Hon Nigel Hallett asks about water quality monitoring at the Busselton landfill site, including historical data and review timelines. Hon Sally Talbot provides a detailed response, tabling complex data and outlining the review completion date.

AnsweredQoN 307Legislative Council
Asked
10 May 2007
Portfolio
Climate Change

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BUSSELTON LANDFILL SITE - LICENCE CONDITIONS
I refer to the response to question without notice 266 asked on Tuesday, 8 May 2007. (1) Can the minister advise what are the levels of each of the following elements between 1998 and 2007 from the nine monitoring bore locations: pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, nutrients, potassium chloride, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc? (2) What is the location of each of the nine bores at the Rendezvous Road landfill site? (3) When will the Department of Environment and Conservation complete the review of the relevant reports as advised in the response to question without notice 266? Hon SALLY TALBOT

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I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of this question. I have answers to all three parts of the question. (1)-(2) The answers to parts (1) and (2) are in a very complex tabular form, so I seek leave to table the attached information. Leave granted. [See paper 2711.] Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
(1) Can the minister advise what are the levels of each of the following elements between 1998 and 2007 from the nine monitoring bore locations: pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, nutrients, potassium chloride, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc? (2) What is the location of each of the nine bores at the Rendezvous Road landfill site? (3) When will the Department of Environment and Conservation complete the review of the relevant reports as advised in the response to question without notice 266? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of this question. I have answers to all three parts of the question. (1)-(2) The answers to parts (1) and (2) are in a very complex tabular form, so I seek leave to table the attached information. Leave granted. [See paper 2711.] Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
(2) What is the location of each of the nine bores at the Rendezvous Road landfill site? (3) When will the Department of Environment and Conservation complete the review of the relevant reports as advised in the response to question without notice 266? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of this question. I have answers to all three parts of the question. (1)-(2) The answers to parts (1) and (2) are in a very complex tabular form, so I seek leave to table the attached information. Leave granted. [See paper 2711.] Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
(3) When will the Department of Environment and Conservation complete the review of the relevant reports as advised in the response to question without notice 266? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of this question. I have answers to all three parts of the question. (1)-(2) The answers to parts (1) and (2) are in a very complex tabular form, so I seek leave to table the attached information. Leave granted. [See paper 2711.] Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of this question. I have answers to all three parts of the question. (1)-(2) The answers to parts (1) and (2) are in a very complex tabular form, so I seek leave to table the attached information. Leave granted. [See paper 2711.] Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of this question. I have answers to all three parts of the question. (1)-(2) The answers to parts (1) and (2) are in a very complex tabular form, so I seek leave to table the attached information. Leave granted. [See paper 2711.] Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
(1)-(2) The answers to parts (1) and (2) are in a very complex tabular form, so I seek leave to table the attached information. Leave granted. [See paper 2711.] Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
Leave granted. [See paper 2711.] Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer to part (3) reads - (3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.
(3) The water quality information received from the shire will be reviewed by 30 June 2007. Following this review, a written response will be provided to the shire advising on the water quality monitoring results, levels of analytes measured with respect to historical trends, the monitoring frequency and the future licensing requirements of the Rendezvous Road rubbish site.

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