rule in a regional plan, or by national
regulations. Methanex currently holds a consent for a flood control structure in the
Waitara River.
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
Methanex currently holds two abstraction consents for the Waitara River.
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signed resource consent
please contact the TRC Consents department)
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Water abstraction permits
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is
expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in Section 14. Permits authorising the abstraction of water are issued by the Council
under Section 87(d) of the RMA.
Water discharge
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the Council’s revenue streams. Port Taranaki Ltd operates in a highly-competitive
trading environment and there are no guarantees that it will be able to continue to deliver forecast dividend levels.
Accordingly there is a risk that profits and dividends may fall at some future point. This is the biggest risk to the delivery
of the proposed programmes. Refer to the Financial Strategy section and Appendix 1: Assumptions for additional
information on this risk.
Over the ten
fall in the race through to Lake
Ratapiko.
Likewise, an alternative intake
structure upstream or sump would
not be practicable given the
associated engineering, operational
and maintenance costs.
Yes – existing fish passes provide
effective alternative means to
ensure that indigenous and
introduced fish species are able to
navigate past the diversion weir.
The passes will continue to provide
effective passage provided they
are maintained from the build-up of
debris etc.
roles in stream ecosystems on top
of their intrinsic biodiversity value. They convert primary
energy inputs to streams, from leaves that fall in and algae
and bacteria growing on the streambed in response to light
and ‘catchment tea’ (dissolved carbon from soils), into
food for fish such as whitebait, eels and trout, and birds.
In the process they keep the streambed clean and recycle
nutrients, keeping the stream healthy and productive.
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rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in Section 14.
Kaupokonui Stream
Fonterra Limited holds water permit 0302-3 to take and use up to 19,500 m³/day (225 litres/second) of
water from the Kaupokonui Stream for cooling water and general purposes associated with lactose
manufacturing. This permit was issued by the Council on 9 June 1999 under Section 87(d) of the RMA. It is
due to expire on 1 June 2019.
There are three special conditions
discharge met the
standards of Rule 22 of the Regional Freshwater Plan as a permitted activity.
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1.3.1 Water abstraction permits
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam of divert any
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
Kaupokonui Stream
Fonterra Limited holds water permit 0302-3 to take and use up
hill county
farming, implementing fresh water policy, developing Farm Environmental Plans, water
and stream health monitoring, predator management, fencing, planting and the
collection of farm environment data.
31. The actions and priorities from across all catchment communities have subsequently
been consolidated to create the Regional Integrated Plan. This plan details the costs over
the next 24 months and each of the community catchment actions have been grouped to
fall within one of