Permission summary

Permission ID
DL000300025
Issue date
Expiry date
Status
Expired
Activity site

34 Cahill St Dandenong South VIC 3175 AU

36 Cahill St, Dandenong South, Melbourne, Victoria, 3175

Permission holder

CLEANAWAY DANIELS SERVICES PTY LTD
Level 4
441 ST KILDA RD
MELBOURNE VIC 3004
AU

Activity

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A01 (Reportable priority waste management)
Expired

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  • Conditions

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    DL_C01
    Commissioning activities must be undertaken in accordance with the commissioning plan approved by the Authority.
    DL_C02
    You must immediately notify the Authority by calling 1300 EPA VIC (1300 372 842) in the event of: a) A discharge, emission or deposit which gives rise to, or may give rise to, actual or potential harm to human health or the environment; b) A malfunction, breakdown or failure of risk control measures at the site which could reasonably be expected to give rise to actual or potential harm to human health or the environment; or c) Any breach of the licence.
    DL_C03
    Commissioning must not cause or result in any breach of any permission issued by the Authority for the permission activity, except where authorised by a condition of this licence.
    DL_C05
    1. You must develop a risk management and monitoring program for your activities which: (a) identifies all the risks of harm to human health and the environment which may arise from the activities you are engaging in at your activity site; (b) clearly defines your environmental performance objectives; (c) clearly defines your risk control performance objectives; (d) describes how the environmental and risk control performance objectives are being achieved; (e) identifies and describes how you will continue to eliminate or minimise the risks in 1(a) (above) so far as reasonably practicable; and (f) describes how the information collated in compliance with this clause, is or will be disseminated, used or otherwise considered by you or any other entity. 2. The risk management and monitoring program must be: (a) documented in writing; (b) signed by a duly authorised officer of the licensed entity (c) made available to the Authority on request.
    DL_C06
    Within 10 days of the expiry of this permission, you must provide to EPA a report detailing the results of the commissioning monitoring program.
    DL_C07
    Within 30 days of the completion of the approved activities, you must provide to EPA a written report that summarises the activities undertaken and includes: a. A report with the testing results and assessment of the autoclave technology. b. A report of the final detailed designs and schematics of the fire mitigation controls which includes implementation of all recommendations as per Appendix J – Fire Risk Assessment as per your application.
    DL_C10
    You must ensure that: a) Only waste of a type shown in Appendix 4 of this approval is accepted at the activity site; and b) If it is identified that any waste has been received at the activity site that is of a type not shown in Appendix 4 in contravention of paragraph a) above, such waste must be placed in a designated and sign-posted temporary storage area and sent for disposal to a site authorised by the Authority to receive such waste within 21 days of the date it was received.
    DL_G01
    A copy of this licence must be kept at the site and be easily accessible to persons who are engaging in an activity conducted at the site. Information regarding the requirements of the licence and the Act duties must be included in site induction and training information.
    DL_G02
    The development the proposed medical and quarantine waste treatment facility, including the installation of two autoclaves and associated equipment for the decontamination of medical and quarantine waste at 34-36 Cahill Street must be conducted in accordance with the listed approved plans and documents: [placeholder3]. In the event of any inconsistency between the approved documents and the conditions of this permission, the conditions of this permission shall prevail.
    DL_G03
    Subject to the following conditions, this development licence allows you to: in accordance with your application (APP019684) and supporting information, construct a medical and quarantine waste treatment facility that includes: a. installation of 2 medical waste autoclaves at 34 Cahill Street; b. installation of 750kW containerised boilers 34 Cahill Street; c. relocation of the existing robotic sharps bin washline at 36 Cahill Street; d. relocation of incoming clinical waste and temporary storage at 36 Cahill Street; e. installation of secure refrigeration units for the refrigeration of any pathogenic R100 wastes (Anatomical) during the summer and/or on any days over 25oC if such wastes are to be stored for more than 24 hours prior to their treatment; f. temporary storage of R100, R120, R130, R140 and T340 waste codes, at a volume that must not exceed the limits in Operational Licence (OL000009862) at the activity site at any time; g. no storage of waste outside of Buildings A, B, C and D at any time, unless within the secure refrigeration units; and h. no car parking outside the designated car parking spaces identified on Site Plan Drawing (CHL-1.01(F).
    DL_G04
    This permission does not take effect until a copy of any planning permit or amendment to a planning scheme required under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic) and related planning schemes has been provided to the Authority by the applicant.
    DL_G05
    This permission expires: (a) on the issue or amendment of an operating licence or permit relating to all activities covered by this permission; (b) when the Authority advises in writing that all activities covered by this permission have been satisfactorily completed and the issue or amendment of an operating licence or permit is not required; or c) on the expiry date listed on the front page of this permission.
    DL_G06.02
    You must: (a) provide the Authority with a financial assurance in a form and for an amount determined by the Authority, by a date specified by the Authority; and (b) maintain such financial assurance (including any part of such assurance) so that it can be claimed on, utilised or realised by the Authority as and when required.
    DL_G07
    You must: (a) develop and maintain a decommissioning plan that is in accordance with the current decommissioning guidelines published by the Authority; (b) provide the decommissioning plan to the Authority upon request; (c) supply to the Authority an updated detailed decommissioning plan 45 business days business days prior to commencement of decommissioning, if you propose to divest a section of the licensed site, cease part or all of the licensed activity or reduce the basis upon which the licence was granted to a point where licensing is no longer required; and (d) decommission the licensed site in accordance with the detailed decommissioning plan, to the satisfaction of the Authority and within any reasonable timeframe which may be specified by the Authority.
    DL_R01
    At least 10 business days before the commencement of any commissioning, you must provide to the Authority report/reports that include(s): a. Commissioning Trial Plan that includes (but is not limited to): i. Proof of performance testing of the autoclave technology to demonstrate the inactivation of any microbes and pathogens present within the waste and successful decontamination of the waste to the required performance standards set out in the application. ii. an odour monitoring/ verification program to confirm that the proposed facility does not have any odour emissions that require retrospective control mitigation measures to be installed. iii. Duration of the activity to determine the efficacy of the commissioning trial. iv. Analysis of the categorisation of the outgoing waste (autoclaved wastes). b. Evidence of adoption of all recommendations identified in Appendix J – Fire Risk Assessment #220805-01 (Dyer Fire Engineering) dated 14/09/2022. c. Evidence of implementation of electronic inventory management system that keeps track of incoming wastes, and waste held at the site at any one time. d. Contingency Plan that includes details of the measures to be implemented during commissioning for the storage and treatment of biohazardous waste in the event of unexpected issues during commissioning affecting the processing of those wastes. e. A report detailing the final bunding design in accordance with EPA requirements -1698: Liquid storage and handling guidelines. around the internal site perimeter, and fencing around all the activity site.
    DL_R02
    You must not commence commissioning of the operating components of the development activities until you have received the Authority's written approval of the of the report(s)/plan(s) which is required pursuant to condition(s) DL_R1 and DL_C5.
    DL_R04
    At least 15 business days before the commencement of any construction, you must provide to the Authority a. Final detail design showing: i. Installation of relevant fire equipment and mitigation controls. ii. Installation of bunding in accordance with EPA Guidelines. iii. Incorporation of recommendations of an updated Hazard Operability (HAZOP) study. iv. Any changes to the proposed layout or operation of the equipment (within the bounds of the EPA permission. v. The location of the secure refrigeration units for refrigeration of R100 (Anatomical) wastes during the summer and/or on any days over 25oC, if such wastes are to be stored for more than 24 hour prior to their treatment that include(s): updated site layout plan attached identifying location of refrigerated storage unit at 34 Cahill St b. A Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP) in accordance with EPA requirements - 1834: Civil construction, building and demolition guide (EPA Publication). c. Outcomes of the requested trade waste agreement which will encompass both 34 and 36 Cahill Street premises.
    DL_W02
    You must notify the Authority in writing when the development activity authorised by this permission has commenced.
    DL_W03
    You must notify the Authority when the construction associated with the development activities covered by this approval has been completed.
    DL_W04
    You must not commission or use the operating components of the development activities without the written approval of the Authority.
    DL_W08
    You must install a. The autoclave technology, associated Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and treatment equipment and demonstrate to the EPA that all necessary alarms and controls are functioning such that the technologies and facility will be able to operate as per the design and required microbial decontamination levels; b. Install suitable bunding around the internal site perimeter; and c. Install full perimeter fencing and signage with a gate restricting access.
    DL_W10
    You must implement all liquid storage containment and handling measures in accordance with “Liquid storage and handling guidelines” (EPA Publication 1698, released June 2018).

  • Waste information

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    R100
    Clinical and related wastes, including biomedical waste, not otherwise specified in items 97, 98 or 99 of "Schedule 5—Waste Classification" of the Environment Protection Regulations 2021
    R120
    Waste from the use of pharmaceutical products, not otherwise specified in items 96, 98 or 99 of "Schedule 5—Waste Classification" of the Environment Protection Regulations 2021
    R130
    Cytotoxic substances
    R140
    Waste from the production of pharmaceutical products and cosmetics, not otherwise specified in items 96, 97 or 98 of "Schedule 5—Waste Classification" of the Environment Protection Regulations 2021
    T340
    Quarantine and biosecurity waste

  • Documents

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  • Performance Statements

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