❓ Hon Dee Margetts questions the Minister for Environment regarding the Geraldton Port Authority's compliance with environmental conditions for its expansion project, specifically concerning enforceability and water quality monitoring. The Minister, Hon Tom Stephens, claims to have not received prior notice of the question and promises a response the following day.
AnsweredQoN 1079Legislative Council
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I refer to a legal opinion, a copy of which I have supplied to the minister and which I will seek to table, prepared by the Environmental Defenders Office for the Conservation Council of Western Australia concerning the Geraldton Port Authority’s compliance with the ministerial conditions for the port expansion project. (1) Which ministerial conditions did the Department of Environment or its environmental enforcement unit consider to be unenforceable? (2) Why did the DOE or the EEU consider these conditions unenforceable? (3) Does the minister consider her conditions to be unenforceable? (4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS
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I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(1) Which ministerial conditions did the Department of Environment or its environmental enforcement unit consider to be unenforceable? (2) Why did the DOE or the EEU consider these conditions unenforceable? (3) Does the minister consider her conditions to be unenforceable? (4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(2) Why did the DOE or the EEU consider these conditions unenforceable? (3) Does the minister consider her conditions to be unenforceable? (4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(3) Does the minister consider her conditions to be unenforceable? (4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(1) Which ministerial conditions did the Department of Environment or its environmental enforcement unit consider to be unenforceable? (2) Why did the DOE or the EEU consider these conditions unenforceable? (3) Does the minister consider her conditions to be unenforceable? (4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(2) Why did the DOE or the EEU consider these conditions unenforceable? (3) Does the minister consider her conditions to be unenforceable? (4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(3) Does the minister consider her conditions to be unenforceable? (4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(4) When was the full water quality-monitoring program put in place by the GPA in accordance with its environmental management plan? (5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
(5) If the dredging continues after the commencement of the next seagrass-growing season in September, will the chief executive officer of the DOE immediately serve a pollution-abatement notice on the GPA under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Act; and, if not, when or why not? I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
I seek leave to table the document. Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
Leave granted. [See paper No 1288.] Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
I regret to advise the honourable member that there appears to be no notice of the question, at least if I am to rely on the file in front of me as an indication of whether notice of the question was given to us. I will make inquiries of the team and if I have an answer to the question tomorrow, I will rush into the House with it.
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