to resource management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
effects emanating
offsite. The final marine Ecological Survey also confirmed that over time there had been
nothing to suggest the activities undertaken at the site had caused an adverse effect in the
specific analysed areas.
While the legacy issue still remains, given the absence of measurable adverse effects and less
than minor offsite effects the Environmental performance has been rated as ‘Good’ rather than
‘Improvement required’.
Administrative performance was rated as high.
Origin Energy NZ Ltd Rimu pipeline leak, October 2010: Cause, remediation & learning points.
multiple correlations are undertaken, there is a chance that some will be found
to be significant purely by chance. In order to deal with this potential problem, the
Benjamini-Hochberg False Discovery Rate (FDR) method was applied to the results of
the Mann-Kendall test. Further justification for this statistical approach can be found in
Stark and Fowles (2006).
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Figure 1 SEM beach bathing bacteriological survey sites
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4. Results
groundwater. More research is needed to find out where
these connections may exist in Taranaki and the significance
of any impacts from groundwater nutrient contributions in
surface water systems.
• Storing hazardous substances under cover, and on a
sealed pad above ground
• Correctly using pesticides and fertiliser to prevent leaching
• Disposing of waste to appropriate recycling or
landfill facilities
• Spreading effluent onto land at a rate soil and plants
can
Kaponga, or Patea treatment systems on
adjacent receiving waters were recorded in late summer-autumn under low flow conditions
during the monitoring period (at which time the Waverley system had been desludged with
bio-bugs, the Manaia system had been upgraded with the addition of two wetlands, the
Kaponga pond subsurface discharge rate was very low and receiving water dilution very high)
in early winter under higher flow conditions (when the Patea upgraded ponds system
discharged continuously),
from Councillor D L Lean for lateness was received and
sustained.
Notification of Annual Plan and rates to be discussed under general business.
Late Items
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1. Confirmation of Minutes – 25 February 2020
Resolves
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Ordinary Meeting
of the Taranaki Regional Council held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers,
47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 25 …
effects on freshwater quality
inclusion of minimum flows (the point at which abstractions should cease) and allocation limits
for rivers to safeguard the ecosystem health and mauri of the water body
generally allowing gravel extraction from river and lake beds to minimise river aggradation
subject to the rate of extraction not exceeding the rate of gravel recharge, and
increased protection of wetlands to arrest their ongoing decline and incremental loss.
The Plan will
consent holders to resource management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by STDC, this report also
assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period under
Ordinary Meeting to hear submissions on the 2019/2020 Plan - List of Submissions received (526) and scanned copies
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inability to provide certainty over All Blacks fixtures in the regions and the cost
to bring such fixtures to Taranaki compared to the benefits of hosting other sporting fixtures (i.e.
national secondary schools tournament week)
The impact of a substantial rates increase on our aging population and on our District
to increase rates for priority