❓ Hon. Sally Talbot inquires about health risk assessments at the Cristal Global plant in Australind due to contamination. The government confirms assessments have been done and further reports will be publicly available upon approval.
AnsweredQoN 5732Legislative Council
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In relation to the Cristal Global plant located on government land at Lot 4 Old Coast Road Australind, I ask —
(1) Given the current level of contamination at the current site, has a Health Risk Assessment been carried out on the plant site and on land adjacent to this site?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) If yes to (1), is this assessment available to the public?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
(1) Given the current level of contamination at the current site, has a Health Risk Assessment been carried out on the plant site and on land adjacent to this site?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) If yes to (1), is this assessment available to the public?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 August 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
56 days
(1) A screening level health and environmental risk assessment was carried out as part of the classification of Lot 4 Old Coast Road, Australind as
contaminated - remediation required
under the
Contaminated Sites Act 2003
. The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) understands that environmental consultants engaged by Cristal Global have undertaken further investigation and more detailed human health and ecological risk assessment of groundwater contamination. DEC also understands that an accredited contaminated sites auditor has reviewed and provided comment on the consultant's report. Once the auditor has approved the report and the site management plan, these documents will be submitted to DEC.
(2) Not applicable.
(3)-(4) A summary of the screening level health and environmental risk assessment is contained in the Basic Summary of Records for the site, which is available from the Contaminated Sites Database on DEC's website at www.dec.wa.gov.au.
Once the report on the detailed human health and ecological risk assessment of groundwater contamination has been submitted to DEC, it will be available to the public by requesting a Detailed Summary of Records under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act and Contaminated Sites Regulations 2006.
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contaminated - remediation required
under the
Contaminated Sites Act 2003
. The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) understands that environmental consultants engaged by Cristal Global have undertaken further investigation and more detailed human health and ecological risk assessment of groundwater contamination. DEC also understands that an accredited contaminated sites auditor has reviewed and provided comment on the consultant's report. Once the auditor has approved the report and the site management plan, these documents will be submitted to DEC.
(2) Not applicable.
(3)-(4) A summary of the screening level health and environmental risk assessment is contained in the Basic Summary of Records for the site, which is available from the Contaminated Sites Database on DEC's website at www.dec.wa.gov.au.
Once the report on the detailed human health and ecological risk assessment of groundwater contamination has been submitted to DEC, it will be available to the public by requesting a Detailed Summary of Records under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act and Contaminated Sites Regulations 2006.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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