Environment Protection Authority
Notice to amend management order
(Section 44 of the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997)
Notice Number 20164404; Area Number 3221
Background
The land to which this notice applies was declared as “significantly contaminated land” (declaration No. 21122) under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 (“the Act”) and has been the subject of a management order (order No. 20151402) issued by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to the Barangaroo Delivery Authority (BDA). The management order directed the recipient of the order to carry out contamination management.
Land to which this notice applies
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Description |
Address |
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Part Lot 5 and Part Lot 3 in Deposited Plan (DP) 876514, Hickson Road, Millers Point. (This land is referred to as Blocks 4/5 by BDA.) |
Hickson Road, Millers Point |
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The part of Hickson Road adjacent to: 30 – 34 Hickson Road being Lot 11 DP1065410; 36 Hickson Road being Lot 5 DP873158 and Lot 12 DP1065410; and 38 Hickson Road being SP72797, Millers Point (The above land is referred to as Hickson Road) |
Hickson Road, Millers Point |
Amendment
The amendment to the management order is required in response to clarification sought by the BDA in its letter request dated 20 January 2016 on some minor issues.
The original wordings and the amended wordings of clauses involved are listed below:
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Original wordings in the Management Order |
Amended wordings |
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D. Remediation works proposed under the approved VMP have not been carried out to date……. |
D. Preparation works leading to the actual remediation that were proposed under the approved VMP are in progress but have not been completed to date…… |
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E 2). In terms of the S-ISCO pilot trial, the currently proposed amendments to VMP…… |
E 2). In terms of the S-ISCO pilot trial, the EPA notes that a proving phase of the pilot trial was completed in May 2013 without proceeding to the pilot trial. The currently proposed amendments to VMP……. |
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G. Consequently, the EPA withdraws its approval of VMP No. 20101719 with effect from the date of this order.
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G. Consequently, the EPA withdraws its approval of VMP No. 20101719 with effect from the date of this order. EPA’s comments or endorsement of documents provided to the EPA under VMP No. 20101719, which include a remedial action plan, however, remain valid.
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2. Commence Block 4 remediation works including cut-off walls by November 2015 (it is noted that they have commenced). |
2. Commence Block 4 remediation works including cut-off walls by 16 December 2015 (it is noted that they have commenced). |
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8. Commence the SEPR and S-ISCO pilot trials by November 2015 (commenced). |
8. Commence the SEPR and In-Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) pilot trials by 16 December 2015 (commenced). |
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9. Complete the SEPR and S-ISCO pilot trials by December 2016 |
9. Complete the SEPR and ISCO pilot trials by December 2016. |
[Signed]
4 February 2016
NIALL JOHNSTON
Manager Contaminated Sites
Environment Protection Authority
NOTE:
Information recorded by the EPA
Section 58 of the CLM Act requires the EPA to maintain a public record. A copy of this notice will be included in the public record.
Information recorded by councils
Section 59 of the CLM Act requires the EPA to give a copy of this notice to the relevant local council. The council may then make appropriate consequential modifications to the planning certificate issued in relation to the land to which this notice applies pursuant to s149 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
Relationship to other regulatory instrument
This repeal notice does not affect the provisions of any relevant environmental planning instruments which apply to the land or provisions of any other environmental protection legislation administered by the EPA.
Previous regulatory instrument
As of 1 July 2009, all current declarations of investigation area and declarations of remediation site are taken to be declarations of significantly contaminated land, all current investigation orders and remediation orders are taken to be management orders and all current agreed voluntary investigation proposals and agreed voluntary remediation proposals are taken to be approved voluntary management proposals