Zealand Oil Services Limited are located just outside the Port area and are
primarily involved with diesel storage and distribution.
This report covers the results of the monitoring programme implemented by the
Council in respect of the consents held by Port Taranaki Limited, Downer New
Zealand Limited, Technix Taranaki Terminal Limited, Methanex Motunui Limited,
and New Zealand Oil Services Limited that relate to discharges of water to the Tasman
Sea. The consent held by Downer New Zealand
regulatory clarity is critical in avoiding uncertainty in future
regulatory processes and outcomes.
12. While PEPANZ is generally supportive of the RCP provisions, it
considers that some change is required to ensure that the
RCP:
(a) appropriately provides for oil and natural gas sector
activities;
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(b) promotes the sustainable management of resources
(section 5);
(c) is not contrary to Part 2 and other provisions of the Act;
and
(d) is
Executive summary
The South Taranaki District Council (STDC) operates a total of ten water treatment plants (WTPs) which
supply municipal water to the district’s towns and water to the rural communities.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess STDC’s environmental and consent compliance
performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
time (all
terms as defined in Workplace Exposure Standards, 2002, Department of Labour); or
b) if no Short Term Exposure Limit is set, by more than three times the Time
Weighted Average at any time (all terms as defined in Workplace Exposure
Standards, 2002, Department of Labour).
Recording and reporting information
22. The consent holder shall make available to the Chief Executive, Taranaki Regional
Council, upon request, an analysis of a typical gas and crude oil stream
and Minerals 46. Z Energy Ltd, BP Oil Ltd and Mobil Oil NZ Ltd
5. Point Board Riders Inc 26. Transpower NZ Ltd 47. Fonterra
6. Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd 27. Taranaki Chamber of Commerce 48. Taranaki District Health Board
7. Waikato Regional Council 28. Grant Knuckey 49. Cam Twigley
8. Silver Fern Farms Management Ltd 29. Department of Conservation 50. Te Kāhui o Taranaki Trust
9. Karen Pratt 30. First Gas Ltd 51. Taranaki Energy Watch Inc
10. South Taranaki Underwater
Consent monitoring reports Fresh look at oil-spill gearRegional stockpiles of oil-spill clean-up equipment will be reviewed under Maritime NZ’s new Oil Spill Readiness and Response Strategy, the Policy & Planning Committee was told. The Council has long argued that more such equipment is required at Port Taranaki and awaits the review with interest, the Committee was told. The new Strategy also acknowledges Maritime NZ’s role in ensuring regions can deploy appropriate numbers of trained oil-spill
to the Tasman Sea; the discharge of laboratory waste and unprocessable wastes to waste pits; the discharge
of dairy liquids to land and the discharge of emissions to air. This report for the period July 2016 to June
2017 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to
assess Fonterra’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. This
report also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses
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Updated section 42A Officer Report issued on 25 January 2022 to correct minor errors
The following minor edits have been made to this version of the report originally issued
on 24 January 2022:
1. Page 14, paragraph 71:
[…] Odour in the accessway in between sheds 1 and 2 (downwind of shed 2), and
adjacent to an exhaust fan, and inside one of the sheds, was in each location strong
but not unpleasantly so, and I considered the observed intensity to be less than
outfall may however indicate a fresh water influence.
Parameter Unit
Outfall discharge
[STW001079]
Temperature ºC 16.1
Free chlorine g/m3 <0.1
Total chlorine g/m3 N/D
pH pH 7.3
Suspended solids g/m3 5
Oil and grease g/m3 12
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Inspection reports can be found in their entirety in Appendices II and III.
2.4. Investigations, interventions, and incidents
The monitoring programme for the year was based on what was considered to be an
report by the Taranaki Regional Council
(the Council) to be prepared for the monitoring programme in the Waitaha Stream catchment. Twelve
industrial premises were monitored under this programme during the year under review. The monitoring
reflects an on-going process of identifying and improving discharges into the catchment in a similar manner
to the management of those in the neighbouring Mangati Stream catchment.
A total of 17 consents were included in the monitoring programme during the