❓ A parliamentary question regarding noxious fumes near the Cardup Shale Road landfill, including public complaints, investigation status, source identification, monitoring systems, and waste characteristics from the Brookdale Waste Facility. The response indicates an investigation is underway but the source is currently unknown.
AnsweredQoN 1047Legislative Council
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(1) Has the EPA or DoE had any correspondence from the public regarding noxious fumes along the South West Highway in the vicinity of the Cardup Shale Road landfill tip?
(2) What action has the EPA/DoE taken to determine the source of the noxious fumes?
(3) Has the EPA/DoE identified the source of the fumes?
(4) If so, what are they?
(5) What action has the EPA/DoE taken to remove the source of the fumes?
(6) Is there a continuous analytical monitoring system around the Cardup Shale Road landfill site for fumes/emissions?
(7) If yes, please table the monitoring results for the last six months?
(8) Please detail the characteristics of wastes that the Cardup Shale Road landfill site is accepting from the Brookdale Waste Facility?
(2) What action has the EPA/DoE taken to determine the source of the noxious fumes?
(3) Has the EPA/DoE identified the source of the fumes?
(4) If so, what are they?
(5) What action has the EPA/DoE taken to remove the source of the fumes?
(6) Is there a continuous analytical monitoring system around the Cardup Shale Road landfill site for fumes/emissions?
(7) If yes, please table the monitoring results for the last six months?
(8) Please detail the characteristics of wastes that the Cardup Shale Road landfill site is accepting from the Brookdale Waste Facility?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 September 2003
Responded by
Minister for Local Government and Regional Development representing the Minister for the Environment
Response time
28 days
(1) Yes. (2) The DEP has undertaken a preliminary site investigation in relation to the claims, and is now determining what further on-site action, if any, is required (3) No. (4-5) Not applicable. (6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(2) The DEP has undertaken a preliminary site investigation in relation to the claims, and is now determining what further on-site action, if any, is required (3) No. (4-5) Not applicable. (6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(3) No. (4-5) Not applicable. (6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(4-5) Not applicable. (6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(2) The DEP has undertaken a preliminary site investigation in relation to the claims, and is now determining what further on-site action, if any, is required (3) No. (4-5) Not applicable. (6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(3) No. (4-5) Not applicable. (6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(4-5) Not applicable. (6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(6) There is no continuous analytical monitoring system around the Shale Road Landfill site for fumes and emissions. (7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(7) Answered by (6). (8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
(8) The wastes are biological and industrial solids resulting from the treatment of biological liquid wastes such as septage and grease trap, and non- hazardous industrial liquid wastes such as oily wastes, acids and alkalis. All solid wastes from the Brookdale facility are sampled for moisture, volatile solids, oil and grease, nutrients, total cyanide, metals and leachable metals to ensure they meet waste acceptance criteria prior to disposal to landfill.
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