the farm or over sensitised neighbours.
The majority of complaints have occurred whilst the sheds are stocked or
there is spent litter still in the sheds. From a cursory review of the data, it
appears complaints are occurring primarily towards the end of the
batch/bird cycle. This is consistent with published/calculated odour
emission rates from broiler operations which increase as the birds grow in
age/mass.
1.24 In Mr Whiting’s A3 spreadsheet he has compared the
floating
platforms was practicable and materially different from imagining ‘a no scheme’ environment. The
Ngāti Rangi decision observed that not following Port Gore when assessing the effects of a
proposal in the context of that case would be to “lock in” hydro-electricity water takes and flow rates
for as long as the controlled activity status was retained, thereby preventing adverse effects from
being avoided or mitigated.10 In support of its finding, the Court highlighted the
Consents & Regulatory Committee agenda September 2019
details of the performance and extent of compliance by STDC, 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 STDC’s approach to
demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely provision of
benefits of the proposed measures, it is difficult to see how harsher or
more punitive regulatory measures to reduce nutrient loadings can be justified against
incremental gains that might be made..
In terms of future trends within the dairying industry, much has been made of intensification
of land use (conversion to dairying or to higher stocking rates on existing pasture) within the
context of the conversation around national water quality. This review notes an investigation
of the issue
and extent of compliance
by the consent holder/s during the period under review, this report also assigns a
rating as to each 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
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
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative
resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable
development of the region’s resources.
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1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by
the consent holder, 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
noted that this trend analysis is by its nature assessing trends in the percentage cover of
periphyton when surveyed under conditions most conducive to the greatest proliferation,
rather than in periphyton all year round.
Trend analyses for periphyton were performed by applying a LOWESS fit to a time
scatterplot of the percentage cover for thick mats and long filaments of periphyton. Next, the
Mann-Kendall analyses test followed by Benjamini-Hochberg False Discovery Rate (FDR)
analyses were
(KiwiRAP). KiwiRAP provides a consistent assessment of the infrastructure safety level of New
Zealand roads. SH3 between New Plymouth and Waitara has a KiwiRAP rating of 2-stars. This indicates the
road has limited infrastructure safety including low shoulder width, and fails to achieve the level of service
required for a Regional road. This is likely to pose further safety risk for cyclists and walkers. Figure 6
displays regional KiwiRAP ratings for comparison.
Figure 6: KiwiRAP