Mr Grylls questions why the Minister didn't mandate specific container standards for Magellan Metals' lead carbonate shipments, given safety concerns. The Minister's response refers to reliance on EPA and DEC approvals.

AnsweredQoN 151Legislative Assembly
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4 April 2007
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Planning and Infrastructure

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ESPERANCE LEAD POLLUTION
As a supplementary question, given the safety concerns regarding lead, why did the minister not ensure that Magellan Metals Pty Ltd shipped its lead carbonate in International Organisation for Standardisation-approved enclosed and double-sealed containers, as it is now proposing to do? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN

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The company gained environmental approval from the Environmental Protection Authority. Generally speaking, we tend to accept the approvals of the EPA and the Department of Environment and Conservation because they are the bodies appropriately skilled in and charged with the responsibility of determining how these things can be shifted.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: The company gained environmental approval from the Environmental Protection Authority. Generally speaking, we tend to accept the approvals of the EPA and the Department of Environment and Conservation because they are the bodies appropriately skilled in and charged with the responsibility of determining how these things can be shifted.
The company gained environmental approval from the Environmental Protection Authority. Generally speaking, we tend to accept the approvals of the EPA and the Department of Environment and Conservation because they are the bodies appropriately skilled in and charged with the responsibility of determining how these things can be shifted.

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