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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NUMBER.1237

Totalcare Industries Ltd Premises - Compliance

with Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Standards

Mrs Carnell - asked the Minister for Urban Services:

In relation to the premises in which Totalcare operates

(1) What monitoring mechanisms exist to ensure that toxins, noxious

discharges- and other wastes do not exceed established environmental

and occupational health and safety standards.

(2) On how many occasions in the last three years have there been instances where discharges exceeded the standards.

(3) What were the circumstances of the excess discharges, to what degree did they exceed the standards, particularly those which posed a health risk to staff, the public or the environment.

(4) What was the risk to members of the public or staff from these incidents. .

(5) What was the extent of injury or disability arising from these incidents and what expenditure has been made (a) to compensate employees and (b) to compensate members of the public.

(6) What action has been taken to rectify the failure of systems, equipment or human error that gave rise to these incidents.

(7) What action has been taken to ensure the full compliance with all relevant occupational health and safety and environmental standards.

(8) What was the cost of remedial and clean-up work.

(9) What expenditure will be necessary to ensure full compliance, with

occupational health and safety and environmental standards.

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