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
magmatic fluids in a volcano. Changes in
the amount or rate of ground deformation may signal the start of a new eruptive episode.
There are numerous ways to measure such deformation, like precise levelling, tilt
measurement and position triangulation. Continuous Global Positioning System (CGPS)
measurements provide time-series, high precision data for deformation monitoring. Satellite-
based Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) is a relatively new technique for
measuring ground
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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
of compliance by
the consent holder during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating as
to the cxonsent holder’s environmental and administrative performance.
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 consent holder’s approach to demonstrating
consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
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APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Resource Management Act Charging Policy
SCHEDULE OF CHARGES PURSUANT TO
SECTION 36 OF THE RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
SCHEDULE 1: SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
STAFF TIME
Rate for
processing
resource
consents and
responding to
pollution
incidents.
Rate for
all other
Council
work.
Professional staff $88/hr $83/hr
Professional/supervisory staff $112/hr $104/hr
Managers $162/hr
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
time frame
compliance has been maintained, meaning activities are not being delayed. Excellent prehearing success rate for the quarter.
No appeals on decisions during the quarter.
Outputs/Key performance indications
PERFORMANCE MEASURE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE
Provide accurate and timely information in response
to all appropriate requests for assistance in
implementing Regional Plan rules.
Timely and appropriate information has been provided for all information …
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