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 34 conditions setting out the
requirements that the Company must satisfy. Resource consent 0715-4.1 allows the discharge of treated
effluent to land and
implementing monitoring programmes,
the Council is recognising the comprehensive meaning of ‘effects’ in as much as is appropriate for each
activity. Monitoring programmes are not only based on existing permit conditions, but also on the
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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
Turangi Production Station processes oil and gas from from the
Company’s northern Taranaki operations, including the Ohanga, Onaero and Turangi group of wellsites. The
Company also operate the Kowhai-A Production Station, located on Ngatimaru Road at Tikorangi. The
Kowhai-A Production Station processes product from the Kowhai-A, B, C and D wellsites. This report for the
period July 2020 to June 2021 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional
Council (the Council) to
can also be adversely impacted
by rocks and sediments in the aquifer through which it
flows.
The Council has routinely monitored groundwater quality
since 1994. We do this to gain a better understanding of
how groundwater quality varies across the region and to
assess how its quality is changing over time. We examine
how our groundwater resources are affected by land use
activities and how suitable groundwater is for various uses
(such as drinking water).
1 Introduction
1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource
Management Act 1991
1.1.1 Introduction
This report is for the period July 2020 to June 2021 by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council)
describing the results of the monitoring programme associated with the resource consent held by New
Plymouth District Council (NPDC).
NPDC operate the Mangapouri Cemetery (the Cemetery) located on Junction Road (SH3) between New
Plymouth and Egmont Village. NPDC held
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Executive summary
Remediation New Zealand Ltd (the Company) operates a composting facility and worm farm which
produces vermicast. It is located on State Highway 3, Mokau Road, Uruti, Taranaki.
During the monitoring period, the Company demonstrated an overall poor level of environmental
performance.
This report for the period July 2020 to June 2021 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s
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Map1. Month total rain (mm) and percentage of long-term mean
Taranaki Regional Council Monthly Environmental Data
Report for October 2022
Note: Provisional Data Only.
1. Rain gauge values at 28 sites in Taranaki
Taranaki Regional Council co-owns rain-gauges with Horizons, so we can assess rainfalls
right over the Eastern Hill Country (these are included in our reporting since August 2022).
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Map1a. YTD total
filling of the southern portion
of a gully with cleanfill material, with a contingency to receive a small amount of untreated sawdust from
the Taranaki Pine site in Bell Block. The activity commenced towards the end of the 2020-2021 monitoring
year. This report for the period May 2021 to June 2021 describes the monitoring programme implemented
by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent
compliance performance during this period. The report also
heading
Working as one
Regional councils are increasingly working together to both
guide and respond to national direction. We work through
our network of special interest groups to develop strategy,
guide scientific research and data initiatives. The regional
sector’s Groundwater Forum recently developed a research
strategy to help guide future groundwater research. During
the last few years, we have also been working towards the
development of a national wells
and behaviour to those catchments primarily in volcanic
geologies.
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Tonkin & Taylor Ltd
Motukawa HEPS Consent Renewal - Sediment Assessment
Trustpower Ltd
November 2021
Job No: 1008726.2000.v3
Figure 2.2: Geological map of sub-catchments. Source: GNS 250K
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Tonkin & Taylor Ltd
Motukawa HEPS Consent Renewal - Sediment Assessment
Trustpower Ltd
November 2021
Job No: 1008726.2000.v3
Detailed regional soil maps do not yet exist for the Taranaki