Items of interest from today's meetings of the Taranaki Regional Council's two key committees, Consents & Regulatory, and Policy & Planning: Coastal Plan in clearer sightThe review of the Regional Coastal Plan is nearing completion and a proposed new document will formally notified for public consultation early in the New Year, the Policy and Planning Committee was told. As part of the review, the Council sought comments and feedback on an initial draft, and officers have been working through
review of the Regional Freshwater Plan, the Committee was told. Overseer was never designed or intended for use as a regulatory tool, but solely for use at individual farm-management level. Seven regional councils currently make use of Overseer as a regulatory tool in some way. TRC is among the nine which do not use it. PCE's report on Overseer Nutrient Management Tools/Models (2015 report for TRC) Value of native bush recognisedA fifth of the privately owned native bush in Taranaki now falls under
The Council responds 24/7 to environmental incidents to investigate, and clean up pollution and take enforcement action if necessary. To report a pollution incident, call the Council's environmental hotline, 0800 736 222 - switchboard is open 24/7. Environmental incidents include spills, accidents and situations where an industry or resource consent holder does not meet consent conditions or regional plan rules. More than half of the incidents that the Council investigates are reported by the
Items of interest from today's meetings of the Taranaki Regional Council's two key committees, Consents & Regulatory, and Policy & Planning: Knowledge wavesThe Council’s recent survey to gauge the regional community’s views on the relative merits of 140 surf breaks was a first for New Zealand and drew 338 responses, the Policy and Planning Committee was told. After using a newly developed assessment scale to analyse the responses, a status of ‘regionally significant’ is proposed for 81 of the
The Regional Soil Plan addresses soil loss and soil health issues largely by non-regulatory methods, though there are limited rules. Soil Plan for Taranaki 2001 Download the full Plan here. Amendments have been made to the Plan to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 3.3 and 5 of the Plan or email the Council. Regional Soil Plan 2021
will move to a reduced timetable in coming weeks as drivers and staff become unwell or are required to self-isolate. Ms Hiestand says maintaining accessibility around the region, while keeping communities safe is a top priority for the Regional Council. “To minimise the impact of a reduced timetable as much as possible, we will prioritise services used by school children and frequencies will be reduced outside of peak times. “We are doing our best to maintain community access to essential bus
Items of interest from today's meeting of the Taranaki Regional Council Policy and Planning Committee: Iwi testing the waters
Council officers are providing a number of iwi and hapū in the region with training and advice to allow them to monitor the health of waterways using a ‘Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit’ (SHMAK) developed by NIWA, the Committee was told. An initial approach for assistance came from the region’s southernmost iwi, Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi, and others have since
document only) Dairy Discharge Monitoring Programme (1.3 MB pdf) Telemetry information for consent holders Water-use data must be sent by consent holders to the Council daily. This can be achieved using telemetry, which is explained in this leaflet. Telemetry information for consent holders (346 KB pdf) (single document only) Telemetry information for consent holders (346 KB pdf) Soil Quality in the Taranaki Region 2017 This five-yearly analysis of soil quality in the region was commissioned by the
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TAG Oil (NZ) Ltd
Vanner Landfarm
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
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Technical Report 2016-90
Taranaki Regional Council
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BTW Company Ltd (BTW) managed a drilling waste landfarm on behalf of consent holder
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Taranaki people have an opportunity to air their views on public transport ahead of the first major review of the region’s bus services in 10 years. The Taranaki Regional Council is inviting submissions on its Draft Regional Public Transport Plan 2020-2030, which will guide the regional bus service review planned for later this year. The draft plan also covers other questions including the future of under-used and uneconomic services, the extent to which concession fares should be available,