❓ Mr. Catania questions the Minister for Transport and Planning regarding dust emissions from DoT ponds near Carnarvon Small Boat Harbour and requests reports on dust analysis and suppression efforts. The Minister provides some information and indicates ongoing monitoring.
AnsweredQoN 5882Legislative Assembly
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I refer to dust emitted from the Department of Transport’s (DOT) ponds constructed near the
Carnarvon Small Boat Harbour, and concerns expressed to me by constituents as to
the detrimental effect this dust continues to have on their health and
well-being, and I ask: (a) Can the Minister supply a copy of the report referred to in correspondence (Ref 72-20697) received from the Minister’s
office in August 2019, detailing the following: (i) The dust
sampled and analysed in accordance with DoT’s Environmental Management
Framework; (ii) The decommissioning
of river sand applied to the area’s bund walls and the sown of native seeds
within the centre of the disposal area to promote re-vegetation; (iii) The results from the
implementation involving the spread of green waste and brush on the south
eastern section and the application of mulch along the northern bund wall in
the period from October 2018 to March 2019; (iv) The
results from the trialling of a binding agent and placement of additional green
waste in the period from September to October 2019; and (v) The continued
monitoring of the dust undertaken
from October 2019 till 1 December 2019; (b) If no reports were completed or cannot be supplied for
questions (a) to (e), can the Minister please explain why not; (c) If no reports were completed or cannot be supplied for
questions (a) to (e), can the Minister please explain how the dust suppression has been monitored and
recorded; and (d) Can the Minister supply a time frame when the dust
suppression works will be completed so that no dust is emanating from the DOT's ponds constructed near the Carnarvon Small Boat
Harbour?
Carnarvon Small Boat Harbour, and concerns expressed to me by constituents as to
the detrimental effect this dust continues to have on their health and
well-being, and I ask: (a) Can the Minister supply a copy of the report referred to in correspondence (Ref 72-20697) received from the Minister’s
office in August 2019, detailing the following: (i) The dust
sampled and analysed in accordance with DoT’s Environmental Management
Framework; (ii) The decommissioning
of river sand applied to the area’s bund walls and the sown of native seeds
within the centre of the disposal area to promote re-vegetation; (iii) The results from the
implementation involving the spread of green waste and brush on the south
eastern section and the application of mulch along the northern bund wall in
the period from October 2018 to March 2019; (iv) The
results from the trialling of a binding agent and placement of additional green
waste in the period from September to October 2019; and (v) The continued
monitoring of the dust undertaken
from October 2019 till 1 December 2019; (b) If no reports were completed or cannot be supplied for
questions (a) to (e), can the Minister please explain why not; (c) If no reports were completed or cannot be supplied for
questions (a) to (e), can the Minister please explain how the dust suppression has been monitored and
recorded; and (d) Can the Minister supply a time frame when the dust
suppression works will be completed so that no dust is emanating from the DOT's ponds constructed near the Carnarvon Small Boat
Harbour?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 February 2020
Responded by
Minister for Transport; Planning
Response time
2 days
(a)
(i) [See tabled paper no.]
(ii)-(v) No such report exists.
(b)-(c) The Department of Transport (DoT) retains appropriate records of sediment sampling, dust suppression technical review, and dust suppression campaigns via various documentation formats which are not summarised in a report format.
(d) Works were completed on 10 December 2019 and DoT will continue to undertake regular monitoring
(i) [See tabled paper no.]
(ii)-(v) No such report exists.
(b)-(c) The Department of Transport (DoT) retains appropriate records of sediment sampling, dust suppression technical review, and dust suppression campaigns via various documentation formats which are not summarised in a report format.
(d) Works were completed on 10 December 2019 and DoT will continue to undertake regular monitoring
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