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 consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each company’s environmental and
Predator-Free project, the ambitious region-
wide campaign launched in May 2018.
Monitoring data shows this intensive predator control may already be making a difference – rats and possums in
urban New Plymouth are decreasing, while the trapping network in rural and urban areas is expanding rapidly.
Monitoring, using rat footprint tracking and a possum bite-mark index, show catch rates have dropped; rats went
from 33 per cent to 19 percent over the year, while the urban New Plymouth
7)).
f. Insufficient characterisation of soils, particularly the
Anthropic Soils identified in the upper irrigation areas, to
determine the suitability of the irrigation rates and proposed
irrigation regime.
24 The Officer’s Report proposes Condition 37, which details the
requirements for a Site Exit Plan (SEP). Condition 37 proposes a
start date for preparation of the SEP (within 3 months of the
commencement date of these consents). I recommend the
inclusion of a date that the
analysed exceeded the
4g/m2/30 days deposition rate guideline, with only 28% of all the gaugings collected in the
airshed as a whole exceeding this guideline. There were three gauging locations, one in the
vicinity of each of Fitzroy Engineering Group Limited, Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative
Limited and Katere Surface Coatings Limited, where the guideline was exceeded at the time
of both surveys. The highest result obtained during the year under review was one of the
Katere Surface Coatings
physicochemical analysis and three biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters. In
addition, monthly emission results and abstraction records were provided to the Council which were
reviewed.
The monitoring showed that the Stratford Power Station continued to be well managed with negligible
environmental effects as a process of the exercise of their consents.
Surface water abstraction was compliant with daily rate and volume. Process water discharges were
compliant with consent defined …
hydrological monitoring was undertaken by maintaining the McColl’s Bridge flow recorder.
The monitoring showed that overall the scheme operated within resource consent requirements for the vast
majority of the period being reported. During this period, the Company was fully compliant with lake levels
and the rise and recession rate restrictions for the lower Patea River. The Company provided adequate
residual flows within the Patea River at all times, with the exception of one incident that was the …
consent holder during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating as
to SDC 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 consent holder approach to demonstrating consent
compliance in site operations and management including the timely provision of
information to Council (such as
consents held by Silver Fern Farms Limited (Waitotara)
List of tables
Table 1 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous groundwater abstraction rates 2016-2017 13
Table 2 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous spring water abstraction rates 2016-2017 14
Table 3 Chemical monitoring results for the irrigation pond 2016-2017 15
Table 4 Groundwater monitoring sites 16
Table 5 Water quality results for monitoring bores October 2016 to September 2017 17
Table 6 Chemical
rates 2017-2018 14
Table 3 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous spring water abstraction rates 2017-2018 15
Table 4 Chemical monitoring results for the irrigation pond 2017-2018 16
Table 5 Groundwater monitoring sites 17
Table 6 Water quality results for monitoring bores October 2017 to September 2018 18
Table 7 Chemical composition of Te Kiri o Rauru spring 23
Table 8 Summary of performance for consent 2260-3.1 26
Table 9 Summary of performance for consent 2261-3.1
Risk Cause and Effect Mitigation Strategy
Risk Rating
(unmitigated)
Comments
(including current actions)
Challenges in
conducting effective
engagement with
tangata whenua as
required under the
NPS-FM.
Challenges in tangata whenua
resourcing and the timelines
that the TRC is required to
meet may place pressure on
the ability of staff to engage
fully with iwi and hapū.
Additionally, this pressure can
lead to a misalignment