the source of the incident (or that the allegation cannot be proven). page 3 1.1.5. Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the NPDC, 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
Cycleways Strategy SDC Stratford District Council SH State Highway SHIP State Highway Investment Proposal SIG Special Interest Group SPR Special Purpose Road STDC South Taranaki District Council STE Stock Truck Effluent TAIP Transport Agency Investment Proposal TEFAR Targeted Enhanced Financial Assistance Rate TP Transport Programme TRC Taranaki Regional Council TSIG Transport Significant Interest Group VDAM Vehicle Dimensions & Mass WAC Walking
deterioration in rating is a result of the Council being required to undertake enforcement actions during the 2015-2016 year in relation to unauthorised sewage discharges. In addition, relates to leachate discharges from the sludge lagoon to groundwater at the WWTP, whereby have resulted in elevated levels of contaminants the surface water and groundwater were page found to be contaminated being detected in groundwater and a surface water drain adjacent to the lagoon. NPDC were
of any degree found to date. Surprisingly and pleasingly, the number of sites showing improvement continues to be maintained at the high levels of recent years, rather than begin to decrease as might generally be expected once rates of improvement begin to flatten out. Changes in the indicative and in the statistically significant trends are summarised below. Progressive changes in significant and highly significant trends in MCI scores (57 sites) Year Number of sites with +ve,
the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49 of the RFWP as the rate and daily volume of the groundwater abstraction might exceed that of the permitted activity (Rule 48). Rule 49 provides for groundwater abstraction as a controlled activity, subject to two conditions: • The abstraction shall cause not more than a 10% lowering of static water-level by interference with any adjacent bore; • The abstraction shall not cause the intrusion of saltwater into any fresh water
successful enforcement action. Commentary/Highlights Consent holders are assessed each year on their environmental performance and on consent compliance. The performance is publicly reported. Overall ratings for consent holders in the 2018/2019 year were found to be 83% ‘high’ and 13% ‘good’. Council reporting of individual 2018/2019 programmes is proceeding satisfactorily. A number of individual programmes had been merged for efficiency in 2017/2018, so while monitoring …
accession labels now attached to over ninety percent of the plants growing in the garden. It is important to note that this is not limited to the rhododendron collection alone, but takes in all planted collections as well as notable natives within Pukeiti’s care. As with last year’s Spring Members’ Day there will be a range of plants available to you all at a discounted rate prior to the festival period and our annual sale. Happy gardening Andrew Brooker R. arboreum spp.
action can be taken if there is any threat of an event. Taranaki is less likely to experience earthquakes and liquefaction than other regions because of the geographical distance from New Zealand’s major fault lines and the types of soil in the region. However, being on the coast means the region could be affected by storm surges or earthquake-created tsunami. The Taranaki coastline has high rates of erosion. A number of national and regional agencies and organisations are
The remaining 29 coastal areas (or 42%) were rated as having poor public access. Access to these sites usually involved a long walk from the nearest formed road, with unclear pathways, rough or difficult topography, or required permission to cross privately-owned land. However, the survey also found that relatively few respondents (10%) had not been able to gain access to parts of the coast in Taranaki that they wanted to. The main reasons people could not gain access was because