❓ This parliamentary question seeks information on the Department of Environment's controlled burning activities for other agencies, including costs, revenue recording, specific jobs undertaken since June 2008, and how these jobs are prioritised within the Department's burning program. The answer provides a detailed breakdown of the requested information.
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(1) For what other agencies or bodies does the Department of Environment conduct controlled burning?
(2) Are charges levied for the burning; and
(a) if so, how is that revenue recorded in budget papers?
(3) Since June 2008, will the Minister please list specific jobs undertaken for these agencies and the amount charged?
(4) How were these jobs prioritised within the Department’s prescribed burning programme?
(2) Are charges levied for the burning; and
(a) if so, how is that revenue recorded in budget papers?
(3) Since June 2008, will the Minister please list specific jobs undertaken for these agencies and the amount charged?
(4) How were these jobs prioritised within the Department’s prescribed burning programme?
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Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
55 days
(1) Forest Products Commission, Alcoa, Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd, Water Corporation, Department of Defence and the Ngaanyatjarra Council Land Management Unit.
(2) Yes.
(a) The funds received are recorded in the Recoup Account (Account 04).
(3) (i) Forest Products Commission: Additional works outside the DEC budgeted works programs. Assistance with planning and implementation of second rotation plantation establishment burns (heaps and windrows) in Balingup, Ferndale, Ellis, Margarets, Jarrahwood, Savage Creek, Myalup, McLarty's, Tallanalla, Bussell and Stockton Plantations (1,214 hectares). Cost $25,700.
(ii) Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd: Planning and preparation for jointly funded prescribed burns adjoining Worsley refinery. Burn did not proceed due to refinery expansion project. Cost $8,421.
(iii) Water Corporation: Manjimup water supply catchment burn. Cost $14,442.
(iv) Alcoa: Six prescribed burns adjacent to mine sites and within rehabilitation areas and in proximity to Dwellingup and Jarrahdale. DWP067 (Urbrae) 845 ha; DWP066 (Turner) 762 ha; MDG303 (Gordon) 1,354 ha; DWP066 EDC (Holyoake) 968 ha; DWP087 (Samson) 134 ha (incomplete); MDG322B (Gordon) 237 ha (incomplete). Cost $225,778.
(v) Department of Defence: One aerial burn at Bindoon Training Centre adjacent to DEC-managed lands, MDG407 2,003 ha. Cost $27,885.
(vi) NjaanyatjarraCouncilLandManagement Unit: Aerial ignition and assistance with ground burning of Indigenous Protected Area lands. Cost $40,475.
(4) Prioritisation of jobs was based on DEC's assessment of the benefits of the prescribed burns to the protection of communities, the strategic value of fuel reduction, and compliance of burn outcomes with DEC's management objectives. Plantationestablishment burns of heaps and windrows for the Forest Products Commission are undertaken late in autumn after the main burning season and do not clash with routine DEC burn programs.
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(2) Yes.
(a) The funds received are recorded in the Recoup Account (Account 04).
(3) (i) Forest Products Commission: Additional works outside the DEC budgeted works programs. Assistance with planning and implementation of second rotation plantation establishment burns (heaps and windrows) in Balingup, Ferndale, Ellis, Margarets, Jarrahwood, Savage Creek, Myalup, McLarty's, Tallanalla, Bussell and Stockton Plantations (1,214 hectares). Cost $25,700.
(ii) Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd: Planning and preparation for jointly funded prescribed burns adjoining Worsley refinery. Burn did not proceed due to refinery expansion project. Cost $8,421.
(iii) Water Corporation: Manjimup water supply catchment burn. Cost $14,442.
(iv) Alcoa: Six prescribed burns adjacent to mine sites and within rehabilitation areas and in proximity to Dwellingup and Jarrahdale. DWP067 (Urbrae) 845 ha; DWP066 (Turner) 762 ha; MDG303 (Gordon) 1,354 ha; DWP066 EDC (Holyoake) 968 ha; DWP087 (Samson) 134 ha (incomplete); MDG322B (Gordon) 237 ha (incomplete). Cost $225,778.
(v) Department of Defence: One aerial burn at Bindoon Training Centre adjacent to DEC-managed lands, MDG407 2,003 ha. Cost $27,885.
(vi) NjaanyatjarraCouncilLandManagement Unit: Aerial ignition and assistance with ground burning of Indigenous Protected Area lands. Cost $40,475.
(4) Prioritisation of jobs was based on DEC's assessment of the benefits of the prescribed burns to the protection of communities, the strategic value of fuel reduction, and compliance of burn outcomes with DEC's management objectives. Plantationestablishment burns of heaps and windrows for the Forest Products Commission are undertaken late in autumn after the main burning season and do not clash with routine DEC burn programs.
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