Page 4252 - Week 13 - Thursday, 25 November 1993
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SECONDLY, THE BILL INTRODUCES A PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLS FOR NEW DOMESTIC SOLID FUEL APPLIANCES. THIS STANDARD WAS DEVELOPED IN CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND SOLID FUEL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS AND IS FULLY SUPPORTED BY THESE.
THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS NATIONAL STANDARD IS ENDORSED BY THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION COUNCIL AND WILL HELP US ACHIEVE CONTINUING OVERALL REDUCTIONS IN POLLUTING EMISSIONS, AS NEW APPLIANCES REPLACE OLD. APPLIANCES IN CANBERRA.
THE BILL PROHIBITS INTERFERENCE WITH THE MANUFACTURERS SETTING IN NEW SOLID FUEL APPLIANCES. THIS IS TO PREVENT TAMPERING PRIOR TO OR DURING INSTALLATION TO MODIFY THE OPERATION OF THE APPLIANCE. APPLIANCES ARE DESIGNED SO THAT TAMPERING IS NOT POSSIBLE ONCE THE APPLIANCE HAS BEEN INSTALLED. PROVISIONS TO PREVENT TAMPERING HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BILL TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW APPLIANCE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AT THE SPECIFIED NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARD.
I BELIEVE THAT, TOGETHER, THE EMISSION CONTROL MEASURES PROVIDED IN THIS BILL ARE A, SIGNIFICANT STEP IN CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION IN CANBERRA/. THEY WILL ACTIVELY REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM BOTH NEW AND EXISTING SOLID FUEL APPLIANCES AND WILL FURTHER ENHANCE CANBERRAS AIR. QUALITY.
THE THIRD ASPECT OF THIS BILL CONCERNS LEAD LEVELS IN LEADED . PETROL.
THE ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE ON LEAD HELD IN CANBERRA IN JULY
CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE. COMPELLING HEALTH REASONS TO REDUCE
LEAD LEVELS IN LEADED PETROL THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA. THIS
CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS OR THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES TOGETHER WITH A RANGE OF INDUSTRY AND
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.
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