consent 43
4. Recommendations 44
Glossary of common terms and abbreviations 45
Bibliography and references 47
Appendix I Resource consents held by Trustpower Ltd in relation to the Patea HEPS 1
Appendix II Lake Rotorangi Hazard Maps 1
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ii
List of tables
Table 1 Summary of breaches of flow rise and recession rates in the 2011-2014
period 17
Table 2 Summary of lake levels in relation to consent conditions 20
Table 3 Reports submitted 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 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 performance. The interpretations for these
wastewater records
indicated that discharges to the Kahouri Stream did not meet the 1:100 dilution factor. For the latter two
incidents the Company has been sent a 14 day letter requesting an explanation for the breaches, and further
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enforcement action may follow. As a result of the issues, the Company’s environmental performance rating
for the year under review has been downgraded.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a level of environmental and administrative
air traffic control and navigational aids, refuelling services and significant areas of land
and buildings to serve commercial tenants. All of these facilities are situated on land at the Airport
designated within the District Plan.
Average annual passenger growth rate is anticipated to be 5% per annum and in the period from 2018 to
2038 air passenger volume through New Plymouth is expected to grow from 430,000 to 1,200,0001. A new
terminal building is currently under
discharge rates
(e) Best practicable option to prevent or minimise any adverse effects on the
environment
(f) Any matter contained in Appendix V
(g) Review of the conditions of consent and the timing and purpose of the review
8 The intensification of Bell Block at an unspecified time in the future is not a matter
that could be considered under the matter of discretion listed above.
Receiving Environment
9 My assessment of the ability of neighbouring property owners
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 performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
Appendix II.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 88% of the consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored
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 consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of …
below (less than 10% of) the national environmental standards for air
quality (AQNES) (50 μg/m3). The air downwind of the flare would be rated according to MfE
criteria as ‘excellent’ in respect of the PM10 concentration.
Dioxins/furans: emissions of dioxins and furans expressed as toxic equivalents could not be
distinguished from zero (i.e there was no meaningful difference between the combustion
zone result and the laboratory blank result, at the limits of detection of mass quantities used
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 for
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