will continue to work to increase return rates of these NPDC-owned cups through behaviour change interventions and infrastructure solutions. The cups are designed to support return for a refund at the bar, or into labelled drop bins at exits. Note these cups could also be loaned out for other events in the region, including by the other two councils, with a per cup wash fee on return. Cups with two return messages,
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sediment concentrations. Discharges of treated wastewater into the Inaha Stream complied with the relevant consent conditions, and did not appear to have adverse effects beyond those provided for by the resource consents. Biological monitoring of the Inaha Stream and tributaries did not indicate any recent significant impacts from TBP operations. Most sampling locations received the same or improved health rating for the macroinvertebrate community compared to the previous year, with most rated as
obligations. Comments and Recommendations Option 1 was the Council’s preferred option. The regional community was evenly split between the two options. If the Council were to move to Option 2, this would result in an increase in budgets of $360,000 which would result in the increase in total rates moving from 16.32% to 18.23%. It is recommended that Option 1 be adopted and included in the 2024/2034 Long-Term Plan. Recommendations: That the Taranaki Regional
on debt. Impact on rates No impact on rates. This issue would be funded by general rates. All expenditure would be funded by increases in general rates. Impact on service level No impact on service levels. Increase in the service level of the resource management group. page 2024/2034 Long-Term Plan 4 Consultation issues Issue 2: Delivering on freshwater Freshwater quality is an ongoing, significant and complex challenge.
physicochemical analysis. The Company supplied records of their own monitoring, as well as records of the volume of water abstracted and the volume of wastewater discharged. No breaches of the daily abstraction limits were recorded during the monitoring period. There were several very short exceedances in the groundwater abstraction rate that were above the permitted measurement error of the metering devices. The abstraction rate from the spring complied with consent limits in the year under review.
Consents & Regulatory Committee agenda April 2021
levels of environmental performance. Informed feedback is appropriate and valuable, and assists a proactive alignment of industry’s interests with community and Resource Management Act 1991 expectations. A respectful and responsible regard for the Taranaki region’s environment and our management of its natural resources. Reporting allows evaluation and demonstration of the overall rate of compliance by sector and by consent holders as a whole, and of trends in the improvement of our
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Proposed rate changes ............................................................................. 23 Supporting information ............................................................................ 25 Audit report .............................................................................................. 26 Making a submission is easy ..................................................................... 28 page 2024/2034 Long-Term Plan 1 Consultation