Non-Compliance detail


  
Summary
 
Licence number: 13426
Annual Return Start: 02 Mar 2018
Annual Return End: 01 Mar 2019
Date Received: 07 Aug 2019
 
Licence Condition numberType of non-complianceEPA actionsNo. of times occurred
L3.1 The licensee must not cause, permit or allow any waste to be received at the premises, except the wastes expressly referred to in Condition L.3. Special waste (clinical waste) was received at the facility in August 2018. EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action 1
P1.2 Monitoring Point 22 and 21 location descriptions are incorrect. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
M2.2 Monitoring Points 19, 16 and 3 were not sampled at the required frequencies. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 3
L1.3 Identified in EPA Audit - Maintenance of freeboard and depth indicators not undertaken by the licensee. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
L2.2 Identified in EPA Audit - pH concentration limits exceeded on two occasions. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 2
L3.4 Identified in EPA Audit - The licensee was not disposing of all outputs produced from the waste processing and /or resource recovery facility at the landfill. Some waste has gone through chute and then transported to QLD for disposal. EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 1
L3.5 Identified in EPA Audit - The applicant must have in place and implement procedures to identify and prevent the disposal of any waste not permitted by condition L3.1 to be disposed of at the premises. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
L5.1 Identified in EPA Audit – Licensee operating outside of hours of operation. EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 1
O2.1 Identified in EPA Audit – Licensee has not maintained in-pit dam. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
O4.2(b) Identified in EPA Audit – Licensee has not implemented suitable measures to manage pests, vermin and declared noxious weeds on site as noxious weeds were observed on site during audit. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
O5.4(a)(i) and (ii) Identified in EPA Audit - Licensee had not applied daily cover to a minimum of 15 centimetres over all exposed landfill waste prior to ceasing operations at the end of the day. Licensee also using unapproved alternative daily cover – ConCover. EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 2
O5.9 Identified in EPA Audit - The licensee has been transporting waste off site for disposal when all waste is required to be disposed in the landfill void. Non-compliance(s) under investigation 1
O5.10 Identified in EPA Audit - The licensee had not submitted and maintained a filling plan for the disposal of waste sequentially in each landfill cell, that is updated at intervals no greater than 12 months. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
O6.6 Identified in EPA Audit - Chemicals on site not stored in appropriately designed impervious bunded area. EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 1
M7.4 Identified in EPA Audit – Licensee has not sampled the height of leachate at the required weekly frequency. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 2
R2.1 Identified in EPA Audit - The licensee did not notify the EPA of a fire that occurred on 25 May 2018, immediately after they became aware of the fire. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
E4.1 Identified in EPA Audit - The alternative cover material used to cover waste contained particles bigger than 50mm. EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 1
L2.1 Identified in EPA Audit - Concentration limits exceeded for TSS and pH. EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 3