❓ Question regarding lead contamination in Esperance, focusing on the removal of lead carbonate from the port and potential breaches by Magellan Metals. The Minister assures that the stored lead is secured and outlines plans for its removal, pending environmental approval.
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ESPERANCE LEAD DUST POLLUTION
Knowing that there is more than 9 000 tonnes of lead carbonate stored on the wharf at the Esperance port - (1) What does the minister intend to do with this lead on the wharf, recognising that this could potentially be the source of recontamination of households and rainwater tanks, which was detected recently? (2) When will the minister remove the remaining lead carbonate from Esperance, and has the minister considered sending it back to the mine in sealed containers? (3) If the lead miner, Magellan Metals, is found to be in breach of its legislated responsibilities, will the government draw down on the company’s $2.5 million environmental bond to recompense recontaminated residents? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
Knowing that there is more than 9 000 tonnes of lead carbonate stored on the wharf at the Esperance port - (1) What does the minister intend to do with this lead on the wharf, recognising that this could potentially be the source of recontamination of households and rainwater tanks, which was detected recently? (2) When will the minister remove the remaining lead carbonate from Esperance, and has the minister considered sending it back to the mine in sealed containers? (3) If the lead miner, Magellan Metals, is found to be in breach of its legislated responsibilities, will the government draw down on the company’s $2.5 million environmental bond to recompense recontaminated residents? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
(1) What does the minister intend to do with this lead on the wharf, recognising that this could potentially be the source of recontamination of households and rainwater tanks, which was detected recently? (2) When will the minister remove the remaining lead carbonate from Esperance, and has the minister considered sending it back to the mine in sealed containers? (3) If the lead miner, Magellan Metals, is found to be in breach of its legislated responsibilities, will the government draw down on the company’s $2.5 million environmental bond to recompense recontaminated residents? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
(2) When will the minister remove the remaining lead carbonate from Esperance, and has the minister considered sending it back to the mine in sealed containers? (3) If the lead miner, Magellan Metals, is found to be in breach of its legislated responsibilities, will the government draw down on the company’s $2.5 million environmental bond to recompense recontaminated residents? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
(3) If the lead miner, Magellan Metals, is found to be in breach of its legislated responsibilities, will the government draw down on the company’s $2.5 million environmental bond to recompense recontaminated residents? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
(1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
(1) What does the minister intend to do with this lead on the wharf, recognising that this could potentially be the source of recontamination of households and rainwater tanks, which was detected recently? (2) When will the minister remove the remaining lead carbonate from Esperance, and has the minister considered sending it back to the mine in sealed containers? (3) If the lead miner, Magellan Metals, is found to be in breach of its legislated responsibilities, will the government draw down on the company’s $2.5 million environmental bond to recompense recontaminated residents? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
(2) When will the minister remove the remaining lead carbonate from Esperance, and has the minister considered sending it back to the mine in sealed containers? (3) If the lead miner, Magellan Metals, is found to be in breach of its legislated responsibilities, will the government draw down on the company’s $2.5 million environmental bond to recompense recontaminated residents? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
(3) If the lead miner, Magellan Metals, is found to be in breach of its legislated responsibilities, will the government draw down on the company’s $2.5 million environmental bond to recompense recontaminated residents? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
(1)-(3) From the evidence that I have, I do not believe that it is the lead stored in the shed that will be the source of any recontamination. I say this because, as I announced yesterday, the new shed that has been built around the perimeter of the old shed has in fact been completed. It is fully sealed and fully locked. No-one is able to go into that shed. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Dr G.G. Jacobs : Are you sure about that? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : That is the advice that I have received. We believe that, if there is a recontamination, it is more likely to be from, in some instances, the outside of houses or, indeed, the conveyor belts. Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Dr G.G. Jacobs : Have you cleaned the port? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : There has been a cleaning of the port, and there will be a second cleaning of the port to address these issues. As was announced before, the proposal is for all the lead currently stored at the port to be bagged and shipped out in bags and - Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Dr G.G. Jacobs : Minister, it has been six months! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reason that this is not being done at the moment is that we are waiting on an environmental approval. The Esperance Port Authority has made an application to the Department of Environment and Conservation for approval to change its licence so that it can bag the lead and get rid of it. Quite frankly, the member’s idea to take it all the way back through the town and out to the mine site seems quite ludicrous. A far more sensible proposal is simply, once it is bagged, properly sealed and contained, to make sure that it is shipped out. In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
In light of calls made today for lead shipments to resume from Esperance, this government reaffirms its commitment to the people of Esperance that once that 9 000 tonnes has gone, there will be no more lead shipments through Esperance.
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