EASTERN METROPOLITAN
REGIONAL COUNCIL — PROPOSED WASTE FACILITY
30. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
The Eastern Metropolitan Regional
Council has proposed to build a new facility to remediate class 4 and 5 waste.
(1) Was the
minister or his office or the minister's predecessor and her office
briefed on the project; and, if so, when?
(2) Was the minister aware that a seven-day community
consultation process in relation to this process occurred in
mid-January; and, if so, is this abbreviated consultation period typical?
(3) Will the Environmental Protection Authority
conduct a full and public environmental review of the proposal?
(4) If yes to (3), what factors
will the EPA consider?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
The following answer is provided on
behalf of the Minister for Environment.
(1) My office was
informed on 10 January 2022 that the seven-day consultation process would occur
from 11 January 2022.
(2) The seven-day
consultation process is a standard EPA process for all referrals; it is not an
abbreviated consultation period.
(3) The EPA is
yet to make a decision on the level of assessment for this proposal.
The answer has
only three parts.