FORRESTFIELD–AIRPORT
LINK — SOIL CONTAMINATION
1185. Hon
Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to question without notice
1117 asked on 26 September on PFAS-contaminated soil excavated from the
Forrestfield–Airport Link project.
(1) Is the Public
Transport Authority currently responsible for or the legal owner of the 100 000
cubic metres of spoil from the FAL excavation currently being stored on Perth
Airport estate?
(2) If no to (1),
who is currently the responsible or legal owner?
(3) Is the Public
Transport Authority currently responsible for or the legal owner of all the
spoil that has been excavated from the FAL project?
(4) If no to (3),
what other entities are?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the
Minister for Transport.
(1) The legal
owner of the material is the state through the Public Transport Authority.
(2) Not
applicable.
(3) The legal owner of the material, which has yet to
be beneficially re-used or disposed of, is the state through the Public
Transport Authority.
(4) Not
applicable.