❓ Hon Robin Chapple asks about contaminated sites on Youno Downs pastoral lease due to mining, seeking action to remove the classification and address financial implications for lessees. Hon Norman Moore deflects, citing lack of clarity and referring to the Minister for Environment.
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YUONO DOWNS PASTORAL LEASE — CONTAMINATED SITES MEMORIALS
I refer to the placement of memorials by the Department of Environment and Conservation on the Youno Downs pastoral lease due to a large number of pits being defined as contaminated or sites suspected of contamination. (1) What action needs to be undertaken to enable the station owners to remove the known or suspected contaminated sites classification caused by mining operations on Youno Downs station? (2) Does the minister understand the financial implications for the lessees of the placing of contaminated sites memorials on the Youno Downs pastoral lease? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure that the mining companies that caused Youno Downs to be identified as contaminated, or a site suspected of being contaminated, remove the contamination or demonstrate that the site is no longer contaminated? Hon NORMAN MOORE
I refer to the placement of memorials by the Department of Environment and Conservation on the Youno Downs pastoral lease due to a large number of pits being defined as contaminated or sites suspected of contamination. (1) What action needs to be undertaken to enable the station owners to remove the known or suspected contaminated sites classification caused by mining operations on Youno Downs station? (2) Does the minister understand the financial implications for the lessees of the placing of contaminated sites memorials on the Youno Downs pastoral lease? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure that the mining companies that caused Youno Downs to be identified as contaminated, or a site suspected of being contaminated, remove the contamination or demonstrate that the site is no longer contaminated? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
(1) What action needs to be undertaken to enable the station owners to remove the known or suspected contaminated sites classification caused by mining operations on Youno Downs station? (2) Does the minister understand the financial implications for the lessees of the placing of contaminated sites memorials on the Youno Downs pastoral lease? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure that the mining companies that caused Youno Downs to be identified as contaminated, or a site suspected of being contaminated, remove the contamination or demonstrate that the site is no longer contaminated? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
(2) Does the minister understand the financial implications for the lessees of the placing of contaminated sites memorials on the Youno Downs pastoral lease? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure that the mining companies that caused Youno Downs to be identified as contaminated, or a site suspected of being contaminated, remove the contamination or demonstrate that the site is no longer contaminated? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
(3) What action will the minister take to ensure that the mining companies that caused Youno Downs to be identified as contaminated, or a site suspected of being contaminated, remove the contamination or demonstrate that the site is no longer contaminated? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
(1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
(1) What action needs to be undertaken to enable the station owners to remove the known or suspected contaminated sites classification caused by mining operations on Youno Downs station? (2) Does the minister understand the financial implications for the lessees of the placing of contaminated sites memorials on the Youno Downs pastoral lease? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure that the mining companies that caused Youno Downs to be identified as contaminated, or a site suspected of being contaminated, remove the contamination or demonstrate that the site is no longer contaminated? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
(2) Does the minister understand the financial implications for the lessees of the placing of contaminated sites memorials on the Youno Downs pastoral lease? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure that the mining companies that caused Youno Downs to be identified as contaminated, or a site suspected of being contaminated, remove the contamination or demonstrate that the site is no longer contaminated? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
(3) What action will the minister take to ensure that the mining companies that caused Youno Downs to be identified as contaminated, or a site suspected of being contaminated, remove the contamination or demonstrate that the site is no longer contaminated? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
(1)–(3) It is unclear which mine pits the member is referring to. However, the Department of Mines and Petroleum is aware that there are mining operations currently under care and maintenance on Youno Downs station. The placement of memorials relating to site contamination is done under the provisions of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 and, as such, the member may wish to seek a response from the Minister for Environment.
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