❓ Question regarding odour pollution from the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s waste processing facility in Canning Vale and the actions taken to address community complaints. The Minister acknowledges the issue and outlines steps taken, including a community odour monitoring study and plans for stricter licensing.
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SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN REGIONAL COUNCIL — RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE
Can the minister please update the house on actions taken by his department to address community complaints regarding odour pollution from the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s waste processing facility in Canning Vale? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put it in Nedlands! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION
Can the minister please update the house on actions taken by his department to address community complaints regarding odour pollution from the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s waste processing facility in Canning Vale? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put it in Nedlands! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION
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I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put it in Nedlands! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put it in Nedlands! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put it in Nedlands! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put it in Nedlands! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put it in Nedlands! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put it in Nedlands! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I do not think the minister needs any assistance at this stage, but I will formally call you to order for the first time. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
I begin by thanking the member for Riverton; I know that odour control is a big issue in his electorate. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has one of Australia’s largest resource recovery facilities. I visited, and had a tour of, the facility with the member some months ago. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the first time. I suggest to everybody else that they take a deep breath; some might want to keep on breathing in and never let it out! It might help some of us. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I will formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr P.C. Tinley : And this is a dixer! The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : I do not know what the great joy is, member for Willagee, but I formally call you to order for the first time today. Minister. Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr W.R. MARMION : Mr Speaker, this is a serious issue for the member for Riverton. I have a waste recovery facility in my electorate, and it is something that we keep an eye on in my electorate. We check the odours and controls are put on it. I visited the facility in Riverton. I wanted to investigate the effect of the $2 million spend on the biofilter upgrade in 2010. The manager of the facility showed me around. I recognise that it is important to the electorate, but also acknowledge that it does have odour issues. As a result of the odour issues, a stronger licence was issued at the end of 2010 that required the owners to address the odour issues. I can advise that the odour issues dropped off after the biofilter upgrade in 2010. However, a higher incidence of odours was reported in the summer of 2010–11. It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
It is important that we have the facts of this issue. Therefore, we organised a community odour monitoring study. The Department of Environment and Conservation managed to engage 39 volunteers from the community, and staff from DEC worked outside their normal hours. Over January to April earlier this year, 332 validated odour logs were taken, and I can report to the house that 193 of those logs were confirmed and attributed to the SMRC facility. The preliminary results have been reported to the SMRC and the community, and the final report, after its peer review, should be on my desk in a week or two. I can say, obviously, now we have the data, that the results are not good enough. This will be the last such report. As the licence is up for renewal, I have instructed the department that I expect the results of the current odour study to be reflected, and that for the licence to be issued such that the odours recorded in this particular study will be addressed, therefore resulting in far fewer odour reports from constituents in the member for Riverton’s electorate. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr W.R. MARMION : The results of this report will be put on the department’s website, and I expect that solid action will be taken in the next six months and that the odour issues will be reduced. Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mr M.P. Whitely interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I formally call you to order for the first time today.
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