❓ Asks why an incinerator in Wedgefield isn't monitored for dioxins like a similar facility in Welshpool, and seeks data on past monitoring, waste types burned, and ash disposal practices.
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(1) Can the Minister explain why the Oil Energy Corporation (OEC) incinerator at 20 Schillaman Street, Wedgefield, is not currently required to monitor for dioxin emissions when the SITA Medi-Collect biomedical incinerator in Welshpool must meet stringent dioxin emission limits, and if not, why not?
(2) Has the OEC incinerator ever been required by the Department of Environment and Conservation to monitor for dioxin emissions, and if yes, can the Minister please table the results of the dioxin monitoring including the dates when monitoring was conducted?
(3) Was the OEC incinerator monitored for dioxin emissions during trial burning of perchlorate, halegonated wastes and pesticide wastes between 2001 and 2003, and if yes, can the Minister please table the dioxin monitoring results for this period and if no, why not?
(4) Is the OEC incinerator currently permitted to burn drilling mud waste contaminated with drilling fluids from the oil and gas industry, and if yes, what volume of these wastes has been burned in the period 2010–2012?
(5) If contaminated drilling muds are burnt at the OEC site are they screened for radioactivity, and have any consignments been rejected for incineration due to elevated radioactivity?
(6) Is the ash from burning wastes in the OEC fed back into the incinerator as a bulking agent for liquid wastes?
(7) Is the ash tested for dioxin levels before final disposal, and if yes, can the Minister please table the dioxin monitoring results for the ash, and if not, why not?
(8) At what location does the final disposal of the incinerator ash take place?
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(2) Has the OEC incinerator ever been required by the Department of Environment and Conservation to monitor for dioxin emissions, and if yes, can the Minister please table the results of the dioxin monitoring including the dates when monitoring was conducted?
(3) Was the OEC incinerator monitored for dioxin emissions during trial burning of perchlorate, halegonated wastes and pesticide wastes between 2001 and 2003, and if yes, can the Minister please table the dioxin monitoring results for this period and if no, why not?
(4) Is the OEC incinerator currently permitted to burn drilling mud waste contaminated with drilling fluids from the oil and gas industry, and if yes, what volume of these wastes has been burned in the period 2010–2012?
(5) If contaminated drilling muds are burnt at the OEC site are they screened for radioactivity, and have any consignments been rejected for incineration due to elevated radioactivity?
(6) Is the ash from burning wastes in the OEC fed back into the incinerator as a bulking agent for liquid wastes?
(7) Is the ash tested for dioxin levels before final disposal, and if yes, can the Minister please table the dioxin monitoring results for the ash, and if not, why not?
(8) At what location does the final disposal of the incinerator ash take place?
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