consent holders, this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s
environmental and administrative performance during the period under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment from the activities during the monitoring year. Administrative
performance is concerned with the Company’s approach to demonstrating consent
compliance in site operations and management including the timely provision of
information to Council (such
both
environmental and administrative performance and compliance with resource consents 6135-1
and 5325-1, and a good level of administrative compliance for consent 5935-1. There was one
incident recorded by the Council in relation to the Company’s landfarming operations at the
Spence Road site under consent 5935-1. This incident was operational rather than
environmental in nature, and has been dealt with effectively by the Company, but affects their
overall compliance rating for that
isolation valves have been installed on the disposal lines for use should it
be necessary to remove the disposal line valves for maintenance. An accessible
sampling site has been constructed at the end of the disposal trenches.
STDC reported that a sludge survey of the oxidation pond (in January 2006) indicated
that at the current rate of accumulation, sludge removal would not be required for
another 11 years.
An updated Management Plan (July 2007) was supplied by the consent holder for the
1.3.2 Water abstraction permit (groundwater)
Section 14 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) stipulates that no person may
take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by
resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in Section 14.
The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49
of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as the rate and daily volume
falling within the “Alert” or “Action”
categories was almost half that of the previous season. Of note, very few high counts were
recorded during the 2010-2011 season. Fewer exceedances of MfE guidelines (‘Alert’ and
‘Action’) modes were coincidental with drier early season conditions and a reduction in
dairy shed pond systems treated wastes discharge rates noted from field inspections during
that time.
One site (Waimoku Stream at Oakura beach) continued to record all of its single samples in
than previous years.
In New Zealand there is a system which gives
comparative rankings of genetic improvement. There are
four recognised breeds:
GF - Growth and Form
LI - Long Internode (special purpose breed)
DR - Dothistroma Resistant (fungal disease)
HD - High Wood Density (special purpose breed)
The breed identity code reflects the prime breeding goal(s)
pursued by the breed, although growth rate and form are
pursued throughout. Each seedlot can then be described
as a seedlot number.
Waimoku) met
the national bathing guideline, and this is a lower rate of non-compliance than in the
previous two years. Of the 14% of samples that exceeded the guideline, 10% arose from just
two sites- the two New Plymouth urban sites. Bird life was mainly responsible for the
exceedances at these sites, where on occasions recreationalists have fed the birds.
Two sites recorded all single samples in either the ‘Alert’ or the ‘Action’ mode of the MfE,
2003 guidelines (Waimoku Stream at Oakura,
re-evaluate its approach
and that of 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 the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative
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.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
re-examined the predictive flow model for the system using the
existing main pond operation range and maximum pumping capacity (to the NPDC
wastewater treatment plant). The secondary pond was deepened during 1999-2000 to
increase the storage capacity. The predictive model indicated a much reduced
likelihood of pond overflow of 3 occurrences in total over any 10 year period as a
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result of this increased pond capacity and higher diversion pumping rate than