❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for Environment regarding the lack of consideration for diesel pollution impacts from Rey Resources' trucking operations in Derby within the Duchess Paradise Coal Project's public environmental review. The Minister deflects, citing the EPA's assessment process.
AnsweredQoN 533Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
REY RESOURCES
— DUCHESS PARADISE COAL PROJECT
533. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to question
on notice 858 answered on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 and seek further clarification
because the answer to (a) is correct in respect of the mine site, not the town
of Derby.
(1) Why are the impacts of diesel
carcinogenic pollution from Rey Resources' 24-hour trucking operations
through the centre of Derby not dealt with in the public environmental review?
(2) Will the Environmental Protection
Authority request that this submission be addressed by way of further addition
to the PER by Rey Resources?
(3) If no to (2),
why not?
— DUCHESS PARADISE COAL PROJECT
533. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to question
on notice 858 answered on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 and seek further clarification
because the answer to (a) is correct in respect of the mine site, not the town
of Derby.
(1) Why are the impacts of diesel
carcinogenic pollution from Rey Resources' 24-hour trucking operations
through the centre of Derby not dealt with in the public environmental review?
(2) Will the Environmental Protection
Authority request that this submission be addressed by way of further addition
to the PER by Rey Resources?
(3) If no to (2),
why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(3)
Under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, the Environmental Protection
Authority is responsible for setting the form, content and timing for the
assessment, and is to report to me on the key environmental factors and whether
the proposal should be implemented; and, if so, recommend conditions. It is not
appropriate for me to comment while the EPA is undertaking its assessment.
(1)–(3)
Under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, the Environmental Protection
Authority is responsible for setting the form, content and timing for the
assessment, and is to report to me on the key environmental factors and whether
the proposal should be implemented; and, if so, recommend conditions. It is not
appropriate for me to comment while the EPA is undertaking its assessment.
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