❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Kwinana air quality buffer, specifically the buffer zone around Cockburn Cement's Munster plant. The Minister confirms the buffer is approximately 1.5 kilometers, referencing the 2008 position paper.
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KWINANA AIR QUALITY BUFFER
(1) What is the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer? (2) Will the minister confirm that the buffer between Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant and residential areas, as per the Kwinana air quality buffer position paper, is about one kilometre? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
(1) What is the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer? (2) Will the minister confirm that the buffer between Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant and residential areas, as per the Kwinana air quality buffer position paper, is about one kilometre? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
(2) Will the minister confirm that the buffer between Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant and residential areas, as per the Kwinana air quality buffer position paper, is about one kilometre? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
(1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
(2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
(2) Will the minister confirm that the buffer between Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant and residential areas, as per the Kwinana air quality buffer position paper, is about one kilometre? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
(1) The “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer: Position Paper 2008” states that the purpose of the Kwinana air quality buffer is to protect residents outside the Kwinana industrial area and the Hope Valley – Wattleup redevelopment area from pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, risk, dust, noise, light and odour. (2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
(2) The buffer delineated in the “Review of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer – Position Paper 2008” around Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant is approximately 1.5 kilometres.
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