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,
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.
conduct a compliance monitoring inspection. It was fine at the
time of the inspection with 6.5 mm of rain falling over the previous 48 hours.
Monk Rd Site:
The discharged wood waste appeared to be very clean and free of unacceptable wastes.
The new pond pipe had been connected to the existing pipe that led down to the
culvert under Monk Rd. Due to low flow conditions the culvert at Monk Road was only
discharging undiluted contaminated spring water (i.e. no freshwater flow was
occurring from
inspection it was noted that the pedestrian entrances to the shed now had a protected
doorway porch to prevent wind and rain from entering the shed.
During each inspection a sample of the stream was obtained. The samples were clean and clear with no
sheen or odour, iron oxide is naturally present in the stream. There was no discharge from the stormwater
system to sample during any of the inspections.
At the time of each inspection the Company were operating in compliance with their resource
were markedly improved on the approach to the Piopio South Passing Lane, and
hazardous poplar trees were removed on outside of same curve.
Example - Awakino Gorge Guardrail (2006)
The guardrail was installed at the location of a number of crashes, and protects the corner for a distance
of approximately 400m. There was also some replacement of square kerbing with radial.
Mangaotaki Rockfall (2008)
Heavy rain triggered a large rock fall on
Rules 35 and 36 of the RFWP do not include any matters of
control that expressly allow for the consideration of matters such as those expressed in the NPS-FM objective.
Given that the Council can only consider policies that relate to the matters over which the Council has
reserved control through the plan itself, the Council is unable to take into account matters that fall outside this
scope.
In terms of the notification assessment and when deciding whether a person is an affected person, the
was potentially leaking, staff advised that this would be investigated in summer.
Ngatoro G: the ring drain had been redefined and metal placed alongside it to help filter sediment.
Kaimiro Production Station and Ngatoro-A: Heavy, persistent rain and strong winds had proceeded the
inspection and it was noted that the stormwater system on both sites was working well. All stormwater was
being collected and directed for treatment prior to discharge from the site. The sites were tidy and
landfill at Victoria Rd
Figure 2 Stratford landfill (shaded in yellow) and sampling locations
2.1 Inspections
27 August 2012
A site visit was made to conduct a compliance monitoring inspection and to take
groundwater samples. The weather was fine with 12 mm rain over the previous 24
hours.
Large areas of the crown of cap had been sown with grass. The re-grassed area had
been fenced off from stock. There were some areas of ponding around the stock
troughs and on the
Council (Red lines show council boundaries).
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Table 1 Average recurrence intervals (ARI) and 48-hr rainfalls for selected rainfall monitoring sites in the
Taranaki Regional Council area.
Rainfall monitoring sites 48 hr rainfall (mm) ARI (yrs)
North Egmont at Visitor's Centre 456 7
Dawson Falls 531.5 15
Kahui Hut 366 8
Mangorei at Reservoir 175.5 7
Hillsborough 187.5