❓ Hon. Jon Ford inquires about asbestos potential in WA mines, requesting a list and management plans. The Minister responds that the Department doesn't classify mines that way and cannot table the requested plans due to legal and intellectual property constraints.
AnsweredQoN 2570Legislative Council
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(1) How many mines in Western Australia are classified by the Department of Mines and Petroleum as having high potential for the incidence of asbestos?
(2) What are their names, and who are they operated by?
(3) Can you table all of the asbestos management plans for each of these sites?
(2) What are their names, and who are they operated by?
(3) Can you table all of the asbestos management plans for each of these sites?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
19 August 2010
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
50 days
1) The Department of Mines and Petroleum does not undertake such a classification. The Geological Survey of Western Australia has previously published a map of regions with potential for asbestiform mineral occurrence in Western Australia. This map is indicative only, but includes probabilities of encountering asbestos minerals from very low to high.
2) Not applicable
3)
Such information would be obtained by the Department of Mines and Petroleum using the compulsion powers of the
Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994.
I am advised that when such information is obtained for a particular purpose under a statute then there is a duty on the person who obtains that information in the exercise of the power not to disclose such information except for the intended purpose.
I am further advised that as the intellectual property rights to such documentation are retained by the mine operator, it would be more appropriate for the member to contact the mines direct to determine what information they are prepared to provide.
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2) Not applicable
3)
Such information would be obtained by the Department of Mines and Petroleum using the compulsion powers of the
Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994.
I am advised that when such information is obtained for a particular purpose under a statute then there is a duty on the person who obtains that information in the exercise of the power not to disclose such information except for the intended purpose.
I am further advised that as the intellectual property rights to such documentation are retained by the mine operator, it would be more appropriate for the member to contact the mines direct to determine what information they are prepared to provide.
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