application and estimated loading rates 34
2.1.6 Groundwater monitoring 36
2.1.6.1 Groundwater discussion 49
2.1.7 Soil monitoring 49
2.1.8 Biomonitoring of the Haehanga Stream 72
2.2 Air 78
2.3 Incidents, investigations, and interventions 80
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3 Discussion 85
3.1 Discussion of site performance 85
3.2 Environmental effects of exercise of consents 89
3.3 Evaluation of performance 98
3.4 Recommendations from the 2019-2020 Annual Report 122
3.5
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 concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and
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 concerned …
the period under review, this report also assigns a
rating as to the Company’s environmental and administrative performance.
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 Company’s approach to
demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the
timely provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans
page
Application
Number
Consent NumberApplicant Lodged Date Application type Description Activity type Location Catchment
22-03388-3.2 3388-3.2 South Taranaki District Council 26-Apr-22 Change of consent conditions To take and use groundwater from three bores (known as Bore 1, Bore 4 and Bore 5) for Patea
Township water supply purposes...change of consent conditions to take from a new bore (bore
6), and to alter the maximum abstraction rates for bores 1, 4 and 5
Water Permit
the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
Appendix II.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 88% of the
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 concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
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 concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment from the activities during the monitoring year. Administrative
performance is concerned with the Company’s approach to demonstrating consent
compliance in site operations and management including the timely provision of
information to
considerable modification, in
particular stream realignment and piping for land improvement purposes.
Anecdotal evidence and observations by Council staff, as well as an increase in the number
of resource consent applications received by the Council for stream modification work, has
indicated an increase in the rate of stream modification in recent years, certainly since
consideration and adoption of the RFWP in 2001. Therefore, the purpose of this report has
been to quantify the extent and
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 Company’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans and water …