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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 1736 asked in the Legislative Council on 6 November 2018 by Hon Diane Evers

Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 2290- View tabled paper


Question

I refer to the former Dalyellup Waste Residue Disposal Facility (DWRDF), which is unlined and leaching into the environment, and the proposed Greenpatch development which shares its western boundary with this site, and I ask:
(a) is there any current buffer zone established for the DWRDF;
(b) have the Radiological Council, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) or Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) given any advice on separation distances/buffer zone from the unlined DWRDF which contains Technological Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material for earthworks;
(c) if yes to (b), will the Minister please table a copy of the advice given;
(d) if no to (b), why not;
(e) have the Radiological Council, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation or Environmental Protection Authority given any advice on separation distances/buffer zone from the unlined DWRDF which contains Technological Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material for the development of residential areas;
(f) if yes to (e), will the Minister please table a copy of the advice given;
(g) if no to (e), why not; and
(h) if no to (b) or (e), will the Radiological Council, DWER or EPA give advice on separation distances/buffer zones?

Answered on 4 December 2018

(a) Please redirect this question to the Minister for Planning, as the responsible Minister for the establishment of statutory land-use buffer zones.

(b) - (h) Through the classification of the former Dalyellup waste residue disposal facility as ‘remediated for restricted use’ under the Contaminated Sites Act 2003, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) specified a number of restrictions on the use of the site. One of the restrictions is “Other than for remediation purposes, ground disturbance is not permitted and a minimum of 2m of clean fill is to be maintained at all times across the site.”

DWER and the Radiological Council have both provided advice. I table copies of the following documents:

i) Correspondence from DWER to the Shire of Capel dated 7 August 2018

ii) Correspondence from DWER to the Shire dated 8 February 2018

iii) Correspondence from the Radiological Council to DWER dated 24 July 2018

iv) Correspondence from the Radiological Council to Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd dated 4 July 2000

v) Correspondence from the Environmental Protection Authority to the Shire dated 24 July 1998. [Tabled paper No.   ]