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 holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a level that requires improvement
in the year under review.
This report includes recommendations for the 2024/25 year.
year, consent holders were found to 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
lakes.
Executive Summary
2. Managing water quantity (including in lakes) is one of Taranaki Regional Council’s functions under the
Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The current Regional Freshwater Plan (RWFP) allows the take
and use of water from lakes as a permitted activity (up to specified volume and rate limits) and, above
those limits, as a consented activity, but there is little guidance on managing the impacts of
fluctuations in lakes levels. Further, there is no
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Appendix 6: Charging policies
Resource Management Act Charging Policy
Schedule of charges pursuant to section 36 of the Resource
Management Act 1991
Schedule 1: Scale of charges for staff time
Rate for processing resource consents and
responding to pollution incidents. Rate for all other Council work.
Professional staff $122/hr $117/hr
Professional/supervisory staff $155/hr $145/hr
Team Leaders $190/hr
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 holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a high level.
This report includes recommendations for the 2024/25 year.
header breaks through, followed
by the bottom bench excavation.
Progress on the north access is still waiting on court decisions, which have now been
delayed until mid-April 2025. Once full access is obtained it will take 4 full construction
seasons (October – April) to complete the project.
The tunnel will be rated for dangerous goods cartage with water tanks servicing charged
fire hydrants and an egress passage to meet fire safety standards.
Update on safety improvements
direction. The trends with the highest certainty were the improving trends for
dissolved reactive phosphorous and ammoniacal nitrogen, the degrading trends for total phosphorous and
chlorophyll a, and degrading trends in TLI. The rate of annual change varied by parameter. TLI was found to
be increasing relatively slowly, corresponding to an average increase in TLI of 0.2% per year.
Short-term trend analysis (from 2014 to 2024) found evidence of improving trends for 16 out of 24 site-
parameter
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.
• The Council’s accountability and transparency. Reporting gives validity to investment in
monitoring and to assessments of effective intervention.
4. These compliance monitoring reports have been submitted to each consent holder for comment and
confirmation of accuracy prior to publication. All reports provide environmental performance and
physicochemical analysis, two biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters and a review
of water abstraction and stream flow data.
The monitoring showed that CCCWSL complied with their consent conditions in regards to discharge
standards and abstraction rates. In comparison to previous years, the monitoring indicated that CCCWSL’s
compliance with abstraction rate limits had improved. Chemical sampling of discharges and receiving waters
and macroinvertebrate surveys indicated that the water supply scheme
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 good level.
This report includes recommendations for the 2024/25 year, including a recommendation relating to an
optional review of Consents 5079-2 and 10810-1 due in