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Proposed Taranaki Coastal Plan – Oil and Gas
IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT
AT AUCKLAND
I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA
KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU
Decision [2022] NZEnvC 232
IN THE MATTER OF an appeal under clause 14 of Schedule 1
of the Resource Management Act 1991
BETWEEN ENERGY RESOURCES AOTEAROA
INCORPORATED
(ENV-2019-AKL-297)
TARANAKI ENERGY WATCH
INCORPORATED
(ENV-2019-AKL-299)
Appellants
AND TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL
Respondent
Court: Judge
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To Job Managers – Kate Giles, Darin Sutherland
From Vladislav Tkachenko (formerly Brian Cheyne), Scientist – Air Quality
Document 3064686
Date 6 June 2022
Monitoring of nitrogen oxides (NOx) levels in Taranaki near major
NOx sources, year 2021-2022
From 2014 onwards, the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) has implemented a coordinated region-wide
monitoring programme to measure nitrogen oxides (NOx), not only at individual compliance monitoring
sites near
of the applications, and the Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) required by
Section 88(2) of the RMA.
Please complete all questions on the form. Do not refer to attached documentation unless the form
specifically requests it.
If you have any questions relating to completion of this application form, please contact the Consents
Department, Taranaki Regional Council on telephone (06)765-7127 or email consents@trc.govt.nz.
Lodge the application by signing below and
the site stormwater not currently
within consent specification.
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 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 one resource consent,
Report
2020-2021
Technical Report 2021-53
Taranaki Regional Council
Private Bag 713
Stratford
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online)
Document: 2838634 (Word)
Document: 2864880 (Pdf)
February 2022
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Executive summary
Greymouth Petroleum Ltd and its subsidiaries (the Company) operate a number of wellsites across the
Taranaki region, with major fields
the minutes and resolutions of the Ordinary meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten
Road, Stratford on Tuesday 2 November 2021 at 10.30am.
Matters arising
Appendices/Attachments
Document 2903311: Minutes Ordinary - 2 November 2021
Ordinary Meeting Copy - Confirmation of Minutes Ordinary Committee
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Date: 2 November 2021, 10.30am
Venue: Taranaki Regional Council, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford
specifies timeframes for processing resource consent applications, [for example 20 working
days for a non-notified application], however these timeframes can be extended with the applicant’s
agreement.
13.1 Do you agree to the Taranaki Regional Council extending RMA consent processing timeframes?
Yes, provided that I can continue to exercise my existing consent until processing of this
application is completed [renewal applications].
Yes, provided that the extension is for the
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
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
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