Council was encouraged to engage more with iwi
and hapu groups.
Recommended
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) receives this memorandum and the attached inventory sheet for Messengers Bush,
Meier QEII, Base Camp QEII, Van der Poel’s Bush, Watsons Hill Bush, Twin
Giants, Menzies Road Hill Bush, Lucas Block, Hyview, Eight Hundred Trust KNE,
Wild Earth, and Pete’s Spot.
b) notes that the aforementioned sites have indigenous biodiversity values of
regional significance and
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TWN Ltd Partnership (the Company) operates a hydrocarbon production station located on Bird Road
Stratford, in the Patea
addition to
direct farm income from milk production, the added value by the processing of milk, whey and cheese
manufacturing, is a significant contributor to employment.
Sheep and beef farming are concentrated in the hill country and also play an important part in the regional
economy.
Exotic forest plantations continue to expand, with the region offering a suitable climate, good forestry sites and a
well-established roading system and port facility. Forest harvesting is also well
Limited,
operates a petrochemical production station located on Mountain Road at Ngaere, in the
Waingongoro catchment. The Cheal Production Station processes oil and gas from the Cheal
group of wellsites. This report for the period July 2014–June 2015 describes the monitoring
programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the
Company’s environmental performance during the period under review, and the results and
environmental effects of the Company’s activities.
concentration was achieved throughout the monitoring year, the maximum recorded concentration
downstream at Skeet Road being 0.0155 g/m3. The sodium concentration limit (40 g/m³) was also complied
with, the maximum recorded sodium concentration was 22.8 g/m3.
The monitoring results above demonstrate compliance with the conditions of resource consent 0598-3
during the review period.
The comparisons of laboratory results showed generally good agreement, and compliance with consent
conditions.
stock drinking
needs only, the current Permitted Activity classification within the Plan is not so limited –
as a consequence, other minor takes, such as for dairy shed use and road works, are
similarly approved on the grounds that their environmental effects are minor.
The current Freshwater Plan’s stipulated limits for minor takes (refer Appendix One) are
on a “per property” basis, a move away from the former “per site” basis, and a question
arises as to whether or not
significant investments in transfer stations in the earlier periods to facilitate amalgamating the solid
waste handling at Colson Road as the main centralised landfill in the region. Consequently the
subsequent investment has been able to be reduced from $6.3 million in 1997-2002, to $4.7 million in
2002-2007, and down to $3.3 million from 2008 to 2014.
The average annual cost of operating the waste collection, recycling, and disposal was $8.1 million
per annum over the period 2008 to
any formal
protection status.
Each factor is each given a ‘condition’ score. The scores are
then used to rate the overall state of the remnant, from
‘Excellent’ to ‘Poor’.
Of the 64 forest remnants assessed between 2008 and 2014, more than half were found to be in ‘Good’ or ‘Very
good’ condition. A very small percentage of forest remnants were considered to be in ‘Poor’ condition.
The Rowan Road forest remnant KNE (above) has a biodiversity plan.
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circumstances, unless
the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent, a rule in a regional plan, or by national
regulations.
The Company holds two discharge consents that provide for disposal of wastewater and solids onto land in
the Waingongoro catchment.
1.3.4.1 Wastewater discharge - Lower Stuart Road
Discharge consent 5569-1 covers the discharge of treated wastewater from meat processing and associated
activities by irrigation onto and into land on Lower Stuart Road, Eltham and
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Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd (Fonterra) operates a dairy processing complex located on Whareroa Road
at Hawera, in the