❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses odour incidents, community advisory group independence, facility distance from housing, and methane generation at the Regional Resource Recovery Centre in Canning. The Minister provides data on odour complaints, confirms advisory group independence, clarifies facility distance, and acknowledges methane generation.
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REGIONAL RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE — ODOUR INCIDENTS
I refer to the Regional Resource Recovery Centre in Canning. (1) How many odour incidents have been investigated by the Department of Environment and Conservation in the past year? (2) Has the number of odour incidents investigated by DEC decreased in recent years; and, if so, by how much? (3) Will the minister confirm that members of the community advisory group are independent of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council? (4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON
I refer to the Regional Resource Recovery Centre in Canning. (1) How many odour incidents have been investigated by the Department of Environment and Conservation in the past year? (2) Has the number of odour incidents investigated by DEC decreased in recent years; and, if so, by how much? (3) Will the minister confirm that members of the community advisory group are independent of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council? (4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(1) How many odour incidents have been investigated by the Department of Environment and Conservation in the past year? (2) Has the number of odour incidents investigated by DEC decreased in recent years; and, if so, by how much? (3) Will the minister confirm that members of the community advisory group are independent of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council? (4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(2) Has the number of odour incidents investigated by DEC decreased in recent years; and, if so, by how much? (3) Will the minister confirm that members of the community advisory group are independent of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council? (4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(3) Will the minister confirm that members of the community advisory group are independent of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council? (4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(1) How many odour incidents have been investigated by the Department of Environment and Conservation in the past year? (2) Has the number of odour incidents investigated by DEC decreased in recent years; and, if so, by how much? (3) Will the minister confirm that members of the community advisory group are independent of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council? (4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(2) Has the number of odour incidents investigated by DEC decreased in recent years; and, if so, by how much? (3) Will the minister confirm that members of the community advisory group are independent of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council? (4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(3) Will the minister confirm that members of the community advisory group are independent of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council? (4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(4) Is the waste composting facility located 445.51 metres away from the nearest house and not 250 metres, as claimed in media reports? (5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(5) Is the minister aware that the RRRC’s waste composting facility does not generate methane, as claimed by the member for Riverton? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(1) The Department of Environment and Conservation has conducted investigations into 32 formal odour complaints received by it since 1 October 2010. (2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(2) Yes. There were 264 odour complaints investigated by DEC between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, and 299 odour complaints investigated between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. (3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(3) The community advisory group was established by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in 2009 and provides advice to the SMRC. DEC has advised that membership of the advisory group is voluntary and members are not paid by the SMRC. Membership is open to local residents, with the only condition being that they must not be a member of any regional council or are not staff of the SMRC. (4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(4) DEC has advised that it is approximately 450 metres from the waste composting facility itself, not the boundary, to the nearest house. (5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
(5) I have been advised by DEC that the member for Riverton is correct that the composting facility in Canning Vale generates methane.
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