❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the Burrup Rock Art Monitoring Program (BRAMP) and its management, inquiring about its continuation, data collection related to emissions, and future monitoring plans. The Minister's response details the program's transfer, committee dissolution, establishment of a technical working group, and ongoing monitoring efforts.
AnsweredQoN 2896Legislative Council
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I refer to the Burrup Rock Art Monitoring Program (BRAMP), and the Burrup Rock Art Monitoring Management Committee (BRAMMC), and I ask -
(1) Does the BRAMP still exist?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) Does the BRAMMC still exist?
(4) If yes to (3), will the Minister identify is membership?
(5) If no to (4), why not?
(6) Did the BRAMP ever acquire data that reflected the impact of the emissions from Burrup Fertilisers?
(7) If yes to (6), how?
(8) If no to (6), why not?
(9) Is there any intention to continue monitoring the effect of emissions on the Dampier Archipelago petrogyphs?
(10) If yes to (9), -
(a) how will this be achieved; and
(b) will reports be forthcoming?
(11) If no to (9), why not?
(12) When were the air emission monitoring stations removed?
(13) Why were the air emission monitoring stations removed?
(14) For how many years or months, were the emission monitoring stations actually operative?
(15) Will the Minister table all data pertaining to each station by recording intervals for the life of the stations?
(1) Does the BRAMP still exist?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) Does the BRAMMC still exist?
(4) If yes to (3), will the Minister identify is membership?
(5) If no to (4), why not?
(6) Did the BRAMP ever acquire data that reflected the impact of the emissions from Burrup Fertilisers?
(7) If yes to (6), how?
(8) If no to (6), why not?
(9) Is there any intention to continue monitoring the effect of emissions on the Dampier Archipelago petrogyphs?
(10) If yes to (9), -
(a) how will this be achieved; and
(b) will reports be forthcoming?
(11) If no to (9), why not?
(12) When were the air emission monitoring stations removed?
(13) Why were the air emission monitoring stations removed?
(14) For how many years or months, were the emission monitoring stations actually operative?
(15) Will the Minister table all data pertaining to each station by recording intervals for the life of the stations?
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Answered
11 November 2010
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
23 days
(1) - (2) Yes. The Burrup Rock Art Monitoring Program was transferred from the Department of State Development to the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) on 1 July 2010.
(3) - (5) The Burrup Rock Art Monitoring Management Committee was established in 2002 by the then Minister for State Development to independently oversee a
four-year Government funded monitoring program, commencing in 2004.
The Committee released its report and recommendations for the first four years of the monitoring study to the Minister for State Development in April 2009. With the release of the Committee's final report, the objectives of the Committee were met and the Committee was dissolved.
The State Government approved the establishment of the Burrup Rock Art Technical Working Group on 20 September 2010, to review data collected from the monitoring program and make recommendations to the Minister for Environment. The Government is currently considering the appointment of the members of the Technical Working Group.
(6) - (8) The Committee's report, released in April 2009, recommended that no environmental management measures specifically to protect the rock art from air pollution were necessary at that time. If in the future the monitoring data suggest the possibility of impacts of air pollutants on rock art, the Technical Working Group will report to the Minister for Environment so that appropriate action may be taken.
(9) - (11) Yes I have approved an extension to the Burrup Rock Art Monitoring Program for a further ten years, with a review to be undertaken after five years. As recommended by the former Committee, monitoring will involve annual field measurements of selected rock art to measure changes to colour or colour contrast of the images, and changes to surface mineralogy of the rocks from exposure to air pollutants.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has been contracted by the Government since 2004 to conduct field monitoring of rock art on the BurrupPeninsula. Spectral mineralogy and colour contrast monitoring reports for 2004 to 2008 are available on DEC's website. Once established, the Technical Working Group will review the 2009 spectral mineralogy and colour contrast monitoring report, and the 2010 report, when it is submitted by CSIRO.
(12) - (13) The air emissions monitoring stations were decommissioned in 2009 and 2010 in response to advice from the former Committee, which concluded that air emissions were low and that there was no measurable impact on the rock art. It recommended continuing the rock art monitoring and discontinuing the air quality monitoring.
(14) An air emissions study was conducted between August 2004 to September 2005, February 2007 to September 2008, and August 2008 to August 2009, at a total of nine sites, seven of which were located on the BurrupPeninsula.
(15) The "Burrup Peninsula Air Pollution Study: Report for 2004/2005 and 2007/2008, September 2008" is available on DEC's website. Once established, the Technical Working Group will review the 2010 Air Pollution Study Report and provide advice to me. The report will then be made publicly available.
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(3) - (5) The Burrup Rock Art Monitoring Management Committee was established in 2002 by the then Minister for State Development to independently oversee a
four-year Government funded monitoring program, commencing in 2004.
The Committee released its report and recommendations for the first four years of the monitoring study to the Minister for State Development in April 2009. With the release of the Committee's final report, the objectives of the Committee were met and the Committee was dissolved.
The State Government approved the establishment of the Burrup Rock Art Technical Working Group on 20 September 2010, to review data collected from the monitoring program and make recommendations to the Minister for Environment. The Government is currently considering the appointment of the members of the Technical Working Group.
(6) - (8) The Committee's report, released in April 2009, recommended that no environmental management measures specifically to protect the rock art from air pollution were necessary at that time. If in the future the monitoring data suggest the possibility of impacts of air pollutants on rock art, the Technical Working Group will report to the Minister for Environment so that appropriate action may be taken.
(9) - (11) Yes I have approved an extension to the Burrup Rock Art Monitoring Program for a further ten years, with a review to be undertaken after five years. As recommended by the former Committee, monitoring will involve annual field measurements of selected rock art to measure changes to colour or colour contrast of the images, and changes to surface mineralogy of the rocks from exposure to air pollutants.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has been contracted by the Government since 2004 to conduct field monitoring of rock art on the BurrupPeninsula. Spectral mineralogy and colour contrast monitoring reports for 2004 to 2008 are available on DEC's website. Once established, the Technical Working Group will review the 2009 spectral mineralogy and colour contrast monitoring report, and the 2010 report, when it is submitted by CSIRO.
(12) - (13) The air emissions monitoring stations were decommissioned in 2009 and 2010 in response to advice from the former Committee, which concluded that air emissions were low and that there was no measurable impact on the rock art. It recommended continuing the rock art monitoring and discontinuing the air quality monitoring.
(14) An air emissions study was conducted between August 2004 to September 2005, February 2007 to September 2008, and August 2008 to August 2009, at a total of nine sites, seven of which were located on the BurrupPeninsula.
(15) The "Burrup Peninsula Air Pollution Study: Report for 2004/2005 and 2007/2008, September 2008" is available on DEC's website. Once established, the Technical Working Group will review the 2010 Air Pollution Study Report and provide advice to me. The report will then be made publicly available.
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