This report is for the period July 2015 to June 2016 by the Taranaki Regional Council
(the Council) on the monitoring programme associated with resource consents held by
TAG Oil (NZ) Ltd (the Company). BTW (on behalf of TAG Oil) managed the landfarm
(Vanner Landfarm), which was transitioned to the Company in this monitoring period.
The landfarm is situated on Lower Ball Road at Kakaramea, in the Mangaroa
catchment.
The Vanner site became operational during the 2011-2012 monitoring period,
programme associated with resource consents held
by three concrete batching plants in the Taranaki Region, namely Allied Concrete
Limited (Allied Concrete) on Mould Street in Waitara, Firth Industries on Glover
Road in Hawera, and Fletcher Concrete and Infrastructure Limited (Fletcher Concrete)
on Mountain Road in Stratford.
This report covers the results and findings of the monitoring programme
implemented by the Council in respect of the consents held by Allied Concrete, Firth
Industries,
increase.
Regional and district plans, and emergency management
plans identify potential natural hazards for Taranaki, and
contain controls to reduce hazard risks. The regional and district councils undertake flood prevention work
and have flood event procedures in place to minimise risk. Building controls, refurbished infrastructure (such
as water and power supplies) and improvements to road networks all enhance the region’s resilience.
However, an increasing reliance on technology
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4.4 General standards
These general standards apply where a rule explicitly states that these standards must be
complied with.
4.4.1 Height (New Plymouth Airport)
No structure or part of any structure shall interfere with the New Plymouth Airport Flight Path
Protection Surfaces described in Section 4.3 of the plan.
4.4.2 Light
Light sources shall be shielded so that the light source is not directly visible from any residence,
vehicle on a public road or ship under
kahikatea forest and Carex species.
An area of previously cleared land reverting back to a
wetland.
Ararata Road 1ha Q21:281 899 Spotless crake, raupo reedland, occasional Carex species around edge and
one clump of willows.
A long 'V' shaped gully with a thin swampy stream. A man-
made pond is located at the bottom of this gully.
Mudfish Wetland 1 3-4ha Q20:268 963 Two very different vegetation types. One side is mainly flax and raupo and the
other regenerating forest, with trees such
Kowhai D hydraulic fracturing rescource consent monitoring report 2018-2019
Agenda for Policy & Planning Committee August 2017.
to
revisit the Blue Water Highway project (Port Taranaki to Nelson) was also endorsed.
The Committee advised that the road links into the Egmont National Park (Dawson
Falls, Stratford, Pukeiti and North Taranaki) are currently becoming unable to deal with
growing tourist numbers/vehicles and supported the proposal to upgrade the roads to
enhance visitor experiences.
5.3 A further suggestion by the Committee was support to the forthcoming upgrade at the
New Plymouth Airport terminal.
holder TAG Oil (NZ) Limited) operates a drilling
waste disposal site located on Lower Ball Road at Kakaramea, in the Mangaroa catchment. The
site is actively used to dispose of rock cuttings and drilling muds to land via the process of
landfarming. During the 2013-2014 monitoring period, the resource consent was transferred
from BTW Company Ltd to TAG Oil (NZ) Ltd. BTW have continued to manage the site, but
only waste material from TAG operations is now disposed of at the site.
This report
terms and abbreviations 41
Biography and References 43
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Appendix I Flow data for the Patea River at Skinner Road, the Mangaehu River
at Raupuha Road bridge, and the synthesised inflow into Lake
Rotorangi for the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 49
Appendix II TRC Lake Rotorangi water quality trend analysis 1990-2012 55
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List of tables
Table 1 Water quality parameters measured at the two sampling sites 6