sites were inspected on three occasions
during the monitoring year. A summary of the notes made during these inspections is
given below.
2.1.1 9 August 2012
A site visit was made to conduct a compliance monitoring inspection. It was raining at
the time of the inspection with 14 mm falling over the past 72 hours.
A meeting was held at the site office with the director of the Company to discuss the
new consents. The requirement to provide management plans was also discussed.
Monk
rain had caused overflow to the Kurapete
Stream. The discharge had no significant visual effect downstream in the receiving waters. Samples were
collected of the discharge, upstream and two sites downstream.
11 May 2022
The primary screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. The pond level had been lowered in the
primary lagoon to allow a survey to be carried out around the wave band perimeter (remedial works are
planned during the 22/23 summer). The pond was turbid and
main method of effluent application, depths applied (~3 mm)
2. ‘Weta’ travelling rain gun – used to apply effluent to the Sand Dune block at 8-10 mm depths during
7 months of the year.
2.3.2.4 Type of crops grown
Two crops were grown under the cut and carry system in 2022-2023. Maize Silage paddocks (37.2 ha) which
were cultivated in October and harvested in March, yielding around 21.3 tonnes DM/ha.
An annual Ryegrass was planted as a crop cover over the cooler and wetter months.
process areas and roadways, the stormwater collection and retention systems, stormwater sampling and
release records and inspections of the discharge point and receiving waters in the Herekawe Stream.
Scheduled inspections were carried out on 21 August and 5 November 2020, and 11 February and 20 May
2021.
Notes from these visits are summarised below. Records of production and incinerator operation were
inspected and found to be satisfactory.
21 August 2020
It was raining during the
during an exceptional rain event. Investigation found compliance
with the relevant consent.
Abstraction volumes complied with the consent limit. Telemetry of abstraction data to
Council was installed in October 2012, with provision for transmission of cooling water flow
and temperature data in the future, if required.
Graeme Lowe Protein Ltd (meat rendering plant) demonstrated an overall high level of
environmental performance.
The Company holds four resource consents, to allow it to
Results
2.1 Inspections
14 July 2020
A winter Inspection was carried out during fine weather following a period of heavy rain throughout the
catchment. The influent screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. The main pond was
green/brown in colour with a slightly turbid appearance. Odour was noted as being ‘slightly noticeable’. In
excess of 250 Mallard ducks were present on the pond.
Both wetland pond levels were slightly high. These were green/brown in colour and slightly
be added as late items
Late items on the agenda. The Councils response is also noted:
Mana Whakahono a Rohe decisions – These decisions are not in
the scope of this committee and fall under the full Council.
Review of Delegated Authority Manual – This will be discussed
at the Māori relationships going forward workshop as there was
confusion as to whether the request referred to the Delegations
Manual or the Committee Terms of Reference. It was noted that a
Governance Handbook …
from each
of the subcommittees and a representative from the
TRC, all with a three-year term.
2 pm: Gordon Bailey is the speaker and will address
the meeting on re-establishing the overseas connections.
Please note the Rainforest Eatery will be open Wednesday
to Sunday, from 10am to 4pm: Ph 067524143
Members’ Garden Visits
S U N D AY S E P T E M B E R 2 2
Please bring the usual personal items such as rain
jacket, umbrella etc, a picnic lunch, nibbles to share
and drink of
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operation and associated practices.
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1.3.1 Water abstraction permit
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
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category, DH Lepper Trust holds water permit 0188-3 to cover the take of water from an
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