Development Application part 2 OF 2 All of CD, Information in notes - MCU12/0216

CSR Building Products Limited                                                                                         Page 27
West Ridge Quarry
Site Based Management Plan



3.4          Hydrocarbons and Chemicals

3.4.1        Purpose
      The MQSH Act and associated regulation places a number of obligations on the storage and handling of dangerous
      goods on-site, so that it is:
      - protected against damage and deterioration;
      - secured to prevent loss, misuse and theft;
      - bunded to contain spillage for a liquid; and
      - stored and handled in a way having regard to National Occupational Health and Safety Council’s (NOHSC)
          document entitled ‘National Code of Practice for the Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods [NOHSC:2017]’.
      Site operations have the potential to contaminate land and water in and surrounding the quarry development by the
      release of various hydrocarbons and chemicals used and/or stored in small volumes on-site. These chemicals could
      include:
      - distillate (fuel for stationary and mobile engines);
      - oils and greases (lubricants and hydraulic oils for stationary and mobile equipment); and
      - miscellaneous chemicals (e.g. weedicide).

3.4.2        Operational Policy
      To manage the on-site handling of chemicals to prevent or minimise soil and water becoming contaminated.

3.4.3        Performance Targets
      No land contamination that would require the Site to be registered on the Environmental Management Register (EMR)
      or Contaminated Land Register (CLR).
      No serious spills of oils, greases, fuels or other hazardous chemicals (for this purpose, hydrocarbon spill incidents
      have been classified as follows: minor <5 L, major 5 to 20 L, and serious >20 L).
      No preventable release of chemicals to the environment.

3.4.4        Implementation Strategy/Mitigation Measures
      Specific control measures to be implemented include, but are not necessarily limited to:
      - ensuring all new employees are inducted on the effective use and handling of hydrocarbons and other chemicals
          used and stored on-site;
      - providing adequate provision of spill kits and appropriate training of all staff on the effective use of spill kits;
      - ensuring current Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) accompany all chemicals kept within the Site. MSDS are to
          be filed with the chemical, or a clearly marked sign installed to direct where the MSDS are stored. A MSDS folder
          will be maintained and contain an index of information held. Storage (e.g. bunding, labelling, ventilation,
          weatherproofing, etc) and disposal of chemical requirements shall comply with the requirements detailed within
          the MSDS.
      - ensuring any chemical storage facilities on-site meet specifications of Australian Standard 1940 as a minimum;
      - ensuring any secondary containment facilities on-site provide 110 % containment of material and prevention of
          pollution in the event of breach of primary containment;
      - ensuring, in the case of multiple storage container facilities (including bunded pallets), that the bunding shall be
          capable of holding no less than 110 % of the volume of the largest storage vessel, and at least 25 % of the total
          volume of substances stored;
      - ensuring safety bollards and/or bunding is in place around storage tanks to prevent penetration due to collision;
      - treating empty hydrocarbon and chemical containers as full and bunding as such;
      - disposing of hydrocarbon contaminated material appropriately at a licensed facility (where the material has been
          assessed as Regulated Waste in accordance with Schedule 7 of the EP Reg, it will be transported and disposed
          of by a licensed contractor);
      - servicing plant and equipment in accordance with a programmed maintenance schedule;
      - securing chemicals to prevent accidental spillage and inadvertent contamination of land and water;


December 2012 / file ref. 1271_610_001                                                                     GROUNDWORK p l u s