Park, New Plymouth for recreation, sporting and cultural activities to the
advantage of all citizens of the Taranaki region.
The stadium’s initial regional funding of $9.6 million was covered by a
combination of uniform charges across the region and targeted rates
in New Plymouth and North Taranaki. This arrangement ran from July
2001 to June 2012. In 2002 a major redevelopment saw two new
grandstands added, the TSB Stand overlooking the main field’s eastern
sideline and the Noel and
Park, New Plymouth for recreation, sporting and cultural activities to the
advantage of all citizens of the Taranaki region.
The stadium’s initial regional funding of $9.6 million was covered by a
combination of uniform charges across the region and targeted rates
in New Plymouth and North Taranaki. This arrangement ran from July
2001 to June 2012. In 2002 a major redevelopment saw two new
grandstands added, the TSB Stand overlooking the main field’s eastern
sideline and the Noel and
administrational performance has been rated as Good, as although the
performance against most consent conditions with respect to the administrative compliance was high,
issues around testing of the integrity of the water take pipeline and meeting the requirements of the
Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010 are yet to be resolved.
Methanex have been open and participative in their communication with regard to their progress on these
issues.
For reference, in
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 consent compliance in site operations and management including
to the Council on a monthly basis. The
raw water abstraction rate from the Waitara River for the Motunui plant was
measured continuously and the plant effluent was monitored for a number of
parameters with frequencies ranging from continuously (flow and pH) to monthly
(trace metals). Abstraction of raw water from the Waitara River and effluent
discharges at the Waitara Valley plant occurred sporadically during the monitoring
period, and records were provided when this occurred. Monthly
(b) Monitoring
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(c) Effecte relating to odour and dust and loss of amenity value of air
(d) Imposition of limits on or relating to discharge or ambient concentrations of
contaminants, or on or relating to mass 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
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
physicochemical analysis, two bio-monitoring surveys of
receiving waters, and two ambient air quality analyses.
The monitoring showed that site was managed in a proactive and acceptable manner; this was
detailed by the Council’s Inspectorate Officer. Bio-monitoring of the Kapuni Stream also
indicated the stream had little or no measurable adverse effects as a result of the discharges of
storm water from the Site, with the health of the stream rated as ‘good’ to ‘better than
expected’. The
review can be summarised by the following main points:
Surface soils across the site are dominated by semi-porous silty clay-loams, overlying more
impervious clay soils
Soils below 2000 mm have not been characterised
Chloride concentrations in the soil beneath the irrigation zone are highly elevated compared
to non-irrigated areas
The shallow groundwater table is in direct connection with semi-porous loamy silty-clay
Due to high rates of irrigation loading, shallow
of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by Contact Energy, 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