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
ventilation at reducing odour emission
rates by optimising ventilation, resulting in lower flowrates and a lower efflux of
odour, also commensurate with lower ammonia levels as demonstrated by the
chicken feet pad numbers as achieved at Midhurst and as described by Mr Whiting.
16 Mr Van Kekam6 has quoted his experience with the use air dispersion modelling to
determine the peak off-site 1-hour average 99.5%ile odour concentrations
(expressed as odour units per cubic metre of air
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
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
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 actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with …
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 management
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
SDC, 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.
habitat loss or the impact of
invasive plants and animals.
Habitat loss (through land
clearance and drainage) has
historically been the main
pressure on biodiversity. While
the rate of land clearance and
drainage has declined in recent times, the
ongoing loss and modification of remnant
habitats remains an issue, particularly on
privately owned land in Taranaki. Even
small losses of habitat can now have a
disproportionate impact on remaining
biodiversity – not only in terms of
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