❓ Hon Jim Scott questions the Minister for the Environment and Heritage regarding chemical storage and potential groundwater contamination at the Environmental Recovery Services site in Maddington. The Minister confirms monitoring bores are required but not yet implemented, and no contamination has been detected.
AnsweredQoN 238Legislative Council
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(1) Will the Minister table an inventory of chemicals (including volumes) held on the Environmental Recovery Services site in Carole Street, Maddington for each of the days October 10 and October 11 2002?
(2) Does the current DEWCP license for ERS require monitoring bores on, or near the ERS site, to monitor potential groundwater contamination?
(3) If yes, how many?
(4) What are the locations of these monitoring bores?
(5) How often are ERS required to report the results of the groundwater monitoring to the DEWCP?
(6) Has any groundwater contamination been detected under the ERS site?
(7) If yes, please detail the nature of the contamination?
(8) Has contamination impacted the Bickley Brook that runs adjacent to the ERS site?
(2) Does the current DEWCP license for ERS require monitoring bores on, or near the ERS site, to monitor potential groundwater contamination?
(3) If yes, how many?
(4) What are the locations of these monitoring bores?
(5) How often are ERS required to report the results of the groundwater monitoring to the DEWCP?
(6) Has any groundwater contamination been detected under the ERS site?
(7) If yes, please detail the nature of the contamination?
(8) Has contamination impacted the Bickley Brook that runs adjacent to the ERS site?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
26 November 2002
Responded by
Minister for Housing and Works representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
34 days
(2) The current DEP licence for ERS requires the installation of groundwater monitoring bores on the premises and submission of a bore location map to the Director by 1 December 2002. ERS is also required to submit groundwater quality data by 1 January 2003. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(5) Not applicable. (6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(5) Not applicable. (6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(6) No, there has not been any groundwater contamination detected. (7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(7) Not applicable. (8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
(8) The DEP advised that it is not aware of any contamination impacts on Bickley Brook from ERS.
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