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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 3395 asked in the Legislative Council on 5 November 2020 by Hon Diane Evers

Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment
Parliament: 40 Session: 1


Question

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?

Answered on 26 November 2020

  1. The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) granted a clearing permit for a portion of the Greenpatch (that is, the portion referred to as Area 8 and the Eastern Turning Circle) to Satterley Property Group Pty Ltd. The permit was granted in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1986, to allow test pits to be excavated for the purpose of geotechnical investigations, not contamination investigations.
  2. Not applicable