MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Nadine Love

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      The Applicant has also failed to respond seriously and comprehensively                        to Council's request for
      further   information   regarding    the Airborne       Hazards   in proximity         to the School identified           by
      Council as an area of critical importance to the Development               application:




         Applicant's    Response           Objectors'     Response

         1. Benzene as an active          The Applicant provides mere idle assertion in the face of the
         constituent of Motor             evidence we have provided elsewhere in this document that
         Spirit is 1% vivas               clearly shows the adverse impacts of emissions and the danger to
         legislated in Australia.         children from being in close proximity to a service station.
        This is a minor fraction of
        total chemical                    The setback distances proposed in this development do not come
         compounds     in Motor           close to meeting best practice either in Australia or overseas.
         Spirit. With the advent of
         modern VR 1 systems              In   Queensland,        the   health      risk     from    benzene      (and   other
        and fibreglass                    pollutants) is recognized in the Environmental Protection (Air)
        underground tanks the             Policy 2008 (EPP). THE EPP sets exposure limits in air to ensure
        vapour fraction escaping          protection    of      human   and      environmental         health   from     those
        to the environment     has        pollutants.     The    EPP    objective      for    benzene      is a     maximum
        reduced to extremely low          concentration      of 3 ppb (parts per billion) over a 1-year period.
        levels that poses no
        detrimental health                The Applicant has failed to show by reasonable analysis that the
        Impacts to those living in        levels of exposure, particularly to young children in the adjacent
        close proximity to Petrol         School, will not harm their health.
        Stations.
                                          The Precautionary       Principle demands that, particularly            in relation
                                          to young children, we address possible risks where scientific
                                          understanding is yet incomplete in a way that is not harmful.


                                          In the absence of scientific consensus that the Development is not
                                          harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on the
                                          Developer and the Property Owner.
        2. The refuelling canopy          This is indeed an indictment on the whole Development                    proposal.
        is some 46m to the
        boundary with the school          The Applicant acknowledges that the refuelling canopy is a mere
        that backs onto the               46m to the boundary with the school that backs onto the
        sports hall and                   sports halt and swimming complex.
        swimming. There are no
        classrooms within at              The Applicant further acknowledges               that classrooms      are within
        least 1DO-150m of the             100-150m of the petrol station.
        petrol station. This
        separation distance               The Applicant then makes yet another idle assertion without any
        alone is more than                objective evidence or scientific analysis; without measurement                   or
        sufficient to neutralise I        date; without evidence of the qualifications, expertise or
       dilute any minor trace             experience of the person making the assertion; that "This




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