… region to present a coherent and united case to the Government for funding
for specific projects to assist with the recovery from COVID-19. And we are committing funds to the refurbishment of our
Stratford office, which is no longer fit for purpose.
We will also be conducting one of our regular formal reviews of our 100% ownership of Port Taranaki Ltd, with more
public consultation if changes are proposed as a result.
Budgeting for a rates increase is never a decision taken lightly.
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 a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during the
period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative
Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Minutes 28
5. June 2021 Meeting Dates 32
6. Draft Submission on "Phasing Out Fossil Fuels in Process Heat" Consultation Paper 33
7. Adoption of the 2021/2031 Long-Term Plan 51
8. Setting of Rates 2021/2022 246
9. Representation Review: Timetable and Process 253
10. Public Excluded 256
11. Public Excluded Consents and Regulatory Minutes 257
12. Public Excluded Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Minutes 260
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the relief
sought by many in the primary sector to allow for the grant of consent for
durations exceeding six years is not approved.
[6] A limited exception to the policy on duration has been made for existing
hydro-electricity generation activities. No exception has been made for
community water supplies, other than existing supplies which may increase
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historical take and use volume and rate limits in line with their current permits to
provide for
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 consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
report and monitoring programme 10
2.1.2.4 Annual meeting regarding the Waingongoro River intake and
environmental performance 11
2.1.3 Discharge monitoring 11
2.1.3.1 Stormwater and raw water treatment discharges 11
2.1.4 Receiving environment monitoring 15
2.2 Land 16
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2.2.1 Inspections 17
2.2.2 Discharge monitoring 18
2.2.2.1 Effluent volume 18
2.2.2.2 Nitrogen application rates 18
2.2.3 Soil and herbage monitoring 19
2.2.3.1
operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans and water take data) in accordance with
consent conditions.
Events that were beyond the control of the consent holder and unforeseeable (that is a defence under the
provisions of the RMA can be established) may be excluded with regard to the performance rating applied.
For example loss of data due to a flood destroying deployed field equipment.
The categories used by the Council for
PDP Sept 2002 Dioxin concentrations in residential soil Paritutu New Plymouth
expired consents
(including the consents for the dam structures themselves), while also seeking to
increase the rate of take / diversion from the Manganui River from 5.2m3/s to 7.5m3/s.
3. You have asked for our advice on what constitutes the “existing environment” when
considering the application to replace the expired consents. In particular, you have
asked:
a. Where structures impede desired fish passage, but have been in place for
over 90 years, can the Council require (and
with consent 7470-1.2.
To monitor the exercising of consent 7470-1.2, abstraction volume and rate data are recorded electronically
and transferred to the Council via telemetry, so the data can be viewed in near real time.
Two groundwater monitoring bores are monitored to assess the potential effects of the abstraction on local
groundwater levels. Groundwater levels are monitored electronically by pressure transducers, programmed
to record measurements at 30 minute intervals.
Two