Ā White, B Bigham, P Muir
Ordinary Council - Confirmation of Operations and Regulatory Minutes - 29 August 2023
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1. Confirmation of Minutes Operations and Regulatory Committee 18 July 2023
Recommended
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) took as read and confirmed the minutes of the Operations and Regulatory
Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council held on 18 July 2023 at Taranaki
Regional Council 47 Cloten Road Stratford
Whenuakura
River
Nicholson Rd WNR000450 WW/L/SS/P/HO/LG 1732757 5598479
Coastal
Terraces
Mangaroa
Stream
Vanners landfarm,
Lower Ball Road
MRO000210 WD/L/VA/P/MO/LG 1720698 5602911
Mangati Stream
D/S railway line MGT000488 WN/L/VA/P/LO/LG 1700095 5678043
Te Rima Pl, Bell
Block
MGT000520 WW/L/VA/U/LO/LG 1699385 5679103
Waiau Stream Inland North Road WAI000110 WW/L/VA/P/MO/LG 1714587 5680018
Pātea
Mangaehu River Raupuha Rd MGH000950
Document: 3233523 (Pdf)
March 2024
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Executive summary
The Stratford District Council (SDC) maintains a closed landfill located on Victoria Road at Stratford, in the
Pātea catchment. The landfill was closed to the public on 11 March 2002, and to commercial disposers on
23 March 2002. The site has more recently been used to dewater and dispose of oxidation pond sludge
from the adjacent municipal wastewater treatment plant. This activity ceased in
monitoring methodology, results and
analysis is documented in the full technical report.
Site names, codes, coordinates and corresponding FMUs for the Council’s SoE periphyton monitoring sites
are listed below in Table 2.
Table 2: Periphyton monitoring sites in the Taranaki region
FMU Site name Site Easting Northing
Southern Hill Country Tawhiti Stream at Duffy’s water level recorder TWH000435 1714287 5615551
Pātea Makuri Stream 30 m downstream of Raupuha Road MKR000495 1723795
Confirmation of Minutes Policy and Planning Committee 10 October 2023
Resolved
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) took as read and confirmed the minutes of the Policy and Planning Committee of
the Taranaki Regional Council held at 10.30 on 10 October 2023 at Taranaki
Regional Council 47 Cloten Road Stratford
b) noted the recommendations therein were adopted by the Taranaki Regional
Council on Tuesday 31 October 2023.
Cram/Boyde
2. Freshwater Update
2.1 Ms L Hawkins spoke
Taranaki Regional Council Long-Term Plan 2015-2025
Appendix III Hydrograph for the Waitara River at Bertrand Road for the monitoring period July 2022 to June
2023
Appendix IV Air Emissions Report for Methanex NZ Limited Motunui and Waitara Valley Plants for the
2020/2021 Reporting Period
Appendix V Biennial Water Use Reduction Report for Methanex NZ Limited Motunui and Waitara Valley Plants
2020/2021 Reporting Period
List of tables
Table 1 Resource consents held by Methanex during the 2022-2023 period 4
Table 2 Regular
– 17 August 2023
Approved by: AJ Matthews, Director - Environment Quality
S J Ruru, Chief Executive
Document: 3220021
Recommendations
That the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Taranaki Solid Waste
Management Committee meeting held at Taranaki Regional Council, 47 Cloten Road
Stratford on 17 August 2023
b) notes that the unconfirmed minutes of the Taranaki
Supplies Monitoring
Programme Annual Report 2019-2020 and adopts the specific recommendations
therein.
i) receives the 20-87 ANZCO Eltham Ltd Monitoring Programme Annual Report
2019-2020 and adopts the specific recommendations therein.
j) receives the 20-92 Civil Quarries Ltd - Everett Road Quarry Monitoring
Programme Annual Report 2019-2020 and adopts the specific recommendations
therein.
k) receives the 20-96 Silver Fern Farms Waitotara Monitoring Programme Annual
Report 2019-2020 …
of the scheme.
There are certain operational requirements also set by consents, which require flushing flows of 400 L/s to
be released down the residual flow reach once the Tariki Weir has not naturally overtopped for 30 days, and
that once flows in the Waitara River at the Bertrand Road bridge drop below 5,000 L/s that either the
abstracted water is passed continuously through the lake, or that abstraction cease (with regard to the
150 L/s residual flow in the race).
At no point