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State of the Environment Monitoring of
Lake Rotorangi water quality and
biological programme
Annual Report 2014-2015
Technical Report 2015-32
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 1562842 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 1638731 (Pdf)
March 2016
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Executive summary
Lake Rotorangi was formed in May 1984 by the
Road,
Tikorangi. The wellsite lies within the Waitara catchment and contains a hydrocarbon
producing well and associated infrastructure.
Todd holds resource consent 9238-2, authorising the discharge of contaminants associated
with hydraulic fracturing activities into land at depths greater than 3,200 m TVD beneath the
Mangahewa-A wellsite. The consent was issued by Taranaki Regional Council (the Council)
on 30 June 2014 and contains a total of 17 special conditions which set out the
continually
monitored and reported on annually, as consents have not yet expired or been surrendered.
This report for the period July 2013-June 2014 describes the monitoring programmes
implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council to assess Origin Energy’s environmental
performance during the period under review, and the results and environmental effects of
Origin Energy’s activities.
In the 2012-2013 year, Origin Energy Resources NZ Ltd achieved a high level of
environmental performance in
is now in production, whilst KA-20 was drilled and
now functions as an observation well.
This report for Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd describes the monitoring programme
implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess Shell Todd Oil
Services Ltd’s environmental performance in relation to drilling operations at the KA-19/20
wellsite during the period under review, and the results and environmental effects of Shell
Todd Oil Services Ltd’s activities.
Shell Todd
conditions, but also on the obligations of the RMA to
assess the effects of the exercise of consents. In accordance with section 35 of the RMA,
the Council undertakes compliance monitoring for consents and rules in regional
plans, and maintains an overview of the performance of resource users and consent
holders. Compliance monitoring, including both activity and impact monitoring,
enables the Council to continually re-evaluate its approach and that of consent holders
to resource management and,
Road, New Plymouth, in the Herekawe catchment. This report for the period July 2016 to
June 2017 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the
Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period
under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the
environmental effects of the Company’s activities.
The Company holds two resource consents, which include a total of
Biomonitoring sites in the unnamed tributary of the
Mangawharawhara Stream in relation to the Cheal-C
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1. Introduction
1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource
Management Act 1991
1.1.1 Introduction
This report is for the period April 2011 to July 2014 by the Taranaki Regional Council
(the Council) on the monitoring programme associated with resource consent held
by TAG Oil (NZ) Limited. During this period, two wells were
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APPENDIX C
Existing Resource Consent Conditions
– Taranaki Regional Council
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For General, Standard and Special conditions
pertaining to this consent please see reverse side of this document
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Pennington and Waitara Roads in the Waiongara catchment. The Company also operate
a remediation, composting and vermiculture operation on the Mokau Road at Uruti, in the Mimi catchment.
This report for the period July 2016 to June 2017 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance
performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
undertaken
contracted to run
the site. The site currently remains on standby for potential future use under a different
site management team.
This report covers the results and findings of the monitoring programme implemented
by the Council in respect of the consent held by Waikaikai Farms Limited that relates to
the discharge of drilling cuttings, drilling fluids and oily wastes onto and into land.
This is the first Technical Report to be prepared by the Taranaki Regional Council to
cover Waikaikai Farms