on Victoria Road at
Stratford, in the Patea catchment. The landfill was closed to the public on 11 March 2002 and
to commercial disposers on 23 March 2002. The site has more recently been used to dewater
and dispose of oxidation pond sludge from the adjacent municipal waste water treatment
plant but this activity ceased in early 2006, and the landfill was recapped and reinstated. The
only external material now accepted at the landfill is soil from a local sawmill site
remediation project.
Meadowvale Piggery) operates a piggery located on
Mountain Road at Midhirst, in the Manganui catchment. This report for the period July
2012-June 2013 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional
Council to assess the Company’s environmental performance during the period under
review, and the results and environmental effects of the Company’s activities.
The Company holds two resource consents, which include a total of 22 conditions setting out
the requirements that the
side of the southern landfall of the State Highway 3 road bridge.
Coastal marine area boundary 400 metres upstream of the river mouth.
3. Mimi River
River mouth the line of the Oaonui-Huntly gas pipeline crossing, said pipeline as identified on SO 11075 registered in the Taranaki Land District.
Coastal marine area boundary 250 metres upstream of the river mouth.
4. Urenui River
River mouth grid reference Q19: 304-450 on Infomap 260, Waitara.
Coastal marine area
band D (7 sites), or band
E (12 sites). The two sites that achieve band A were Pātea River at Barclay Road Bridge (upper catchment,
near Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki), and the Hangatahua (Stony) River at Mangatete Bridge (a catchment with
special land use protection status). The Punehu Stream at Wiremu Road (upper catchment, near Te Papa-
Kura-o-Taranaki ), was the one site with an overall grade within band C. The proportion of sites graded within
bands D and E is nearly the same
Log-yard storage areas.
1.2.3 Industries operating within Port Taranaki
Downer New Zealand Ltd (Downer) operates a bitumen plant located within the bounds of Port Taranaki.
The plant supplies bitumen for roading and associated uses across the North Island.
Technix Bitumen Technologies Ltd (Technix) also operates a bulk bitumen plant located within the bounds
of Port Taranaki. The plant supplies bitumen for roading and associated uses.
Methanex New Zealand Ltd (Methanex) operates a …
Results of discharge monitoring 15 2.5.3.2
2.5.4 Evaluation of performance 16
2.6 New Zealand Oil Services Ltd – Ngamotu Road 18
2.6.1 Site description 18
2.6.2 Resource consent 18
2.6.3 Results 19
Inspections 19 2.6.3.1
Results of discharge monitoring 19 2.6.3.2
2.6.4 Evaluation of performance 20
2.7 Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd – Paritutu Tank Farm 21
2.7.1 Process description 21
2.7.2 Resource consent 21
2.7.3 Results 22
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Inspections 22
operates the Turangi Production Station located on Turangi Road at
Motunui, in the Parahaki catchment. The Turangi Production Station processes oil and gas from from GPL’s
northern Taranaki operations, including the Ohanga, Onaero and Turangi group of wellsites. GPL also
operate the Kowhai-A Production Station, located on Ngatimaru Road at Tikorangi. The Kowhai-A
Production Station processes product from the Kowhai-A, B, C and D wellsites. This report for the period
July 2018 to June 2019
Kowhai-D wellsite and hydraulic fracturing activities
The Kowhai-D wellsite is located on Manganui Road and lies within the Waitara Catchment. A tributary of
the Waitara River is located around 120 m to the north-east and the main channel of the Waitara River is
located approximately 610 m north east of the wellsite.
The area surrounding the site is rural in nature and farming and forestry activities co-exist with active
petroleum exploration and production operations. The location of the
2014-2015 Annual Report 67
3.7 Alterations to monitoring programmes for 2016-2017 68
3.8 Recommendations 69
4. Summary of recommendations 70
Glossary of common terms and abbreviations 71
Bibliography and references 73
Appendix I Resource consents held by Methanex
Appendix II Hydrograph for the Waitara River at Bertrand Road for the monitoring
period July 2015 to June 2016
Appendix III Methanex’s biennial water reduction report
Appendix IV Air emissions report
performance in relation to the Kaponga landfill consent as defined in Section
1.1.5. This site is on a Council triennial monitoring programme, and the discovery of the waste
roading material across the central drain highlights the importance of checks being made by
STDC during the intervening period.
During the year, STDC demonstrated a high level of environmental and high level of
administrative performance in relation to the Eltham landfill consent as defined in Section
1.1.5.
During the