❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses sulphur dioxide emissions from Cockburn Cement Limited's Munster facility, questioning emission limits, exceedances, and compliance with environmental protection policies and national standards.
AnsweredQoN 2156Legislative Assembly
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(1) Are the new redetermined sulphur dioxide limits for emissions from the Cockburn Cement Limited’s (CCL) Munster facility the same as those which were being discussed as the proposed limits in a letter sent from the Department of the Environment to CCL on 22 June 2001?
(2) Does the profile of emissions, defined by the new limits, reduce the total allowable site emissions of SO2 at CCL from 106 grams per second to 62 grams per second?
(3) Has CCL exceeded their site emission profile since January 2000?
(4) When was the last time that the SO2 level exceeded the EPA’s EPP or the NEPM limits in the Perth metropolitan area?
(2) Does the profile of emissions, defined by the new limits, reduce the total allowable site emissions of SO2 at CCL from 106 grams per second to 62 grams per second?
(3) Has CCL exceeded their site emission profile since January 2000?
(4) When was the last time that the SO2 level exceeded the EPA’s EPP or the NEPM limits in the Perth metropolitan area?
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Answered
2 March 2004
Responded by
Minister for the Environment
Response time
139 days
(2) A comparison of the nature proposed by the Honourable Member is not relevant given the different approaches to determining site limits. (3) CCL have exceeded the sulphur dioxide maximum permissible quantities as defined for each of their kiln stacks in EPA Bulletin 644 “Development of an environmental protection policy for air quality at Kwinana”. Legal advice provided to the DEP on this situation notes that there is significant doubt whether enforcement action could be taken on these exceedences due primarily to correspondence between the DEP and CCL which suggests a different approach to sulphur emissions than that set in the EPP. To clarify the situation, and to ensure that the licence becomes enforceable the DEP are undertaking a redetermination of the CCL’s sulphur dioxide emissions under the EPP. (4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
(3) CCL have exceeded the sulphur dioxide maximum permissible quantities as defined for each of their kiln stacks in EPA Bulletin 644 “Development of an environmental protection policy for air quality at Kwinana”. Legal advice provided to the DEP on this situation notes that there is significant doubt whether enforcement action could be taken on these exceedences due primarily to correspondence between the DEP and CCL which suggests a different approach to sulphur emissions than that set in the EPP. To clarify the situation, and to ensure that the licence becomes enforceable the DEP are undertaking a redetermination of the CCL’s sulphur dioxide emissions under the EPP. (4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
Legal advice provided to the DEP on this situation notes that there is significant doubt whether enforcement action could be taken on these exceedences due primarily to correspondence between the DEP and CCL which suggests a different approach to sulphur emissions than that set in the EPP. To clarify the situation, and to ensure that the licence becomes enforceable the DEP are undertaking a redetermination of the CCL’s sulphur dioxide emissions under the EPP. (4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
To clarify the situation, and to ensure that the licence becomes enforceable the DEP are undertaking a redetermination of the CCL’s sulphur dioxide emissions under the EPP. (4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
(4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
(3) CCL have exceeded the sulphur dioxide maximum permissible quantities as defined for each of their kiln stacks in EPA Bulletin 644 “Development of an environmental protection policy for air quality at Kwinana”. Legal advice provided to the DEP on this situation notes that there is significant doubt whether enforcement action could be taken on these exceedences due primarily to correspondence between the DEP and CCL which suggests a different approach to sulphur emissions than that set in the EPP. To clarify the situation, and to ensure that the licence becomes enforceable the DEP are undertaking a redetermination of the CCL’s sulphur dioxide emissions under the EPP. (4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
Legal advice provided to the DEP on this situation notes that there is significant doubt whether enforcement action could be taken on these exceedences due primarily to correspondence between the DEP and CCL which suggests a different approach to sulphur emissions than that set in the EPP. To clarify the situation, and to ensure that the licence becomes enforceable the DEP are undertaking a redetermination of the CCL’s sulphur dioxide emissions under the EPP. (4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
To clarify the situation, and to ensure that the licence becomes enforceable the DEP are undertaking a redetermination of the CCL’s sulphur dioxide emissions under the EPP. (4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
(4) From 1993 to date (the first full year of the EPP), there have been no recorded exceedances of the EPP ambient SO2 limits in the Kwinana region. The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
The NEPM was first introduced in 1998, and to date there have been no ambient SO2 exceedances in the Kwinana region. Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
Where SO2 monitoring has been undertaken at other metropolitan locations, there have been no recorded exceedances.
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