insufficient flow in the
Manganui River. Human error resulted in insufficient flow being released to the Manganui
River, and as a result an infringement notice was issued. Although the performance rating for
the relevant consent is ‘improvement required’ this improvement has already occurred with
improved communications and understanding of the staff and contractor involved.
This is a reflection of the consent holder’s improved systems, and thorough monitoring of a
highly complex scheme.
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 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
Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance 1.1.4
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by
the consent holder during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating as
to Methanex’s environmental and administrative performance.
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
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
DAS, 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
physico-chemical analysis. A
hydrometric station is maintained on the stream for the continuous measurement of flow
rate and temperature.
Silver Fern Farms Management Ltd (meat processing plant) demonstrated an overall high
level of environmental performance.
The Company holds six resource consents, to allow it to maintain a dam in and to take from
the Tawhiti Stream; to discharge to the stream and to land; and to discharge emissions into
the air.
During the period under review, there were no
June 2016. A variation to the consent to divert water from the river (2053) to
permit an increase from 7 cumecs to 10 cumecs, for the purposes of harvesting flood
flows in the river, was granted in April 2013. The re-lining work in the inlet tunnel
had increased its capacity to take water, but only when a fresh flow overtops the
intake weir. No changes to residual flow requirements were necessary but additional
conditions on the consent include:
- the consent holder to monitor rates of
monitoring has focused on the
continuity of the data record. There were only two occasions where such required flow rates
were not complied with. The first related to equipment failure, the second to a severe weather
event, and both were of extremely short duration (no more than 2 hours).
Water temperature differences appear to have reduced between natural flows and those in the
residual flow reach since the establishment of the 400 L/s residual flow limit. Over the
reported period, there was a
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 STDC, this report also
assigns them a rating for their
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 STDC, this report also
assigns them a rating for their