silty-clay
. Due to high rates of irrigation loading, shallow groundwater beneath the Uruti Composting
Facility Site are moderately impacted with Chloride contamination
. Site layout, hydrogeological interactions, soil types and rainfall also influence the level of
Chlorides observed in the soil, groundwater resources and the Haehanga Stream
environment
. Offsite impacts have not been quantified and where not part of the scope of this report
The Uruti Composting Facility Management Plan was
including loss of gate control, the scheme operated with few major issues. In comparison with
previous monitoring years, compliance with residual flow requirements was high, continuing on from the
significant improvement noted in the 2014-2015 monitoring period. Management of the level of Lake
Opunake improved from the previous period, as maintenance works and changes to operations led to a
reduction in the rate of water lost during station shutdowns. Unfortunately, the maintenance works required
Sport NZ acknowledges that Taranaki Regional Council is only mandated to act in respect
of Rugby Park in New Plymouth, we know that the Council is also aware that any decisions it
makes with regards to the rates it levies has a material impact on the residents of the Region
and therefore on the wider network of community facilities including those relating to sport
and active recreation.
Any decision the Council makes regarding the redevelopment of the Stadium has an
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3.4 Legal description of property at site of activity (refer to land title or rates notice)
Lot1 SS6265 Sib Sec 47 Borough of Opunake Blk IX Opunake SD
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3.5 Assessment/Valuation number of property (refer to land title or rates notice)
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accordance with State of the
Environment monitoring requirements. The 2013-2014 programme continued to incorporate
these changes. A later consultant’s report (in 2000) re-confirmed trends (using up-dated
methodology) that the lake was phosphorus limited and remained mesotrophic. Further trend
reporting for the period 1990-2006 was provided as a component of the consents renewal
process and suggested that while there has been a very slow rate of increase in trophic level,
the lake would be
experienced the intensification seen in some other regions. For
example, the total number of milking dairy cattle in 1998/1999 was 481,034 (nearly 15% of the
nation’s milking herd) and by 2013/2014 it was still only 493,361 (10% of the national herd). Likewise,
stocking rates have hardly changed, from an average of 2.8 cows per hectare in 1998/1999 to 2.85
cows per hectare in 2013/2014. These are lower stocking rates than the national average. The
pressures on land use are not
overall population has continued to increase since 2001 but the rates of growth are nowhere
near what are being experienced in other faster growing regions. So the environment is not under
population-induced pressure.
Like any report card there are positives and negatives. The main conclusions of the report are summarised
on the following pages.
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Land
Soil is one of Taranaki’s most important resources. Taranaki’s rural-based wealth is
further dust
controls were required at the site. At approximately 1.18pm the first water truck
arrived, however the rate of application was insufficient to reduce the dust discharge
from the site. A second water truck arrived at 3.30pm. Dust discharge from the site
began reducing upon the application of water to the exposed surfaces from both water
trucks. 1,500 litres of Stabil-X was added to the water trucks. The application of
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monitoring, 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 Methanex, this report
also assigns them a rating
irrigation areas and groundwater monitoring points 5
Figure 3 Location of SFF Waitotara meat processing plant showing
irrigation areas and groundwater monitoring points 6
Figure 4 Average daily abstraction rate October 2012 - September
2014 13
Figure 5 Conductivity, ammonia and nitrate at groundwater
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1. Introduction
1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource
Management Act 1991
1.1.1