Mangamahoe.
For reference, in the 2022-2023 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 878 (87%) of a total of 1007 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 96 (10%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 27 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining one (<1%) achieved a rating of
Consents & Regulatory Committee agenda June 2021
For reference, in the 2022-2023 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 878 (87%) of a total of 1007 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 96 (10%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 27 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining one (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
contributed a further $4.9 million to the region’s GDP and supports an
additional 101 FTEs.
The total GDP impact in Taranaki was $21.2 million, while total employment supported was 216 FTEs.
Lastly, the GDP to output rate of the total expenditure in the region was 63.82 percent.
Table 1 Payments to suppliers, employees, and sponsorships expenditure
Direct Indirect Induced Total
Expenditure ($m) 23.1 6.1 4.0 33.3
GDP ($m) 16.3 1.5 3.4 21.2
Employment (FTEs) 115 69 32 216
over the past century at a rate of about 1.7 mm/year
and has very likely accelerated to 3.2 mm/year since 1993. Rising sea level is
already observed in Taranaki, with an average increase of 4.0 mm/year, just slightly
below the national average of 4.4 mm/year. By 2090, sea level rise of 0.5 – 0.7 m is
projected (relative to 1986-2005 baseline).
7. The report provides commentary on climate change impacts and implications for a
range of different environments and sectors of Taranaki.
consents for discharges from mobile abrasive
blasting around the region. All of the consents include a set of conditions which impose ‘bottom-line’
requirements that minimise adverse environmental effects from the discharges. Through the monitoring
programme the Council assess compliance with these conditions.
During the monitoring year the Council conducted two deposition gauge surveys to quantify the rate of
dust deposition beyond the site boundaries to determine if the dust caused
inspections, sixteen water
samples collected for physicochemical analysis and three biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters. In
addition, monthly emission results and abstraction records were provided to the Council by the Company
which were reviewed.
The monitoring showed that the Stratford Power Station continued to be well managed with negligible
environmental effects as a result of the exercise of their consents.
Surface water abstraction was compliant with daily rate and volume. Process
two consents to discharge effluent and stormwater into the Waingongoro River, two
consents to discharge effluent and solids to land, two consents for structures in watercourses, and one
consent to discharge emissions into the air at the plant site.
Monitoring is carried out by both the Company and the Council. The Company monitors water abstraction
rate, effluent flow rate and composition, receiving water quality, odour at the plant boundaries, effluent
loadings and soil and herbage for
stream gaugings.
The monitoring indicated that the operation of the sluicing of the weir has improved, with flows not falling
below 151 L/s. There was one unauthorised incident recording non-compliance in respect to the water take
consent between 30 July and 5 August 2022. Due to a lightning strike which destroyed the scheme’s
electronics, OWSL were required to take water in manual operation mode, which resulted in a breach of
abstraction rate until OWSL could fine-tune the process. The
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