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
approach to demonstrating
Predator-Free project, the ambitious region-
wide campaign launched in May 2018.
Monitoring data shows this intensive predator control may already be making a difference – rats and possums in
urban New Plymouth are decreasing, while the trapping network in rural and urban areas is expanding rapidly.
Monitoring, using rat footprint tracking and a possum bite-mark index, show catch rates have dropped; rats went
from 33 per cent to 19 percent over the year, while the urban New Plymouth
“TRC SEM” samples1 analysed exceeded the 4g/m2/30
days deposition rate guideline, with only 26% of all the gauges collected in the airshed as a
whole exceeding this guideline. There were two gauging locations, one in the vicinity of each
of Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative Limited and Katere Surface Coatings Limited, where
the guideline was exceeded at the time of both surveys. The highest result obtained during the
year under review was one of the Downer EDI Works Limited gauges, which was
consents as defined in Section 1.1.4. The data and reporting requirements of the consent 0231-4
were not met within the set timeframe and it is further noted that given the current position of the flow
meter, the rate of abstraction is not accurately being measured due to the reservoir between the flow meter
and point of abstraction. Whilst Council is satisfied that meter is recording volumes of water consumed by
the scheme, it is not able to measure the rate at which water is being abstracted from
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.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a high level.
This report
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Hazard scenarios ............................................................................................................................... 27
Consequence rating descriptors - Full Assessment elements .......................................................... 36
Individual environment graphs ......................................................................................................... 42
References
monitoring, 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 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
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 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 …
lifestyles
Regional Council
Taranaki
Taking Taranaki
Regional Council
Taranaki
Yarrow Stadium
reduction in targeted Yarrow Stadium
rate following $20m COVID recovery
infrastructure investment by the Govt.
Public bus services and transport
26,775
55,220
Citylink passenger
trips up 7.6%
subsidised trips up by 1924
Total Mobility cardholders
passenger trips on the Connector
-New Plymouth service up 6.8%Hāwera
548,870
Connecting with
the community
engagements
allowed for by a resource consent, or a rule in a
regional plan, or meets criteria set out in Section 14(3) of the RMA.
The Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) became operative on 8 October 2001.
It is a statutory document which outlines the Council’s policy with respect to activities in
relation to freshwater under the RMA.
Rule 15 of the RFWP provides for the abstraction of up to 50 cubic metres per day
(m3/day) of surface water at a maximum rate of 1.5 litres per second (L/s) as