Policy and Planning Committee Agenda February 2024
Policy and Planning Agenda February 2024
Policy and Planning Agenda February 2024
River, two consents to discharge effluent and solids to land, two consents for structures in watercourses, and one consent to discharge emissions into the air at the plant site. Monitoring is carried out by both the Company and the Council. The Company monitors water abstraction rate, effluent flow rate and composition, receiving water quality, odour at the plant boundaries, effluent loadings and soil and herbage for irrigation areas. The Council undertakes inspections of the plant site and
comparatively low New Zealand local authority expenditure as a proportion of total public expenditure is significantly less than many other similar sized countries. On the other hand, central government taxes and charges on people and businesses are much greater than local government rates and charges. page 3 Four local councils – but one voice for Taranaki Local government in Taranaki works as well as anywhere in New Zealand. When Taranaki needs to speak with one voice
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Longitude/Latitude or NZTM): ________________________ Longitude ________________________ Latitude OR ________________________ E ________________________ N (NZTM) 3.5 Legal description of property at site of activity (refer to land title or rates notice) _________________________________________________________________________________ 3.6 Assessment/Valuation number of property (refer to land title or rates notice)
landfill will be required by 2030. These changes are expected to provide households with consistency across the country and reduce confusion about what is recycled resulting in higher recycling rates and related reduction in landfill waste and associated emissions. Figure 3 Timeline for implementing changes to recycling and food scraps collections Version: 1, Version Date: 16/05/2023 Document Set ID: 8983204 Taranaki Solid Waste Minimisation Committee - Regional Waste Management Officers
viable. To assess where irrigation may be viable modelling of irrigation demand was carried out. Only land with a slope less than 15 degrees and that is currently classified as ‘productive farmland’ was considered. Weather and soil water holding data was then analysed and parameters around irrigation application rates and reliability of supply were applied. For the cost benefits of irrigation to be determined the pasture yield response to irrigation was assessed using the AusFarm
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 consent compliance in site operations and management including the