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❓ Question regarding the appropriateness of granting a clearing permit for soil contamination investigation on a site under appeal, given prior assessments indicating contamination. The question implies potential irregularities in the permit granting process.

⏳ Awaiting AnswerQoN 3395Legislative Council

Asked

5 November 2020

Member

Hon Diane Evers

Portfolio

Environment

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I refer to Satterley’s application on 20 January 2020, on behalf of the Department of Communities to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) for a clearing permit on a portion of the Greenpatch to allow test pits to be dug to examine any contamination in the former Eastern Turning Circle (ETC), granted on April 2020, and I refer to the document Decision in Respect of Appeal Against Classification Contaminated Sites Committee (CSC 05/2018) Contaminated Sites Act 2003, Part 8, Division 2 for the Greenpatch development, dated 20 October 2020, and I ask: (a) is it standard procedure to allow the landowner to repeat soil contamination investigation on a site that is subject to an appeal with the Contaminated Sites Committee especially, when the area being investigated has been assessed multiple times and shown by DWER to be contaminated; and (b) if no to (a), why was the permit granted?