2015-06-01 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                      1 JUNE 2015


      n.   procedures for the immediate rectification and remediation of any detected
           contamination
           The safety management plan must be fully documented and made available onsite at
           the service station. The plan must be submitted to council prior to use of the service
           station. All testing and monitoring results must be documented accordingly and
           provided to Council upon request.
      Leak detection for fuel tanks
84.   All reasonable and practicable measures must be taken to prevent loss of containment
      from the UPSS. An approved leak detection system must be installed and operated at
      sufficient frequency, sensitivity and reliability to provide a high level of confidence that a
      release of a petroleum product will be detected in sufficient time for a response to be
      implemented before an unacceptable risk is posed to human health, property or the
      environment. As a minimum standard, all UPSSs are required to be monitored using a
      system that:
      a.   can detect a leak from any portion of the UPSS
      b.   uses equipment that has been installed, calibrated and commissioned in accordance
           with the manufacturer’s instructions
      c.   is capable of detecting a leak at a rate of 0.76 litres per hour or more, with at least
           95% accuracy and a probability of false detection of 0.05 or less (USEPA)
      d.   has been certified by an independent third party consistent with the current USEPA
           protocols and system of verification
      e.   reports with a frequency of not less than monthly and provided to Council upon
           request
      f.   is operated by a suitably trained person.
91.   The ground water in the monitoring wells must be tested for petroleum contamination
      immediately after either:
      a.   the discovery whether by routine test or otherwise that ground water may be
           contaminated by petroleum originating from the property
      b.   the discovery whether pursuant to the loss monitoring procedure for the system or
           otherwise that the system has a leak.



REVIEWED REPORT
1.    BACKGROUND
A report on this application was considered by the Planning and Organisation Committee on 26
May 2015 as item 1, page 3 and was subsequently referred to the General Committee Meeting.
During the course of discussions at the Planning and Organisation Committee meeting,
Councillors raised the following concerns:
 Recommended conditions of approval do not require results of ground water testing to be
   provided to Council, with the requirement to undertake ground water testing within 30 days of
   identifying contamination considered not sufficiently responsive;
 Clarification as to whether a zebra crossing to Walter Hay Drive is warranted given some
   school children may choose to access the proposed convenience store or tradies café; and
 Clarification of the background expenditure pool for the take away food establishments in the
   industrial estate.

This report also provides additional information to Council on the submissions in support of the
development.
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