Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki 2011
Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki 2011
Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki 2011
thought most unusual when I first saw it. I found a collection of conifers as I wandered through the gardens. One in particular caught my eye. It’s bluey/green upright growth was surrounded by horizontal growth – it’s own “Christmas tree skirt”. Unfortunately David Sampson wasn’t anywhere in sight at that moment to enlighten me as to it’s name. As we boarded the minibus again, large drops of rain began to fall, and accompanied us back to the village of Kimbolton, where
of beach (at low tide only), any waters emerging from the cliff would be swiftly mixed and dispersed. Any effects on groundwater quality or coastal water quality would be negligible. In general the creation of stable interlocked layers of green waste ensures that it does not fall off or get blown off the cliffs and down onto the coastal marine area or into the sea. The effect of the sand movement from the lack of dune systems has seen the degradation in the land available for farming on
of this report. 1.3.2 Water abstraction permit (groundwater) Section 14 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14. The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49 of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as
Suspended fine sediment Dissolved oxygen Monitored sites and NOF Grade band A band B band C band D Table 1 Water quality results for monitored sites in the Volcanic Ring Plain FMU. Volcanic Ring Plain Freshwater Management Unit Discussion Document page Page | 10 For ammonia, all 10 monitoring sites fall within bands A and B; above the national bottom line. At these sites, ammonia is likely to have little to no effect on all but the most sensitive species.
local fishing grounds. Tuna- heke (migratory eel) was caught from the Lagoon further inland which was also named Tapuarau and set upon these racks for drying. During the wet season the rains would flush out the Tapuarau Lagoon and the Tuna-heke would run out of the lagoon, across land, through Hauriri and eventually out at Tapuarau at the water’s edge. Paatiki (flounder) and Puupuu (sea snail) were abundant. The Waitootara river mouth was plentiful with kai and resources that
page Doc# 1947669-v1 Minutes of the Policy and Planning Committee Meeting of the Taranaki Regional Council, held in the Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 17 October 2017 at 10.40am. Members Councillors N W Walker (Committee Chairperson) M P Joyce C L Littlewood D H McIntyre B K Raine D L Lean (ex officio) Representative Ms E Bailey (Iwi Representative) Members Councillor G Boyde (Stratford
Environmental hotline 0800 736 222 Regional gardens regional.gardens@trc.govt.nz Greg Rine Phone: (06) 765 7127 Mobile: 027 240 2470 Andrew Brooker Phone: (06) 765 7127 or Phone (06) 752 4141 Mobile 0210 264 4060 TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL www.trc.govt.nz www.pukeiti.org.nz is worth a look! Please mark these dates on your calendar 2018 Page 4 M E E T I N G S SAT U R DAY M A RC H 0 3 Autumn Members’ Day Pukeiti, Rata Room in the Rain Forest Pavilion for the meeting
by Alby M Limited, and compliance monitoring of consent 7645-1 is not included in this report page 7 2.2 Results 2.2.1 Inspections 31 August 2018 An inspection was conducted in fine weather with a cool easterly breeze. The cap was damp underfoot, with minor ponding in multiple areas following heavy rain in the previous weeks. There was noticeable vehicle damage in areas on the cap, mainly around the gateways. Of the four water troughs on the cap, two were