2015-11-10 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                           10 NOVEMBER 2015


      d.   the name and telephone number of the designated contact person;
      e.   the time of the release;
      f.   the time the registered operator of the activity became aware of the release;
      g.   the suspected cause of the release;
      h.   the environmental harm and or environmental nuisance caused, threatened, or
           suspected to be caused by the release; and
      i.   actions taken to prevent any further release and to mitigate any environmental harm
           and or environmental nuisance caused by the release.
40.   From the commencement of use of the first poultry shed, the Holder of this Authority shall
      maintain an automatic weather station on the Premises. The weather station must
      a.   be sited and operated in accordance with the requirements of Australian Standards
           AS2922-1987 “Guide for Siting of Sampling Units” and AS2923 “Guide for
           Measurement of Horizontal Winds for Air Quality Applications”;
      b.   measure at least air temperature, wind speed at ten (10) metres above ground level,
           wind direction at ten (10) metres above ground level and rainfall; and
      c.   be maintained to achieve a long-term return rate for valid data of at least ninety (90)
           percent.
      Measurements of wind speed, wind direction and temperature shall be recorded as 15-
      minute averages. Measurements of rainfall shall be recorded as daily totals. All
      measurements shall be kept in electronic format for a minimum of 3 years and shall be
      made available to the Administering Authority on request.
41.   A complaints register must be kept at the Premises and all complaints received about the
      Activity must be recorded in the register with the following details:
      a.   time, date and nature of complaint;
      b.   type of communication (telephone, letter, personal, etc);
      c.   name, contact address and contact phone number of the complainant (if the
           complainant does not wish to be identified then ‘not identified’ is to be recorded);
      d.   response and investigation undertaken in response to the complaint;
      e.   name of the person responsible for investigating the complaint; and
      f.   action taken as a result of the complaint and the investigation and the signature of or
           under the authorisation of the Operator.
42.   An incidents register must be kept at the Premises and it must record any incidents
      including but not limited to:
      a.   any fire at the Premises; and
      b.   any release not in accordance with this Development Approval.
SCHEDULE D - DEFINITIONS
“Activity” means environmentally relevant activity ERA 4 - Poultry Farming 2 (more than
     200,000 birds) pursuant to the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008.
“Administering authority” means the local government.
‘Authorised person’ means an authorised person authorised under the Environmental
     Protection Act 1994.
“Background Noise Level” means the A-weighted sound pressure level, obtained using time-
    weighting ‘F’, that is exceeded for 90% of the measuring period (T) not less than 15
    minutes using fast response.


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