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2.3 Your comments on the future sustainability and resilience of our transport networks: Officer’s comments
No, we pay enough rates as it is and the roads aren't in a state they should be. Why should we pay more when the funds
we already pay just get patches.
NPDC response: Waka Kotahi manage and maintain the
district’s State Highways. NPDC manage the local roads and
forecast that an increased maintenance
frequency. There were one or more wells
with pesticides detected in 6 of the 13 participating regions (Table 4), with regional detection
rates varying from 0 to 83% (note that the higher rates were for a small number of sampled
wells). Pesticides were not detected in sampled wells from Bay of Plenty (25 wells) and
Hawkes Bay (14 wells). In 28 of these wells (10%) two or more pesticides were detected
(Table 4). The maximum number of pesticides detected in one well was six. Twenty-five
unlikely to occur in future.
Policy 2.6:
Cumulative
effects
Discharges of contaminants to air should not occur at a rate or in
a manner that contribute to a cumulative effect which over time,
or in combination with other effects, is likely to have an adverse
effect on human health and safety, ecosystems, property or other
aspects of the environment.
In relation to the potential cumulative of the odour emissions from the site with
background odour levels, background odour could result from
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 consent holder/s during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating
as to the Company’s environmental and administrative performance.
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Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment from the activities
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 consent performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by
the consent holder during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating as
to Origin’s environmental and
in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49
of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as the rate and daily volume of
the groundwater abstraction might exceed that of the permitted activity (Rule 48).
Rule 49 provides for groundwater abstraction as a controlled activity, subject to two
conditions:
• The abstraction shall cause not more than a 10%
within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
Greymouth Petroleum Limited was unable to estimate the rate or volume at which
formation (produced) water might be taken during exploration, and might exceed
the limits of the permitted activity Rule [Rule 48 of the RFWP]. The taking of
groundwater therefore falls for consideration under Rule 49 of the RFWP as a
controlled activity.
The standards of Rule 49 require that:
• The abstraction shall cause not more than a 10%
Hall, Director-Operations, spoke to the memorandum presenting to Members
for adoption, an updated Riparian Management Compliance Certificate regime.
9.2 It was noted that the Council has been encouraging plan holders to complete their
riparian plan implementation by 2020 or near thereafter. There are still 2,272
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kilometres of fencing and 3,432 kilometres of planting with current implementation
rates required to be
Regional Council
1. thanks the submitter for their submission
2. makes no change to 2017/2018 Annual Plan.
Submission No. 7 Taranaki Regional Council
Resolved
THAT the Taranaki Regional Council
1. thanks the submitter for their submission
2. approves the minor changes to the estimates noted that there is no change to the
proposed level of general rates
3. delegates to the Chief Executive the authority to finalise the layout and design of the
2017/2018 Annual Plan
4.
Proposed Coastal Plan for Taranaki.