06/1168 - Change a Development Approval [As Published] · 132006.1168.02

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16. Environmental Incident Management

16.1 General

It is essential that any incidents that have potential to cause environmental harm are dealt with
immediately to minimise the extent of potential impact on the surrounding environment. All such events
must be fully reported as quickly as possible to ensure that effective action is taken to prevent
environmental harm, and to identify probable causes so that corrective action can be taken to prevent a
recurrence or more serious event. This procedure details the requirements associated with immediate
action, investigation, reporting, corrective action, follow-up actions and training for environmental
incidents.

16.2 Objective

To ensure that all environmental incidents which occur at the project site throughout the duration of
construction are appropriately recorded, reported and corrected (both in the long and short term) without
posing additional harm to the surrounding environment or to employees and sub-contractors working on
the site. General reporting of environmental incidents shall follow Council's internal environmental
incident reporting procedure.

16.3 Requirements

Where an environmental incident occurs, immediate action shall be taken to contain the effects of the
incident and reduce the overall level of potential environmental impact associated with the incident. In the
event of a major incident (e.g. where greater than 250 litres of contaminant is accidentally discharged),
the Site Foreman shall be notified immediately. The Site Foreman will be responsible for notifying the
Construction Manager as soon as practicable. tnformation provided to the Construction Manager by the
Site Foreman is to include:

» The location of the emergency or incident;

» The time of the release;

» The time the Site Foreman was notified;

» The suspected cause of the release;

» The type of contaminant released;

» Any impact on human health or safety;

» The environmental harm and or environmental nuisance threatened, or caused by the release; and

» Actions taken to prevent any further release and mitigate any environmental harm and or
environmenta! nuisance caused by the release.

The Site Foreman will also be responsible for notifying Emergency Response Services (e.g. Fire Service)
as necessary and as soon as practicable after becoming aware of any emergency or major incident
resulting in the release of contaminants.

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