change in the nature or scale of the effects of a discharge
from an intensive poultry farm, a discharge will not meet the condition in Rule
52, and it must therefore fall to be considered as a discretionary activity. In this
regard, it is important to note that this is in the context of applying for a new
consent. The plan provisions accordingly enable full and unrestricted
consideration of all relevant matters for any new consents where there is a
proposed change.
2.7 In this
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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 stipulates that no person may discharge any contaminant into water, unless the
activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or by national
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 stipulates that no person may discharge any contaminant into water, unless the
activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or by national regulations.
Permits
7-day period across all the
recorded years. MALF is generally the minimum flow needed to maintain a catchment’s natural character and
ecosystem health however, as this measurement is an ‘average’, flows do naturally fall below MALF during
prolonged periods of dry weather or drought.
Estimations of MALF are made using long term flow records but, if no records are available, it can also be
estimated using records from hydrologically similar streams. When developing estimates of MALF, flow
Westside New Zealand Ltd Deep Well Injection Annual Report 2022-2023
previous monitoring carried out between 2016 and 2020
that show PM2.5 concentrations are consistently very low at the Central School site.
25. Under MfE’s grading criteria, 96% of daily mean concentrations measured at the site
achieved either an ‘excellent’ or a ‘good’ grading across the 2016 to 2021 period, with all
but one day of the remaining 4% falling into the ‘Acceptable’ category.
26. The annual mean concentration of PM2.5 at the Central School site across the 2016-2021
period was 4
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.
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
existing crossing, a do-nothing LCSS will be produced in order to confirm whether the
proposed changes would raise or lower the crossing safety level when compared to the exiting scenario. This will include an
updated ALCAM ‘proposal’ that factors in the current AADT volumes of all applicable users.
High
(50-60)
•The most dangerous level crossing situation, posing a real risk of death or serious injury occurring to users
crossing the railway line. Level crossings which fall under this