community activity
Amendment to the RMA to provide local authorities with the express function of
“maintaining biodiversity”; and
A major policy and consultation process looking at biodiversity and private land, and the
value of a National Policy Statement (NPS) on biodiversity to guide and direct decision-
making under the RMA.
The NZBS contains 147 actions most falling to central
government agencies and territorial authorities and regional
councils. Territorial
able to drink directly from
the stream then they will not be exposed to
liver fluke.
Streambank fences enable easier stock
control when mustering, keep sick stock
out of streams, and reduce stock deaths by
drowning, falling down steep banks, or
getting bogged.
Trees on banks, as well as shading and
sheltering stock in the adjacent paddock,
provide timber for on-farm use if they’re
silviculturally managed.
Farmers and their families don’t just get a
farm landscape that’s enhanced
in Table 1 below are regarded as that – guidelines, which represent the best
estimate for three typical application types. Buffer zones, with or without shelter belts, merely provide an opportunity
for concentrations of agrichemicals to fall sufficiently so that the risk to sensitive areas beyond the buffer zone
becomes acceptable (i.e. environmental exposure levels are not exceeded). Depending on the particular
circumstances however, there is no guarantee that this can be
Quarterly Operational Report September 2021
application falls under Rule 52 of the RAQP. Rule 52
covers “Existing poultry farming processes” whereas AFT (and Tonkin and Taylor) clearly
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indicate that the Application covers a conversion of an existing operation to free range (our
emphasis added). According to the RAQP this would make the Application subject to Rule 54.
23. While making this Application subject to Rule 54 (discretionary activity)
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.
From observations made during the inspection of the site no adverse environmental effects were found, or
were expected to have been occurring, as a result of the activity authorised by consent 7374-1.4.
discharge points to the stream were observed, with no effects evident in the stream as a result of
stormwater discharging offsite.
A new flare stack had been installed to flare natural gas venting from the hydrocarbon storage tanks. The
separation equipment was all functional and operating as required. The pilot flares were clean burning with
no sign of smoke.
22 November 2018
Heavy rain had fallen the day prior to the inspection. No hydrocarbon sheens were noted in puddles or
within
application falls under Rule 52 of the RAQP. Rule 52
covers “Existing poultry farming processes” whereas AFT (and Tonkin and Taylor) clearly
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5
indicate that the Application covers a conversion of an existing operation to free range (our
emphasis added). According to the RAQP this would make the Application subject to Rule 54.
23. While making this Application subject to Rule 54 (discretionary activity)
increase over the summer months the
groundwater levels fall in response and during the winter months, when abstraction decreases, the
groundwater levels recover.
In summary, groundwater level monitoring data gathered by the Council does not indicate any long-term
reduction in shallow or deep groundwater levels as a result of the abstraction authorised by consent 7470-
1.2. As such, the potential for adverse effects on down gradient surface water systems as a result of the
abstraction is deemed …