Response to Information Request - MCU12/0184

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                                                                                              Callaghan & Toth


6.        WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT

6.1          Potential Pollutants

The proposed chicken meat farm has the potential to generate pollutants from the following
sources:



ACTIVITY                    POTENTIAL                PROPOSED                COMMENTS
                            POLLUTANTS               TREATMENT
Roads, carparking           Sediments, nutrients,    Bioretention basin,     The MUSIC model assesses the
                            heavy metals,            bioretention swale,     proposed treatment train for the
                                                     grassed swale,          increase in area of hardstand,
                                                                             pollutant generating areas and
                                                                             demonstrates that pollutant load
                                                                             reductions are achievable with the
                                                                             proposed treatment train.
Chicken Shed                Sediments, nutrients     Roofwater reuse tanks   Stormwater infiltration into the shed
                                                                             will not occur and therefore no
                                                                             pollutants from the chickens will
                                                                             result from this activity
Chicken Litter              Nutrients,               No treatment proposed   The bunded compost storage area
Storage                                                                      will be covered and designed to
                                                                             ensure no stormwater infiltration,

                                                                             therefore no stormwater runoff
                                                                             should be contaminated by this
                                                                             activity
Chicken Litter use on       Nutrients                No treatment proposed   The proposal to use the chicken litter
Avocado trees                                                                as fertiliser for the existing avocado

                                                                             trees, and replace the use of
                                                                             commercial fertilisers on the trees
                                                                             has been assessed. It is determined
                                                                             that approximately 50kg of chicken
                                                                             litter per tree per year will be
                                                                             required to equate to current fertiliser
                                                                             regime. This will be managed to
                                                                             ensure excess nutrients are not

                                                                             given to trees by undertaking leaf
                                                                             and soil analysis. Excess chicken
                                                                             litter will be sold as a fertiliser. This
                                                                             is further discussed in the Sections
                                                                             below.
Dead chickens               Nutrients, bacteria,     No treatment proposed   Dead chickens will be taken off site
                                                                             for appropriate disposal




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1209 Animal Husbandry   Top Forestry Rd, Ridgewood
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April 2013