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Application
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Applicant Lodged Date Application type Description ActivityType Site Location Catchment
21-06192-2.0 Groundworkx Taranaki Limited 22-Sep-21 Replacement for expiring consent To discharge cleanfill onto and into land for quarry reinstatement purposes Discharge Permit Victoria Road, Stratford Patea
21-01864-4.0 Gary Bain Trust 23-Sep-21 Replacement for expiring consent To discharge farm dairy effluent onto land Discharge Permit 808 Tariki Road South, Ratapiko
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Executive summary
The Ahuroa B Gas Storage Facility (Ahuroa B/AGS) is owned and operated by Flexgas Ltd (the Company).
Ahuroa B is located on the corner of Barleymans Road and Croydon Road, east of Midhirst, in the Waitara
catchment. Ahuroa B supplies natural gas to one of its main customers, Contact Energy, for use in their
Stratford Power Station. This report for the period July 2021 to June 2022 describes the monitoring
programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional
Silver Fern Farms Limited 2.
2.1 Process description
Silver Fern Farms Limited (Silver Fern Farms) operates a meat processing plant at
Tawhiti Road, Hawera. The plant processes beef (including slaughter, dressing, cold
store operations) for export and domestic markets. Throughput of beef peaks at
approximately 1,000 bodies per day.
Paunch and stockyard solids are piped under Tawhiti Road to an area of land adjacent
to the plant. The solids are separated using two (2 mm) rotating
Lake Kaikura (CT).
Lake Mangawhio was originally included in the programme, which is why a LakeSPI survey was carried out
at this lake. However, this lake has since been substituted for Lake Waikare, due to ongoing issues with lake
access (including a road wash out), meaning it had become unsafe to access Lake Mangawhio. The final set
of lakes included in the SoE programme, (which in addition to the LakeSPI surveys, involves monthly
monitoring of a range of water quality
Ltd (the Company) operates a drilling waste landfarm (Waikaikai Landfarm)
located off Lower Manutahi Road at Manutahi, South Taranaki, in the Mangaroa catchment.
This report for the period July 2018 to June 2019 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance
performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
undertaken and assesses the
production station located
on Bird Road at Stratford, in the Patea catchment. The Waihapa Production Station processes
oil and gas from numerous associated wellsites. This report for the period July 2014–June 2015
describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the
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 a total of three
small number of dwellings to the north and northwest of the
site between 1,600 and 1,900 metres from the main composting
operation. However, areas closer to the road are used for wastewater
irrigation, with the closest field being approximately 500 metres from the
nearest receptor.
3.5 In terms of the site location relative to the closest receptors, the
composting and vermiculture facility is located well away from any
sensitive receptors. It is at sufficient distance
Commercial Waste
The April 2010 survey of waste going to Colson Road landfill indicated that 48%
of the waste received is from commercial sources. In addition with the
establishment of the new MRF it is expected that recycling options for
commercial operators will increase. Initially the focus will be on establishing
which sectors are the large waste producers and liaising with economic
development groups to determine which types of programmes would be most
useful for business.
Resources NZ (Kupe) Ltd (Beach Energy) operates a hydrocarbon production station located
on Inaha Road at Manaia, in the Inaha and Kapuni catchments. The Kupe Production Station processes oil
and gas from the offshore Kupe wells. This report for the period July 2019 to June 2020 describes the
monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the
Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. The report
also details …
holds consents for a petrochemical production station located
on Turangi Road at Motunui, in the Parahaki catchment. The Turangi Production Station
processes oil and gas from from the Company’s northern Taranaki operations, including the
Turangi and Kowhai groups of wellsites. This report for the period July 2012-June 2014
describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council to assess
the Company’s environmental performance during the period under review, and the