❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding Atlas Pty Ltd's non-putrescible landfill site in Mirrabooka, focusing on licensing, monitoring, compliance, and auditing. The Minister provides details on licenses, monitoring requirements, instances of non-compliance, and actions taken.
AnsweredQoN 6451Legislative Assembly
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(1) What licenses have the Department of Environment and Conservation issued to Atlas Pty Ltd with regard to its premises situated at Alexander Drive, Mirrabooka?
(2) When was Atlas Pty Ltd first issued with a license to operate a non-putrescible landfill site?
(3) What groundwater monitoring and reporting is the licensee required to undertake and submit to Department of Environment and Conservation in order to comply with its licenses?
(4) What auditing requirements is the licensee required to undertake and submit to Department of Environment and Conservation in order to comply with its licenses?
(5) Has the licensee complied with all license requirements regarding monitoring, reporting and auditing since first being issued a license?
(6) If no to (5), what were those instances of non-compliance?
(7) If no to (5) did Department of Environment and Conservation take action in those instances of non-compliance?
(8) If yes to (7), what actions were taken?
(9) If yes to (5), will the Minister now table all required reports, audits and correspondence regarding license compliance by Atlas Pty Ltd since 2006?
(2) When was Atlas Pty Ltd first issued with a license to operate a non-putrescible landfill site?
(3) What groundwater monitoring and reporting is the licensee required to undertake and submit to Department of Environment and Conservation in order to comply with its licenses?
(4) What auditing requirements is the licensee required to undertake and submit to Department of Environment and Conservation in order to comply with its licenses?
(5) Has the licensee complied with all license requirements regarding monitoring, reporting and auditing since first being issued a license?
(6) If no to (5), what were those instances of non-compliance?
(7) If no to (5) did Department of Environment and Conservation take action in those instances of non-compliance?
(8) If yes to (7), what actions were taken?
(9) If yes to (5), will the Minister now table all required reports, audits and correspondence regarding license compliance by Atlas Pty Ltd since 2006?
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Answered
29 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
28 days
(1) [see tabled paper no]
(2) February 1998
(3) Atlas is required to conduct bi-annual groundwater sampling for standing water level; pH; total dissolved solids; cadmium; chromium; copper; manganese; nickel; lead; zinc; total ammonia; total nitrogen; nitrate; total phosphorus; potassium; chlorine; total petroleum hydrocarbons; C6-C9; C10-C14; C15-C27; C28-C36; benzene; toluene; ethylbenzene; xylenes; organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; and polychlorinated biphenyls.
(4) Atlas is required to submit an Annual Audit Compliance Report (AACR) by 1
March each year.
(5)-(8) Records prior to the establishment of DEC in July 2006 have been archived. Since July 2006, there have been two confirmed instances of non-compliance by Atlas with its licence conditions, which were considered to be minor and which did not cause any negative environmental outcomes.
One related to Atlas not being able to comply with a condition that required it to "process putrescible waste through the sorting facility on the same calendar day it is received at the premises except for emergency situations and dispose of the major waste streams from that processing (that is baled and other waste) not later than the day after the waste is processed".
The reference in the condition to the calendar day meant that Atlas had only until midnight to process waste, which it could not do. As a result, DEC amended Atlas' licence so that the condition allowed it 24 hours to process the waste and comply with the condition.
The second was Atlas' failure to submit its 2010 AACR by 1 March. DEC wrote to Atlas regarding the late submission and the AACR was received on 6 April 2010.
DEC's latest inspection in September 2011 confirmed that Atlas was complying with its licence conditions.
(9) You wrote to me on 18 October 2011 requesting information about Atlas' Mirrabooka premises. I responded to you on 18 November 2011 and provided copies of Atlas' Annual Audit Compliance Reports and groundwater monitoring reports. Any other information will need to be requested through a Freedom of Information request.
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(2) February 1998
(3) Atlas is required to conduct bi-annual groundwater sampling for standing water level; pH; total dissolved solids; cadmium; chromium; copper; manganese; nickel; lead; zinc; total ammonia; total nitrogen; nitrate; total phosphorus; potassium; chlorine; total petroleum hydrocarbons; C6-C9; C10-C14; C15-C27; C28-C36; benzene; toluene; ethylbenzene; xylenes; organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; and polychlorinated biphenyls.
(4) Atlas is required to submit an Annual Audit Compliance Report (AACR) by 1
March each year.
(5)-(8) Records prior to the establishment of DEC in July 2006 have been archived. Since July 2006, there have been two confirmed instances of non-compliance by Atlas with its licence conditions, which were considered to be minor and which did not cause any negative environmental outcomes.
One related to Atlas not being able to comply with a condition that required it to "process putrescible waste through the sorting facility on the same calendar day it is received at the premises except for emergency situations and dispose of the major waste streams from that processing (that is baled and other waste) not later than the day after the waste is processed".
The reference in the condition to the calendar day meant that Atlas had only until midnight to process waste, which it could not do. As a result, DEC amended Atlas' licence so that the condition allowed it 24 hours to process the waste and comply with the condition.
The second was Atlas' failure to submit its 2010 AACR by 1 March. DEC wrote to Atlas regarding the late submission and the AACR was received on 6 April 2010.
DEC's latest inspection in September 2011 confirmed that Atlas was complying with its licence conditions.
(9) You wrote to me on 18 October 2011 requesting information about Atlas' Mirrabooka premises. I responded to you on 18 November 2011 and provided copies of Atlas' Annual Audit Compliance Reports and groundwater monitoring reports. Any other information will need to be requested through a Freedom of Information request.
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