Council contractors undertake
initial control operations to reduce possum numbers to at least
a 5% catch rate (for 100 traps, only five possums are caught).
Land occupiers are then required to keep the catch rate below
10%. The Council’s Environment Officers monitor and facilitate
the maintenance work and if necessary the Council will enforce
the requirement.
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categorised, 3 (14%) were rated ‘improvement required’ and 18 (86%)
‘high’. During the year under review there were two incidents associated with the Whareroa
site (one regarding an exceedance of stormwater BOD resulting in the issuing of an
abatement notice, and one due to excessive dust during construction).
Water abstraction from the Tawhiti Stream and from the Tangahoe River were in accordance
with consent conditions.
The volume of wastewater discharged from the site complied with conditions
However, taking into
account the influence of suspended sediment in this reservoir, and the moderately low
chlorophyll levels, the classification is more appropriately mesotrophic. Previous trending of
these water quality data over time found a very slow rate of increase in trophic level. An
update of the trend report (for the period 1990-2015) has confirmed this very slow,
insignificant rate of increase in trophic level. This also confirmed that the lake would be
classified as mesotrophic in
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the NPDC, this report
also assigns them a 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 NPDC’s approach to
demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and
Executive Audit and Risk Agenda September 2023 Web
Ecosystem health is variable throughout the Southern Hill Country FMU. Nitrogen levels are generally low,
but elevated in-stream concentrations of dissolved reactive phosphorous are found in the majority of rivers,
along with high rates of sedimentation, which impact aquatic ecosystems. Periphyton is monitored at one
site, with occasional blooms occurring, although there is limited data to provide a comprehensive picture of
algal growth across this FMU. Macroinvertebrate community
their performance, while the remaining one (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
This report includes recommendations for the 2023-2024 monitoring period
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1 Introduction 1
Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource Management Act 1991 1
Introduction 1
Structure of this report 1
The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring 1
Investigations, interventions, and incidents 2
Evaluation of
continually re-evaluate its approach
and that 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 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
discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by MASL, this report
also assigns them a 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 MASL’s approach to
demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the
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 Company, this report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and
administrative performance during the period under review.
Environmental performance is