requirements to avoid or minimise adverse effects on the environment. The suite of consents
authorise the discharge of contaminants to land, water, and air from a range of activities on the site.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 summarises the monitoring programme conducted by
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess TBP’s environmental compliance performance.
Based on monitoring during the 2022-2023 monitoring year improvements are required with respect to
both the
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• New Plymouth District Council to continue to convert sewage sludge into organic
fertiliser
• Targeting of waste cooking oil, and used oil filters as special wastes for better
recycling/re-use.
The Taranaki Regional Council and three territorial authorities aim to collectively meet the
targets through their respective waste minimisation and management plans and or work
programmes.
On behalf of the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee, I
Executive summary
The Ahuroa B Gas Storage Facility (Ahuroa B/AGS) is owned and operated by Flexgas Ltd (the Company).
Ahuroa B is located on the corner of Barleymans Road and Croydon Road, east of Midhirst, in the Waitara
catchment. Ahuroa B supplies natural gas to one of its main customers, Contact Energy, for use in their
Stratford Power Station.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to
plant (Kapuni Gas Treatment Plant, KGTP) located
on Palmer Road at Kapuni, in the Kapuni catchment, South Taranaki. This report for the period July 2018 to
June 2019 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the
Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period
under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the
environmental effects of the Company’s activities.
July 2022 to June 2023 by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) on the
monitoring programme associated with resource consents held by Todd Energy Limited and its subsidiary1
(the Company) for deep well injection (DWI) activities. During the period under review, the Company held
ten resource consents for the subsurface injection of fluids by DWI. The consents authorise discharges from
nine separate wellsites. Seven are located within the Company’s McKee and Mangahewa oil and gas fields,
Guidelines for Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement
under the Resource Management Act 1991. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment.
Taranaki Regional Council (2022): Ambient Gas (PM10, NOx, CO and LEL) Monitoring at Sidewinder
Production Station during 2021-2022 monitoring year. Internal memorandum.
Taranaki Regional Council (2022): TAG Oil (NZ) Ltd Sidewinder Production Station Monitoring Programme
Annual Report 2020-2021. Technical Report 2022-32.
Taranaki Regional Council
the control room on the upper floor; glycol trains and oil heaters located in the north west
portion of the site; fractionation trains, gas trains and compressor houses; condensate storage, LPG storage
and LPG load out facilities; and a flare compound that contains a 55 m high flare stack, a radio tower, and a
flare seal recovery system, located in the south western corner of the site.
The plant formerly used two flares as essential plant safety features designed to combust excess gas
Solutions Ltd (MASL) operates an aluminium foundry and extrusion plant located at
Bell Block, in the Mangaone and Mangati catchments. This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023
describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess
MASL’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. The report
also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of the MASL’s
Contact Energy Ltd (the Company) operates the Stratford Power Station (SPS) located on State Highway 43
near Stratford in the Pātea catchment.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance
performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
undertaken and assesses the environmental effects
this site is available from the Council upon request.
2.2.3 Summary of flaring volumes reported by Todd Petroleum
Figure 4 Monthly gas flaring for Kapuni Production Station and Kapuni-J under consent 4054-6.1
Note: the value for March 2023 is not shown in full to make the graph readable, actual value is 1,548,481 m3
Todd Petroleum provided the Council with an annual report on flaring and emissions during the 2022-2023
period, as required by consent 4054-6.1. A summary of total