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
have not been accurate. The graph
below shows the projections released in 2002, versus the estimated population through to 2011
(labelled ‘revised estimate’). Statistics NZ’s medium projection was for the population to fall by 1,360
by 2011, when in fact it grew by 6,960.
6 The projections from 2048 onwards have been privately provided to NPDC by Statistics NZ under assumptions
agreed to by NPDC.
found in summer
conditions (average of 3 units difference according to SEM data) due to lower flows, longer time between freshes, lower
dissolved oxygen, higher temperatures and more periphyton.
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Table 1 Number and percentage of sites, including potentially impacted downstream (DS) sites, that fall into
the macroinvertebrate health categories based on MCI ranges which has been adapted for Taranaki streams
and rivers from Stark’s classification for Spring 2019 (105 …
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 permits
Section 15(1)(a) of the RMA
Executive, Audit & Risk Committee agenda August 2020
dilution ratios had been maintained and were compliant with special condition
16 of Consent 0715-4.1.
The discharge records indicated that all discharges had occurred when the river flow was above the
consented 5 m³/s.
The Waiongana Stream hydrology displays a natural rapid rise and fall (typical of Taranaki ring plain
streams) which allows for a limited window of opportunity when treated wastewater can be discharged
above the minimum consent limit. The consent holder has access to the
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.
TTR holds water permit 7470-1.2 to cover the take and use of groundwater from a bore for:
• watering of racing tracks and general purposes at the TTR Club;
• filling of water tanks for watering of New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) owned gardens; and
• other
If the discharge to air permit is granted,
the Council may include any conditions on the permit
that fall within the Council's powers under Section 108
of the Act.
No consent may be granted for a prohibited activity
and such activities cannot be carried out under any
circumstances.
Note: an activity or premises may involve more than
one type of discharge to air. Different rules and
classifications may apply to each type of discharge. All
rules relating to particular activities
µg/m³) 3 (75%)
Alert 66-100% of the guideline, (14.5-22 µg/m³) 0 (0%)
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Total number of samples 4 (100%)
The levels of toluene and xylene obtained in the current work are far below ambient guideline
values, and all results fall into ‘excellent’ Ministry’s air quality category. Three of the four
benzene results were (at worst) within ‘acceptable’ MfE’s category and one result fell within
the ‘good’ category.
Comparison with other monitored sites in
were consolidated at a new shed on Kohiti Road from
which wastewater is transferred to the treatment system for the nearby rendering
operations. Consent 3117 now applies to a small shed used for sick cows on Katotauru
Road.
1.3.1 Water abstraction consent
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