Annual report 2006-2007 - Taranaki Regional Council

Annual report 2006-2007 - Taranaki Regional Council Annual report 2006-2007 - Taranaki Regional Council

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9. Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited 87 9.1 Process description 87 9.2 Resource consents 87 9.2.1 Water discharge permit 87 9.3 Monitoring programme 88 9.3.1 Site inspections 88 9.3.2 Chemical sampling 88 9.3.3 Biomonitoring surveys 88 9.4 Results 88 9.4.1 Water 88 9.4.1.1 Inspections 88 9.4.1.2 Receiving water monitoring 89 9.5 Register of incidents 89 9.6 Discussion 90 9.6.1 Discussion of plant performance 90 9.6.2 Environmental effects of exercise of consents 90 9.6.3 Evaluation of performance 90 9.6.4 Recommendations from the 2005-2006 Annual Report 91 9.6.5 Alterations to monitoring programmes for 2007-2008 91 9.6.6 Exercise of optional review of consent 91 9.7 Recommendations 91 10. Water quality in the Kahouri catchment 92 11. Air quality in the Kahouri catchment 95 12. Summary of recommendations 96 Glossary of common terms and abbreviations 97 Bibliography and references 99 Appendix I Resource consents held by industries in the Kahouri Stream Catchment (in alphabetical order) Appendix II Biomonitoring report v

vi List of tables Table 1 Resource consents for industrial activities in the Kahouri catchment 3 Table 2 Parameters sampled in the Kahouri Stream and industrial discharges during the low flow survey of receiving waters 7 Table 3 Chemical monitoring results for abattoir discharge for 2006- 2007, with summary of previous data since September 1988. TRC site code IND003002. Yellow figures are new maxima, pink figures new minima. 18 Table 4 Results of summer low-flow chemical water survey in the Kahouri catchment, 18 April 2007 25 Table 5 Summary of unauthorised incidents during 2006-2007 monitoring year 29 Table 6 Summary of unauthorised incidents in the last seven monitoring years 29 Table 7 Summary of performance for Consent 0108-3 to discharge treated mean processing wastes from Stratford abattoir oxidation ponds (currently under renewal application) 32 Table 8 Summary of performance for Consent 4055-2 to discharge emissions to air 32 Table 9 Summary of performance for Consent 5176-1 to take water from tributary of Kahouri Stream 33 Table 10 Summary of performance for Consent 5221-1 to discharge excess waste from number 1 pond onto land 33 Table 11 Summary of performance for Consent 6570-1 to discharge degenerating raw product onto or into land – Not exercised during reported period 34 Table 12 Results of chemical monitoring of unnamed tributary of Kahouri Stream below Taranaki Galvanisers 42 Table 13 Summary of performance for Consent 4064-2 to discharge emissions into air from the operation of a hot dip galvanising plant 47 Table 14 Summary of performance for Consent 4657-1 to discharge stormwater from galvanising plant premises into an unnamed tributary of Kahouri Stream 48 Table 15 Results of Egmont Tanneries stormwater discharge monitoring during the 2006-2007 monitoring year, with summary of previous monitoring data. TRC site code STW001022 54 Table 16 Results of summer low-flow chemical water survey in a tributary of the Kahouri Stream in relation to Egmont Tanneries, 18 April 2007 (TRC site code KHI000369) 56 Table 17 Summary of performance for Consent 0140-2 to take water from a tributary of the Kahouri Stream 59

vi<br />

List of tables<br />

Table 1 Resource consents for industrial activities in the Kahouri<br />

catchment 3<br />

Table 2 Parameters sampled in the Kahouri Stream and industrial<br />

discharges during the low flow survey of receiving waters 7<br />

Table 3 Chemical monitoring results for abattoir discharge for <strong>2006</strong>-<br />

<strong>2007</strong>, with summary of previous data since September 1988.<br />

TRC site code IND003002. Yellow figures are new maxima,<br />

pink figures new minima. 18<br />

Table 4 Results of summer low-flow chemical water survey in the<br />

Kahouri catchment, 18 April <strong>2007</strong> 25<br />

Table 5 Summary of unauthorised incidents during <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />

monitoring year 29<br />

Table 6 Summary of unauthorised incidents in the last seven<br />

monitoring years 29<br />

Table 7 Summary of performance for Consent 0108-3 to discharge<br />

treated mean processing wastes from Stratford abattoir<br />

oxidation ponds (currently under renewal application) 32<br />

Table 8 Summary of performance for Consent 4055-2 to discharge<br />

emissions to air 32<br />

Table 9 Summary of performance for Consent 5176-1 to take water<br />

from tributary of Kahouri Stream 33<br />

Table 10 Summary of performance for Consent 5221-1 to discharge<br />

excess waste from number 1 pond onto land 33<br />

Table 11 Summary of performance for Consent 6570-1 to discharge<br />

degenerating raw product onto or into land – Not exercised<br />

during <strong>report</strong>ed period 34<br />

Table 12 Results of chemical monitoring of unnamed tributary of<br />

Kahouri Stream below <strong>Taranaki</strong> Galvanisers 42<br />

Table 13 Summary of performance for Consent 4064-2 to discharge<br />

emissions into air from the operation of a hot dip<br />

galvanising plant 47<br />

Table 14 Summary of performance for Consent 4657-1 to discharge<br />

stormwater from galvanising plant premises into an<br />

unnamed tributary of Kahouri Stream 48<br />

Table 15 Results of Egmont Tanneries stormwater discharge<br />

monitoring during the <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> monitoring year, with<br />

summary of previous monitoring data. TRC site code<br />

STW001022 54<br />

Table 16 Results of summer low-flow chemical water survey in a<br />

tributary of the Kahouri Stream in relation to Egmont<br />

Tanneries, 18 April <strong>2007</strong> (TRC site code KHI000369) 56<br />

Table 17 Summary of performance for Consent 0140-2 to take water<br />

from a tributary of the Kahouri Stream 59

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