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The compliance monitoring annual report for the year ended June 2018 has been released by Environment Canterbury.
Comparing the results to the previous year’s report, Environment Canterbury regional support manager Dirk Brand said he was pleased with the latest results.
"We're pretty pleased with the results, but we're continually improving our compliance priorities and processes by considering feedback from the community and consent holders."
Out of more than 5000 monitor…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/compliance-monitoring-is-part-of-the-work-to-protect-the-environment/
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Recent media coverage of the Five Star Beef feedlot in Ashburton raised issues around compliance monitoring of the operation’s resource consents.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/five-star-beef-feedlot/
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Taking action to investigate what may have caused a decline in water quality at the Ahuriri Arm of Lake Benmore.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/environment-canterbury-takes-action-on-ahuriri-arm-water-quality/
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We will foster relationships and engage with communities to build a better understanding of our work and increase participation in decision making for the region.
There are six work programmes in this portfolio:
Tuia partnership
Engagement and influence
Leading regional planning, consents and compliance
Investing for the future
Data for decision making
Governance and advisory services.
Tuia partnership
We work in partnership with the 10 Papatipu Rūnanga of Waitaha/Canterbury. Our Tuia pa…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/your-council/about-us/our-work/regional-and-strategic-leadership/
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Date: 9 October 2023
Reporting Frequency: Annually
Goal: Assess reported incidents to stop environmental damage.
Responded incidents: 3,394 in 2022/23
About this goal
We want to deal with environmental risks before they turn into incidents and cause damage - a fence at the top of the cliff.
Monitoring consent compliance and responding to incidents, while necessary and important, are more like the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. They are needed to fix a problem often after the environme…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/monitoring-and-compliance/environmental-incident-response/
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As part of Environment Canterbury’s compliance monitoring and enforcement (CME) programme, we created a five-year plan for 2020–2025, strengthening our risk-based approach and identifying six priority areas of focus.
Our six priority areas are:
Fish screens
Good management practices
High priority consents
Incident response
Water use monitoring
Zone priorities
Fish screens
What is a fish screen?
A fish screen is a structure designed to protect fish, including trout, salmon and na…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/monitoring-and-compliance/cme-5-year-plan/
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Simon Cameron, our Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee Chair, talks about the progress made to address Lake Benmore water quality.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/ahuriri-arm-water-quality-still-a-focus-one-year-on/
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The LGOIMA response is published along with a summary of the request.
Personal information is removed from the request and from the response.
The requests have been categorised on this page.
Please be aware that a request/response may cover more than one area and will be located in the relevant category for the majority of the information requested.
Air quality
13 December 2018 - Request for a report titled ‘An Examination of Uncertainties in the CM-1 Method’
1517C - We received an informati…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/your-council/request-information/responses/
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The quality and quantity of drinking water supplies depends on the management of point sources and non-point sources of contaminants in drinking water supply catchments and aquifers, land-use in the catchment or recharge area and on the treatment provided by the territorial authority.
Under the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS), goals were set to help make a difference to our environment and how natural resources are managed. Environment Canterbury reports on progress on behalf of CWM…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/measuring-cwms-progress/drinking-water/
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Some of the information on this page as well as linked documents may be out of date as a result of the Essential Freshwater Package introduced in September 2020.
Environment Canterbury is currently in the process of updating all relevant documentation. If you have any queries please contact Customer Services on 0800 324 636.
Below you can find information and rules in relation to farming in the Ashburton zone.
To see if you need a land use consent to farm:
Open the 'farming land use…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/farmers-hub/zone-specific-rules-and-information/ashburton/
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