Licence conditions for pollution studies and reduction program


  

Licence conditions for pollution studies and reduction programs

Summary
 
Licence number: 1688
Title: PRP 303 Wet weather overflow abatement strategic framework
Start date: 30 Sep 2005
 
Licence Condition
303.1 The objective of the wet weather overflow pollution reduction program (PRP) is to require improvements to progress toward the wet weather overflow goals expressed in the document titled ”Licensing Sewerage Overflows – Environmental Impact Statement, June 1998 Volume 3 Bondi Open Outfall Sewer System”.
303.2 By 30 June 2013 the licensee must prepare and submit in writing to the EPA a strategic framework which will underpin the licensee’s wet weather overflows abatement program to 2021. The framework must include proposed investigations, works and activities capable of achieving the long term 2021 targets of 20 wet weather overflows per 10 years.
303.3 The licensee must submit with the Annual System Performance Report required by condition R5.6, a statement which provides: i) a summary of actions undertaken towards the preparation and implementation of the strategic framework as required by PRP303; and ii) the details of any investigations, works and activities that were undertaken and completed during the reporting period with the view to improving the wet weather overflow abatement performance of the system.
The EPA intends to impose a further PRP on this licence to implement wet weather overflow abatement works identified in the strategic framework to ensure progress towards achieving the long term 2021 target of 20 wet weather overflows per 10 years.
303.4 By 30 December 2013, the licensee must prepare and submit in writing to the EPA a methodology to identify future wet weather overflow abatement works programs to supplement the strategic framework required by condition PRP303.2. The methodology must provide at a minimum: i) detailed steps and conditions that the licensee proposes to use to identify and priorities future wet weather overflow abatement works; ii) detailed processes that the licensee proposes to apply to set the scope and extent of future wet weather overflow abatement works programs; iii) a codified description of the strategic framework approach; and iv) a proposed approach to justify any alternatives to the long term targets specified in condition PRP303.2.