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 and water take data)
Waimoku) met
the national bathing guideline, and this is a lower rate of non-compliance than in the
previous two years. Of the 14% of samples that exceeded the guideline, 10% arose from just
two sites- the two New Plymouth urban sites. Bird life was mainly responsible for the
exceedances at these sites, where on occasions recreationalists have fed the birds.
Two sites recorded all single samples in either the ‘Alert’ or the ‘Action’ mode of the MfE,
2003 guidelines (Waimoku Stream at Oakura,
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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 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
can result in legal action by the Taranaki Regional
Council.
Recommended proximity to dwellings and public roads: not within 150m of any
dwelling house and not within 20m of any road. Effluent can cause a nuisance to the
public because of its odour and it may attract flies.
4.2 Area required
Apply up to 200kg/ha of nitrogen each year. This limit is used throughout New Zealand as
the generally accepted upper limit beneficial to pastures. A higher rate may result in high
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being is repeated in this glossary simply for the purpose of assistance.
In the case of any inconsistency or amendment of the definition the statutory definition
prevails.
Accelerated coastal erosion means intensification of the rate of erosion of the land surface
(including soil, regolith and bedrock), induced by human activity.
Accretion means the seaward extension of land as a result of the deposition of sediments.
Act* means the Resource Management Act 1991.
Air means
performance may not be achieved:
Nil.
The following performance measures are noted as being red. That is, performance to date has not achieved the target or the
performance for the rest of the year is unlikely to achieve the target:
Investment management: The Council’s Investment Policy has a 6% target for interest returns. The Local Government Act 2002 requires
the Council to set a target. In the current interest rate environment, the Council is unlikely to reach
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 NPDC, this report
also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period under
review.
Environmental performance is concerned with
single programme), together with additional programmes for hydrocarbon
exploration and development activities. Consent holders have been assessed on environmental performance and on consent
compliance. The ratings for these consent holders were found to be 71% ‘high’ and 24% ‘good’. By the end of March 2017, all reports for
2016/2017 had been completed. A similar number of specific monitoring programmes are being delivered in 2016/2017. The farm dairy
effluent monitoring programme