❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses concerns about dust and PCB emissions from Loongana Lime operations, referencing a previous ministerial directive and seeking clarification on environmental standards enforcement.
AnsweredQoN 3634Legislative Council
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I refer to a newspaper article which appeared in the
Kalgoorlie Miner
dated Saturday 13 May 2006 titled ‘Investigation into Loongana Lime Renewed’ concerning a serious unreasonable odour from Loongana Lime operations on the 11 April 2006, and a letter dated 24 September 2004 reference 26099.rb signed by Dr Judy Edwards Minister for the Environment -
(1) Is it correct that part of the letter dated 24 September 2004 states ‘I am not satisfied with the action that has been taken in relation to dust controls and have asked the Department of Environment (DoE) to provide me with a dust monitoring program for Ninga Mia and other potentially affected areas by 27 September 2004’?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) If yes to (1), can the Minister explain why the previous Minister was not satisfied with the action that had been taken in relation to dust controls?
(4) Can the Minister explain why the previous Minister referred, in the letter of 24 September 2004, to the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for ‘PCB free’ in their Polychlorinated Biphenyl’s Management Plan?
(5) If no to (4), why not?
(6) Does the Department of Environment enforce in Western Australia and agree with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for ‘PCB free’ in their Polychlorinated Biphenyl’s Management Plan?
(7) If yes to (6), why?
(8) If no to (6), why not?
Kalgoorlie Miner
dated Saturday 13 May 2006 titled ‘Investigation into Loongana Lime Renewed’ concerning a serious unreasonable odour from Loongana Lime operations on the 11 April 2006, and a letter dated 24 September 2004 reference 26099.rb signed by Dr Judy Edwards Minister for the Environment -
(1) Is it correct that part of the letter dated 24 September 2004 states ‘I am not satisfied with the action that has been taken in relation to dust controls and have asked the Department of Environment (DoE) to provide me with a dust monitoring program for Ninga Mia and other potentially affected areas by 27 September 2004’?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) If yes to (1), can the Minister explain why the previous Minister was not satisfied with the action that had been taken in relation to dust controls?
(4) Can the Minister explain why the previous Minister referred, in the letter of 24 September 2004, to the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for ‘PCB free’ in their Polychlorinated Biphenyl’s Management Plan?
(5) If no to (4), why not?
(6) Does the Department of Environment enforce in Western Australia and agree with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for ‘PCB free’ in their Polychlorinated Biphenyl’s Management Plan?
(7) If yes to (6), why?
(8) If no to (6), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
22 August 2006
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training representing the Minister for the Environment
Response time
70 days
(2) Not applicable. (3) The Department of Environment (DoE) has made it clear to Loongana Lime that dust management at the site has been an issue for sometime. For this reason Loongana Lime has been required to produce and is currently in the process of implementing an approved dust management plan for the site. (4) An email to the former Minister for the Environment from Mr Chris Right dated 5 March 2004, to which the above-mentioned letter responded, asked for a zero PCB's limit to be placed on Loongana Lime's emissions. The Minister's letter was highlighting that the, "Federal Government's Department of Environment and Heritage have set the criteria for 'PCB free' to be below 2 parts per million". (5) Not applicable. (6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(3) The Department of Environment (DoE) has made it clear to Loongana Lime that dust management at the site has been an issue for sometime. For this reason Loongana Lime has been required to produce and is currently in the process of implementing an approved dust management plan for the site. (4) An email to the former Minister for the Environment from Mr Chris Right dated 5 March 2004, to which the above-mentioned letter responded, asked for a zero PCB's limit to be placed on Loongana Lime's emissions. The Minister's letter was highlighting that the, "Federal Government's Department of Environment and Heritage have set the criteria for 'PCB free' to be below 2 parts per million". (5) Not applicable. (6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(4) An email to the former Minister for the Environment from Mr Chris Right dated 5 March 2004, to which the above-mentioned letter responded, asked for a zero PCB's limit to be placed on Loongana Lime's emissions. The Minister's letter was highlighting that the, "Federal Government's Department of Environment and Heritage have set the criteria for 'PCB free' to be below 2 parts per million". (5) Not applicable. (6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable. (6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(8) Not applicable.
(3) The Department of Environment (DoE) has made it clear to Loongana Lime that dust management at the site has been an issue for sometime. For this reason Loongana Lime has been required to produce and is currently in the process of implementing an approved dust management plan for the site. (4) An email to the former Minister for the Environment from Mr Chris Right dated 5 March 2004, to which the above-mentioned letter responded, asked for a zero PCB's limit to be placed on Loongana Lime's emissions. The Minister's letter was highlighting that the, "Federal Government's Department of Environment and Heritage have set the criteria for 'PCB free' to be below 2 parts per million". (5) Not applicable. (6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(4) An email to the former Minister for the Environment from Mr Chris Right dated 5 March 2004, to which the above-mentioned letter responded, asked for a zero PCB's limit to be placed on Loongana Lime's emissions. The Minister's letter was highlighting that the, "Federal Government's Department of Environment and Heritage have set the criteria for 'PCB free' to be below 2 parts per million". (5) Not applicable. (6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable. (6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(6) The DoE agrees with the Federal Government Department of Environment and Heritage criteria for 'PCB free'. However the DoE would only need to 'enforce it' if it was a necessary component of a licence condition. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(8) Not applicable.
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