Executive summary
The Stratford District Council (SDC) operates a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) located on
Victoria Road at Stratford, in the Patea catchment.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess SDC’s environmental and consent compliance
performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
undertaken and assesses the
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activity. Monitoring programmes are not only based on existing permit 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
Executive summary
Greymouth Petroleum Ltd and its subsidiaries (the Company) operate a number of wellsites across the
Taranaki region, with major fields in the Tikorangi and Kaimiro areas. Each wellsite contains varying numbers
of producing wells and associated infrastructure.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) in relation to the Company’s deep well injection (DWI) activities. The
New Plymouth students and residents are already experiencing benefits from Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, as residents unite to support biodiversity by removing predators - the biggest project of its kind in New Zealand. It’s less than a year since Taranaki’s community started working together in June 2018, but work is well underway restoring biodiversity by removing rats, stoats and possums from rural, urban and conservation land in a long-term region-wide project, supported by $11.7 million
Introduction
This report is for the period July 2022 to June 2023 by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) on the
monitoring programme associated with 19 resource consents held by 13 consent holders in the Waitaha
Catchment.
This report includes the results and findings of the monitoring programme implemented by the Council in
respect of these consents, which relate to discharges to water and emissions to air within the Waitaha
catchment.
One of the intents of the Resource Management Act
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Executive summary
The South Taranaki District Council (STDC) operates eight wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) systems
within the district of South Taranaki. This report addresses performances of four of these systems, located in
the Kaponga, Manaia, Patea and Waverley townships1.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the
Urban trappers are luring New Plymouth rats with a range of tempting flavours, from peanut butter to avocado, macadamia butter and pineapple lumps. Urban trappers are experimenting with a range of flavours to find the best bait to catch rats as part of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, a region-wide project protecting native wildlife and plants with predator control on urban, rural and conservation land – it’s the largest project of its kind in New Zealand and supported by about $12 million from
Bristol Road at
Inglewood, in the Waitara catchment. The sole source of the wood waste is from the Company’s sawmilling
operation in Inglewood. The Company sells most of its woodchip and sawdust as calf litter. The remaining
material, consisting of bark, soil and soiled woodchip/sawdust, is sent to the Bristol Road site for disposal.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the
River Control and Flood Protection Bylaws For the protection of river control and flood protection assets, including floodways, defences against water, flood protection vegetation, hydrological devices and equipment and survey benchmarks managed by, or under the control of the Council, from damage or destruction to ensure the ongoing functionality of these vital assets. Downloads River Control & Flood Protection Bylaw (5.7 MB pdf) Related links Apply for authority under River Control and Flood
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 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.
During the monitoring period, Greymouth Petroleum Ltd demonstrated a good level of environmental
performance and