❓ Hon Alison Xamon asks about the assessment, remediation, and monitoring of disused landfill sites along the Swan-Canning River system under the Contaminated Sites Act 2003. The Minister provides a partial answer, referring to a tabled paper for detailed information.
AnsweredQoN 5978Legislative Council
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I refer to the estimated 17 disused landfill sites along the Swan-Canning River system, and I ask —
(1) How many of these sites have been assessed under the
Contaminated Sites Act 2003
?
(2) Which of these sites have been remediated and put to other use? Please specify the site and the use.
(3) Which of these sites have yet to be remediated?
(4) For each site, is leachate from these landfills into the river monitored?
(5) If no to any site, why not?
(6) For each site that is monitored, please table the results of this monitoring over the last five years.
(1) How many of these sites have been assessed under the
Contaminated Sites Act 2003
?
(2) Which of these sites have been remediated and put to other use? Please specify the site and the use.
(3) Which of these sites have yet to be remediated?
(4) For each site, is leachate from these landfills into the river monitored?
(5) If no to any site, why not?
(6) For each site that is monitored, please table the results of this monitoring over the last five years.
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
16 October 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
35 days
(1) The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has assessed and classified 23 former landfill sites immediately adjacent to the Swan or Canning Rivers under the
Contaminated Sites Act 2003
.
(2) - (6) [See tabled paper no]
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Contaminated Sites Act 2003
.
(2) - (6) [See tabled paper no]
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