwater system that directs all road drains to two holding ponds which are
lined with butyl rubber. These ponds (pond 1 and pond 2) are 300 m3 and 100 m3 respectively. Analysis of
the stormwater is carried out by AICA prior to discharge. Should the stormwater be outside the limits given
in the consent, it is discharged to the NPDC sewer system as trade waste, or is re-circulated through the on-
site system for further
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3.2.8 Lake Opunake 41
3.2.8.1 Compliance with guidelines 43
3.2.8.2 Comparison with previous summers’ surveys 43
3.2.8.3 Cyanobacteria 44
3.2.9 Timaru Stream at Weld Road (near mouth) 45
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3.2.9.1 Compliance with guidelines 47
3.2.9.2 Comparison with previous summers’ surveys 47
3.2.10 Waimoku Stream at Oakura beach 48
3.2.10.1 Compliance with guidelines 51
3.2.10.2 Comparison with previous summers’ surveys 52
3.2.11 Oakura River below SH45 53
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Executive summary
The New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) operates a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
located on Lincoln Road at Inglewood, in the Kurapete catchment. This report for the period July 2022 to
June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the
Council) to assess NPDC’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under
review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
last change to seismographs in
Taranaki occurred in October 2012, when a new instrument (NBEZ, Figure 2.1) was installed
in a borehole to replace a noisy site nearby.
There are currently nine seismographs in the Taranaki area which continuously send data to
GeoNet data centres for analysis. Data are sent via network hubs located at the Taranaki
Emergency Management Office (TEMO) in New Plymouth; at Kahui Road west of Mt Taranaki;
and at Eltham (Figure 2.1).
Several seismographs
Location of proposed well
Other bore/wells within 500m of proposed bore/ well
Direction of ground slope
Location of septic tanks/offal pits
Waste disposal area
Effluent Ponds
Access road
Local Roads
Property boundaries
Any other relevant features
5 Details of the Activity
5.1 If you have discussed this proposal with council staff, please give the person’s name here: