L09 – Disposing of tunnel boring machine spoil

Information and monitoring records used for the preparation of, inclusion in, or support of, any reporting or notification that is required of you by the Authority (including data reporting, performance reporting, documents evidencing any risk and monitoring program) must be:

a) retained for five years; and

b) made available to the Authority on request.

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 (SFARP); 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; and

(c) made available to the Authority on request.

The risk management and monitoring program (RMMP) referenced in condition PER_G05 must be verified by a person who has been appointed as an environmental auditor under the Environment Protection Act 2017 and it must contain or address:

(a) description of the environmental monitoring of leachate, groundwater, land, air, odour, noise, dust and surface water which will be undertaken to respond to the risks identified in the risk assessment;

(b) trigger levels and contingency actions to prevent further pollution if trigger levels are exceeded; and

(c) the frequency for completing environmental audits of the activities and containment system operation.

(d) a description and map of the location of the activity site at which tunnel boring machine spoil is to be received;

(e) a plan of the premises identifying the location of the processing area and the location of the containment system;

(f) a description of the physical characteristics of the activity site and elements or environmental values of the environment adjacent to the activity site;

(g) a description of the existing and proposed uses of the activity site and elements or environmental values of the environment adjacent to the activity site;

(h) a description of the activities to be undertaken at the activity site;

(i) a description of the tunnel boring machine spoil to be received at the site;

(j) specifications for containment of tunnel boring machine spoil at the activity site;

(k) the methodology for determining if tunnel boring machine spoil meets the specifications for containment of tunnel boring machine spoil;

(l) an assessment of the risk of adverse impacts from the receipt, storage, treatment, reprocessing, containment, handling or discharge or deposit onto the activity site of tunnel boring machine spoil (""the Activities"") on any beneficial uses of the environment;

(m) management and risk controls designed to minimise the risk of adverse impacts or harm to human health or environment from the Activities on any environmental value contained in an environment reference standard;

(n) detailed designs and technical specifications of the processing area and the containment system (including any containment system cells) at the activity site, including features intended to minimise the risk of adverse impacts from the Activities on any beneficial uses of the environment;

(o) a construction quality assurance plan for the containment system at the activity site;

(p) if leachate is generated by the activity, requirements for leachate sampling and analysis;

(q) if leachate is generated by the activity, the specifications of the qualities and characteristics of leachate that is suitable for reuse and an identification of activities for which that leachate can be reused;

(r) details of the method to be used to measure and record the information required to be recorded and retained under this Permit.

(s) a pollution incident plan setting out how any pollution incident will be responded to;

(t) a report prepared by an environmental auditor assessing the suitability of the detailed designs, technical specifications, construction quality assurance plan, monitoring program and pollution incident plan in achieving the requirements and objectives of these Regulations;

(u) how the risk management and monitoring plan is to be reviewed.

You must:

(a) develop and maintain a decommissioning plan;

(b) provide the decommissioning plan to the Authority upon request;

(c) supply to the Authority an updated detailed decommissioning plan [placeholder1] business days prior to commencement of decommissioning, if you propose to divest a section of the permitted site, cease part or all of the permitted activity or reduce the basis upon which the permit was granted to a point where a permit is no longer required; and

(d) decommission the permitted 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.