Kwinana industrial air buffer zone - Alcoa operation

Submitted by Louise Sales on Tue, 22/11/2011 - 15:20

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[COUNCIL — Tuesday, 22 November 2011]
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Hon Lynn MacLaren; Hon Helen Morton

KWINANA INDUSTRIAL AIR BUFFER ZONE — ALCOA OPERATION

4847. Hon Lynn MacLaren to the Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Water

(1) Does the Department expect that Alcoa’s activities will have an impact on surface or ground water in
the buffer area?

(2) If no to (1), why not?

(3) Are there any water quality monitoring bores in the buffer area?

(4) If yes to (3) —

(a) please provide the location of each bore;

(b) how often is the water in each bore tested for contaminants;

(c) please table results for each bore for the last two years; and

(d) what is the schedule for the next two years for testing the water from these bores?

(5) If no to (3) —

(a) will the Department install monitoring bores;

(b) will the Department request that Alcoa do so; and

(c) how will sites be chosen for monitoring bores?

(6) What input, if any, does the Department of Water have in guiding Alcoa about disposal of their waste
products?

(7) Is Alcoa obliged to act in accordance with advice from the Department of Water?

(8) Should the Department of Water have reason to believe that Alcoa’s practices are contaminating surface
or ground water, what actions will the Department take to protect these natural assets?

Hon HELEN MORTON replied:

(1)–(8) The Member needs to specify which Alcoa plant buffer zone she is referring to in her questions.