a result of the decisions made, the updated 2017/2018 Annual Plan will then be adopted. It is proposed to set the rates for 2017/2018 at the 27 June 2017 Ordinary Meeting. Decision-making considerations Part 6 (Planning, decision-making and accountability) of the Local Government Act 2002 has been considered and documented in the preparation of this agenda item. The recommendations made in this item comply with the decision-making obligations of the Act. Financial
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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 administrative performance during the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for
translated to NOF bands. Trend analysis was performed by applying a LOWESS fit (tension 0.4) to a time scatterplot of the percentage cover of thick mats, and long filaments of periphyton for all sites and by testing the significance of any trend using the Mann-Kendall test at the 5% level, followed by Benjamini-Hochberg False Discovery Rate (FDR) analysis. The results for the SEM nuisance periphyton programme during the 2014/2015 monitoring year showed that five sites breached nuisance
rhododendron seed were collected, and these have been sown at Pukeiti by Andrew Brooker. The germination rate has been very good. Over 80 percent have germinated. In a few years some of the species, no doubt, will be distributed to the network of gardens with which agreements have been signed, and offered for sale to members. Rhododendron macabeanum Subgenus Hymenanthes: Section Ponticum – Subsection Grandia Seedlings germinating at Pukeiti Stuart Robertson TRC Gardens’ Manager Staff
consent 43 4. Recommendations 44 Glossary of common terms and abbreviations 45 Bibliography and references 47 Appendix I Resource consents held by Trustpower Ltd in relation to the Patea HEPS 1 Appendix II Lake Rotorangi Hazard Maps 1 page ii List of tables Table 1 Summary of breaches of flow rise and recession rates in the 2011-2014 period 17 Table 2 Summary of lake levels in relation to consent conditions 20 Table 3 Reports submitted to
Kapuni Stream abstraction 11 page ii 2.1.2.3 Intake options report and monitoring programme 11 2.1.2.4 Annual meeting regarding the Waingongoro River intake and environmental performance 11 2.1.3 Discharge monitoring 12 2.1.3.1 Stormwater and raw water treatment discharges 12 2.1.4 Receiving environment monitoring 16 2.2 Land 17 2.2.1 Inspections 18 2.2.2 Discharge monitoring 19 2.2.2.1 Effluent volume 19 2.2.2.2 Nitrogen application rates …
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
climate and water use. This enables us to assess the likely impacts of current and future water takes on our waterways and the environmental, social and cultural values they support. To protect these values, we set limits on how much water can be taken from rivers, streams and lakes, and the rate at which it can be abstracted. We manage the use of water through policies, regional rules and resource consents issued to water users. River flows For water management purposes
wastewater records indicated that discharges to the Kahouri Stream did not meet the 1:100 dilution factor. For the latter two incidents the Company has been sent a 14 day letter requesting an explanation for the breaches, and further page enforcement action may follow. As a result of the issues, the Company’s environmental performance rating for the year under review has been downgraded. During the year, the Company demonstrated a level of environmental and administrative