Council) to monitor and assess the Company’s
environmental performance and compliance with its resource consents during the period under review.
During the monitoring period the Company’s environmental performance was rated as ‘improvement
required’, but it received a ‘high’ rating for administrative performance, resulting in an overall rating of
‘improvement required’.
The Company holds five resource consents which include a suite of conditions setting out the requirements
that the
a record of effluent
discharged to land including as minimum the:
• date of discharge;
• depth, volume or rate of discharge of liquid
effluent;
• volume of solid effluent;
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• effluent
achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 864 (89%) of a total of 967 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 75 (8%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 26 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining two (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent
and stormwater consents.
Ferndene Quarries Ltd received two abatement notices in relation to their groundwater consent. A
flowmeter had not been installed to record the rate of incidental groundwater take and an independent
monitoring programme had not been implemented to assess the effects of the quarry activity upon the
surrounding aquifer. The flowmeter was subsequently installed and data was telemetered to the Council
from October 2023. The Company was granted until 1 December 2024 to
the remaining two (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance is improving in the year under review.
This report includes recommendations for the 2024/25 year.
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Introduction 1
Compliance monitoring programme reports and the
achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 864 (89%) of a total of 967 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 75 (8%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 26 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining two (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent
Taranaki region’s environment and our management
of its natural resources. Reporting allows evaluation and demonstration of the overall rate of
compliance by sector and by consent holders as a whole, and of trends in the improvement of our
environment.
• Council’s accountability and transparency. Reporting gives validity to investment in monitoring
and to assessments of effective intervention.
3. These compliance monitoring reports have been submitted to each consent holder for
and compliance was achieved. A further 26 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining two (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a level that requires improvement.
This report includes recommendations for the 2024/25 year, including a recommendation relating to an
and compliance was achieved. A further 26 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining two (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remained at a similar level during the year
under review.
This report includes recommendations for the 2024/25 year.
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found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 864 (89%) of the 967 consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored
monitoring programmes, while for another 75 (8%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 26 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining two (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
This report also recommends that the monitoring schedule for the 2024/25