problem
• We have used t-tests to determine whether two percentages are different from each other. With each t-test that is done, we incur a probability of a Type I error (rejection of a true
null hypothesis or in other words ‘false positive’). The probability of committing a Type I error is the significance level of the test, which is set to 5%. When doing multiple tests, the
Type I error rate is inflated. We have used the false discovery rate (FDR) method to control the expected proportion
at Port Taranaki during the year. One of which
involved a tallow spill from the GrainCorp Liquid Terminals NZ Ltd (GrainCorp) site within Port Taranaki,
which led to discharges of tallow and untreated wastewater into the Port Taranaki Harbour. The Council are
proceeding with a prosecution over the incident.
During the year, Downer, Technix, NZOSL and Methanex obtained a high rating for environmental and high
rating for administrative performance and compliance with the resource consents. …
compliance, monitoring
and enforcement metrics for the regional sector |
Managing the
workload
13-15, 18 * Councils collectively receive 29143 complaints, of which
25,314 (87%) are responded to, (33% in person, the rest via
other means).
* Councils report relatively low rates of complaint verification
(as low as 17%) which may be driven by a range of
reasons
* Councils administered a total of more than 200,000 active
resource consents for the reporting year, of
Freshwater recreational bathing environmental monitoring report summer 2018-2019
Agenda for Ordinary Council meeting September 2017.
enables the Council to continually 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
Services, spoke to the memorandum to receive,
consider and adopt the Council’s 2017/2018 Annual Plan – Statement of Proposal, the
consultation document for the 2017/2018 Annual Plan – Statement of Proposal, for public
consultation, and the 2017/2018 estimates.
6.2 The key points in the 2017/2018 Annual Plan – Statement of Proposal were highlighted to
the Council, being:
A 1% general rates increase against a proposed increase of 0.5% for 2017/2018 in the
2015/2025 Long-Term Plan
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
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
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