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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 4 Hansard (30 March) . . Page.. 1216 ..
Ms Tucker asked the Minister for Urban Services, upon notice:
In relation to Waste Management at Pialligo:
1. What is the nature of any agreement between the ACT Government and Canberra Concrete Recyclers Pty Ltd regarding the use of land at Pialligo for the recycling of building waste.
2. Are any conditions placed by the Government on the types of waste that can be disposed at Pialligo.
3. What monitoring arrangements are in place to check the nature of the waste being disposed.
4. What arrangements are in place for the disposal of waste that is taken to Pialligo that cannot be recycled at the facilities on that site.
Mr Smyth: The answer to Ms Tucker's question is as follows:
1 . There are no agreements currently in place between the ACT Government and Canberra Concrete Recyclers Pty Ltd regarding land use at Pialligo. The Pialligo site belongs to the Commonwealth and Canberra Concrete Recyclers Pty Ltd is licensed by the Department of Defence, who manage the land.
2. The ACT Government does not place any conditions on Canberra Concrete Recyclers Pty Ltd for the type of waste that can be accepted at the Pialligo site. The licence issued by the Department of Defence imposes these conditions. Under the licence only building materials can be accepted at the site.
3. From 1 July 2000 under an initiative announced in the 1999/2000 budget to introduce load based licensing, Canberra Concrete Recyclers Pty Ltd will be controlled by an Environmental Authorisation issued under the Environment Protection Act 1997. This authorisation will cover crushing, grinding and separating activities.
4. Material that cannot be recycled is stockpiled on site in accordance with the licence issued by the Department of Defence. Under the Environment Protection Act 1997 Canberra Concrete Recyclers Pty Ltd is not permitted to stockpile materials which could cause environmental harm.
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