LAND USE SEPARATION
DISTANCES
754. Hon COLIN HOLT to the minister representing the
Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
(1) Does the
Environmental Protection Authority's guidance statement 3, which deals
with the separation distances between industrial and sensitive land uses,
impose an obligation on an applicant for the approval of a 24-hour service
station, which will be situated less than 200 metres from a shopping centre, to
demonstrate, via a scientific study based on site and industry-specific
information, that the service station will not result in unacceptable impacts
pursuant to paragraph 4.4.1 of the guidance statement?
(2) When
considering an application for a licence for a service station situated within
200 metres of a shopping centre, pursuant to the Dangerous Goods Safety Act
2004, should the licensing authority consider and require the applicant to
comply with the requirement of paragraph 4.4.1 of the guidance statement?
(3) Will the
minister given an assurance that if and when an application by or on behalf of
Puma Energy for a licence pursuant to the Dangerous Goods Safety Act for a service
station in Dunsborough is lodged, the requirement of paragraph 4.4.1 of the
guidance statement will be observed when considering the application?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
I have an answer here, but I think that perhaps we need more information. I undertake
to get this back to Hon Colin Holt tomorrow.