review of the Regional Freshwater Plan, the Committee was told. Overseer was never designed or intended for use as a regulatory tool, but solely for use at individual farm-management level. Seven regional councils currently make use of Overseer as a regulatory tool in some way. TRC is among the nine which do not use it. PCE's report on Overseer Nutrient Management Tools/Models (2015 report for TRC) Value of native bush recognisedA fifth of the privately owned native bush in Taranaki now falls under
systems currently in operation in the province fall in to the
pressurised category. Pressurised systems can be further differentiated based on the
method of operation and equipment used. A summary of the systems encountered in
the region and some of their advantages and disadvantages are summarised below:
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K-line and long-lateral types – Impact sprinklers mounted on moveable laterals
(Photograph 1).
Advantages:
• low capital cost;
• are simple in
by a resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
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DH Lepper Trust holds Consent 0188-3 to cover the take of water from an unnamed
tributary of the Waiongana Stream for piggery operation purposes.
This permit was re-issued by the Council on 09 January 2002 under Section 87(d) of
the RMA. It is due to expire on 1 June 2020.
Three special conditions are attached to this consent.
sound? Are they practical, efficient and reasonable? And most importantly, what impacts will they have on families and communities? The information supplied so far by the Government and its advisers would appear to fall short of adequately answering these questions. We hope that Wellington will give the Taranaki experience the careful consideration we believe it deserves. A major concern is that as they stand, the Government’s proposals would frustrate and set back the good work happening here. The
significant costs but with little purpose or community benefit.
Proposed broad-brush national requirements for excluding stock from waterways fall short of what is actually required to reduce faecal contamination, and risk undermining successful and proven local initiatives such as Taranaki’s award-winning riparian planting and fencing programme.
It should be up to councils working with their local communities to decide which rivers and lakes are most important for swimming, whether and how urgently
despite the dry conditions and quite strong wind. There were no odours noted onsite. The truck
wash had recently been used and all washings were captured. The sand trap was cloudy in appearance, the
level was lower than the drain and this was not discharging. In general the site was tidy and no spills or
other issues were noted around the site.
Photo 1 Sand trap, 5 March 2020
5 June 2020
An inspection was undertaken in light rain weather conditions. Inspecting officer Richard Corry …
Taranaki State of the Environment Report 2009.
containers and farm plastics. In a submission on the proposed new stewardship regime, the Council supported all six priorities, suggested that tangata whenua be involved in designing the product stewardship scheme, and urged the Government not to let the cost burden of any compulsory requirements fall back on local government. Consents & Regulatory agenda Nov 2019 (1.6 MB pdf) Policy & Planning agenda Nov 2019 (3.9 MB pdf)
quality (NES), and requires regional councils to demonstrate that air meets the standard. Taranaki is one of only two regions that has never exceeded the NES air quality guidelines, always falling into the Ministry for the Environment's categories of 'Acceptable' to 'Excellent'. Intensive ongoing air quality monitoring is therefore not required in Taranaki. What do we look for?
Since 1991, the Council has gathered air quality data at up to 20 representative sites across the region including urban,