Company notified the Council that a damaged irrigation
line had been discovered and that there was the potential that the resource consent conditions could be
breached. The damaged line was repaired without any discharges to surface water occurring.
Particulate deposition from air emissions was, in general, similar to the previous monitoring periods. At the
monitoring site east of the taker bay the lactose deposition rate was found to be almost four times the
guideline value and was the
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Written approval of landowner(s) attached (See section 11) Yes No
3.3 Location of activity (Including: Street/road name, number, and locality)
Beach Road Opunake
3.4 Map Co-ordinates at point of discharge (either Longitude/Latitude or NZTM):
________________________ Longitude ________________________ Latitude OR
1673815E-5631907N (NZTM)
3.5 Legal description of property at site of activity (refer to land title or rates
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3.2 Location of activity (Street Address)
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3.3 Assessment/Valuation number of property (refer to land title or rates notice)
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 concerned with the
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
but not be limited to (tick all that apply): AEE Page Number Section
☐ The rate of discharge and hydrological effects
☐ Ecosystem health and potential disturbance
☐ Indigenous biodiversity
☐ Hydrological functioning
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☐ Cultural values
☐ Amenity
☐ Source control
☐ Treatment
☐ Site sediment and
by past extraction from some rivers in the region,
which was occurring at a rate greater than the natural rate of supply.
It has been ten years since the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) adopted the Freshwater
Plan. The Freshwater Plan contains a suite of policies, objectives, and methods associated with
riverbed gravel extraction.
In 2011 the Council undertook a preliminary analysis of river aggradation1 in Taranaki. The
report entitled Aggradation in rivers and streams
right should be granted and no general authorisation
made in respect of the Hangatahua (Stony) River catchment where the effect of doing
so would be that the provisions of the Notice could not remain in force without change
or variation. The fourth provision of the Notice stated that the quantity and rate of flow
in the Hangatahua (Stony) River and its tributaries, and the quantity and level of natural
water in the ponds and tarns that form part of the protected waters, were to be retained
in
projects and
expectations remain high.
Strong financial position
The Council finished the 2015/2016 year with a surplus of
$963,000 (total comprehensive income). Expenditure was
$373,000 over budget, in large part due to the Council
providing unbudgeted emergency funding to assist those in
need following the severe winter storm damage. Overall it
was a good result, noting that general rates increases have
been at or below the rate of inflation for the past few years.
Table 13 Summary of performance for Consent 0597-3 56
Table 14 Summary of performance for Consent 4046-3 57
List of figures
Figure 1 Daily water abstraction by Ballance Agri-Nutrients, July
2015 – June 2016, m³ 16
Figure 2 Irrigation areas 26
Figure 3 Nitrogen application rates on spray irrigation areas, January
1992 to June 2016 28
Figure 4 Locations of groundwater monitoring bores 31
Figure 5 Total nitrogen concentrations in groundwater beneath spray
irrigation areas