Management Act 1991
1.1.1 Introduction
This report covers the results and findings of the monitoring programme
implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) during the period from
November 2012 to November 2014 in respect of the consents held by Greymouth
Petroleum Ltd (GPL) that relate to exploration activities at the Ngatoro-E wellsite
located along Dudley Road in the New Plymouth district, in the Waitara catchment.
During this period, the wellsite was re-entered with one
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Discharge Monitoring Report February 2012.doc
Author: M. Newby
Name of organisation: Taranaki Regional Council
Name of project: Hydraulic Fracturing Liquid Air Discharge Monitoring Programme
of the flow-back period, approximately
2,410 bbls (383 m³) of fracture fluids and formation fluid were returned to the
surface, leaving at least 1,050 bbls (167 m³) of the fluids injected remaining in
the formation. Additional fluid is likely to be returned back to the surface as the
well produces.
• The majority of waste fluid from the Mangahewa-04 well was trucked from the
Mangahewa-D wellsite to BTW’s Wellington Road disposal site, Brown Road,
Waitara, where the fluids were
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relevant definitions of these
activities. Officers undertook additional engagement with submitters on these issues to
further canvas and road test changes to the structure maintenance/alteration/extension
rules.
Sewage discharge rules: a number of iwi submitters were strongly opposed to allowing
any new discharges of treated human sewage to the open coast (even as a consented
activity). Council officers recommend addressing these concerns by prohibiting any new
discharges of treated human
focused programme
of action for indigenous biodiversity work, and set out a road map for the future. The
maintenance of indigenous biodiversity is work that spans across all sections of the Council and
thus requires a ‘whole of council approach’.
The Strategy spells out actions the Council proposes to undertake in order to implement the
biodiversity objective, policies and methods of the Proposed Regional Policy Statement for
Taranaki (‘PRPS’)(Appendix 1) and where