Annual Audit Compliance Report Form

(1)

~

Government of Western Australia

~ Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

Annual Audit Compliance Report Form

Environmental Protection Act 1986, Part V

Once completed, please submit this form either via email to info-der@dwer.wa.gov.au, or to the below postal address:

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation Locked Bag 33 Cloisters Square

PERTH WA 6850

Licence holder:

Trading as:

ACN:

Registered address:

Reporting period:

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder 63 711 737 609

Yarri Road Refuse Facility Lot 251 on Plan 190202 KALGOORLIE WA 64330 14/03/2018 to 13/03/2019

Section B - Statement of Compliance with Licence Conditions Did you comply with all of your licence conditions during the reporting period?

(please tick the appropriate box) D Yes - please complete:

• section C;

• section D if required; and

• sign the declaration in Section F.

~ No - please complete:

• section C;

• section D if required;

• section E; and

• sign the declaration at Section F.

Section C - Statement of Actual Production

Provide the actual production quantity for this reporting period. Supporting documentation is to be attached.

Prescribed Premises

Actual Production Quantity Category

Category 57

•

2,477.45 tonnes of tyres

Category 62

•

99.16 tonnes (Steel, batteries, cardboard box, e-waste) Category 64

•

99,798.69 tonnes {Total incoming less tare weight,

steel and scrap metal)

(2)

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

Section D - Statement of Actual Part 2 Waste Discharge Quantity

Provide the actual Part 2 waste discharge quantity for this reporting period. Supporting documentation is to be attached.

Prescribed Premises Category Actual Part 2 Waste Discharge Quantity

Refer to annual report Refer to annual report Section E - Details of Non-Compliance with Licence Condition

Please use a separate page for each condition with which the licence holder was non-compliant at a time during the reporting period.

Condition no:

I

1.3.2 and 1.3.4

I

Date( s) of non-

compliance:

I

14/03/2017-13/03/2018 Details of non-compliance:

Tyres

The facility received and kept on site more than the 2,500 tyres as stated in the licence condition, however the City has been working with the Department of Water and Environment Regulation (DWER) and other stakeholders to resolve the issue quickly. New tyre monocell under construction and cartinQ of the tyres has already commenced.

What was the actual (or suspected) environmental impact of the non-compliance?

NOTE - please attach maps or diagrams to provide insight into the precise location of where the non- compliance took place.

Medium environmental impact if left on piles for long, however all the used tyres onsite have been separated into 500 unit lots with at least 6 metres fire separation between piles. All these tyres will be buried in the new tyre monocell by early May 2019.

Cause (or suspected cause) of non-compliance:

We suspect that the City's landfill received more than its usual amounts of waste tyres during the last two years due to the increase in pricing for tyre disposal at other facilities including some facilities ceasing acceptance of commercial tyres statewide. The waste tyres received were also shredded or cut in mixed different sizes that did not comply with the required 1,000cm²as per previous licence condition, now amended.

Action taken to mitigate any adverse effects of non-compliance and prevent recurrence of the non-compliance:

The City has been working with DWER and other stakeholders to resolve the issue. Below are some of the measures taken by the City:

a) temporary suspension of commercial used tyre acceptance at the facility from 12 December 2018 and expect to resume acceptance once compliance is achieved in May 2019;

b} landfill licence recently amended to bury tyres in monocells. Cell construction and carting of the tyres is underway, and the City is expecting to be compliant by early May 2019;

c) new procedures have been put in place and a review of fees is underway to act as a control for future receipts of used tyres;

d) the City has amended its budget and contracted the processing of the current stock pile of used tvres at the facility to expedite compliance.

2 Annual Audit Compliance Report Form (September 2017)

(3)

Department of Water and EnvironmentQI Regulation

Section E - Details of Non-Compliance with Licence Condition Was this non-compliance previously reported to DWER?

[8J Yes, and

D

Reported to DWER verbally Date: I I

[8J Reported to DWER in writing Date: 28 I 03 / 2018

Condition no: 1.3.2 Date(s) of non-

com liance: 14/03/2018 -13/03/2019 Details of non-compliance:

Contaminated Soil

A customer disposed contaminated soil that was high in hydrocarbons between 7 June 2018 and 21 June 2018.

NOTE - please attach maps or diagrams to provide insight into the precise location of where the non-compliance took place.

Little to no environmental impact as the contaminated soil was removed from site.

Customer not fully declaring the correct test results of the contaminated soil to council.

Action taken to mitigate any adverse effects of non-compliance and prevent recurrence of the non-com liance:

DWER was notified and the contaminated soil was removed from site by the customer. The City is now advising customers during application that if any confirmatory tests do not comply with the submitted results, the customer will be held liable including possible ban from use of the site. We have not had any other issues since that incident.

Was this non-compliance previously reported to DWER?

[8J Yes, and

(4)

Condition no: 1.3.8 Date( s) of non-

com liance: 14/03/2018 -13/03/2019

Details of non-compliance:

Windblown Waste

Records showed that the City's contractors, Grosvenor Lodge failed to record windblown waste between November 2018 and March 2019.

No environmental impact identified or suspected from the non-compliance as the waste was picked up even though records were not updated.

Failure by the City's contractor, Grosvenor Lodge to record the windblown waste collected was due to inadequate handover amongst staff.

The contractor is now required to submit a copy of the windblown waste register on a monthly basis and City officers will be carrying out spot audits of all documentation onsite.

i:gj Yes, and

D

Reported to DWER verbally Date:

i:gj Reported to DWER in writing Date: 30 / 04 / 2019

(5)

Condition no: 3.2.1 Details of non-compliance:

Small Fire at the Tipping Face

Date(s) of non-

com liance: 14/03/2018-13/03/2019

Smoke and small fire was spotted by operators at the landfill on 4 January, 28 January and 12 February 2019. On all three occasions, fires were put out within 45 minutes and DWER was notified. Customers suspected to have been bringing the combustible materials were contacted by City officers on 18 February 2019 and there hasn't been any incidents after that. DWER were satisfied by the City's actions and advised that the incident report was closed off on 25 February 2019.

Little to no environmental impact.

Failure by customers to declare combustible waste at the weighbridge. Suspected lime bags disposal by commercial customers.

On 18 February 2019, an email was sent out to commercial customers using the site advising them of the incidents and the impacts of false declaration of waste at the landfill which may include denied access to the facility. There hasn't been any incidents after that.

18:1

Yes, and

0

Reported to DWER verbally Date:

18:1

Reported to DWER in writing Date: 11 and 29 / 01 / 2019 & 18/02/2019

(6)

Section F - Declaration

I / We declare that the information in this Annual Audit Compliance Report is true and correct and is not false or misleading in a material particular¹.

I / We consent to the Annual Audit Compliance Report being published on the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation's (DWER) website.

Signature²:

Name: (printe I I ' '

Position:

Date:

Seal (if signing under seal):

Chief Executive Officer

Signature:

Name: (printed) Position:

Date:

1 It is an offence under section 112 of the Environmental Protection Act 1986for a person to give information on this form that to their knowledge is false or misleading in a material particular.

2 AACRs can only be signed by the licence holder or an authorised person with the legal authority to sign on behalf of the licence holder.

6

Annual Audit Compliance Report Form (September 2017)