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INFORMATION REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT REPORTS August 2007 VICTORIA'S AUDIT SYSTEM AUDIT REPORT CURRENCY An environmental audit system has operated in Audit reports are based on the conditions encountered Victoria since 1989. The Environmenf Profecfion Acf and information reviewed at the time of preparation 1970 (the Act) provides for the appointment by the and do not represent any changes that may have Environment Protection Authority (EPA Victoria) of occurred since the date of completion. As it is not environmental auditors and the conduct of possible for an audit to present all data that could be independent, high quality and rigorous environmental of interest to all readers, consideration should be audits. made to any appendices or referenced documentation An environmental audit is an assessment of the for further information. condition of the environment, or the nature and extent When information regarding the condition of a site of harm (or risk of harm) posed by an industrial changes from that at the time an audit report is process or activity, waste, substance or noise. issued, or where an administrative or computation Environmental audit reports are prepared by EPA- error is identified, environmental audit reports, appointed environmental auditors who are highly certificates and statements may be withdrawn or qualified and skilled individuals. amended by an environmental auditor. Users are Under the Act, the function of an environmental advised to check EPA's website to ensure the currency auditor is to conduct environmental audits and of the audit document. prepare environmental audit reports. Where an environmental audit is conducted to determine the PDF SEARCHABILITY AND PRINTING condition of a site or its suitability for certain uses, an environmental auditor may issue either a certificate or EPA Victoria can only certify the accuracy and statement of environmental audit. correctness of the audit report and appendices as presented in the hardcopy format. EPA is not A certificate indicates that the auditor is of the opinion responsible for any issues that arise due to problems that the site is suitable for any beneficial use defined with PDF files or printing. in the Act, whilst a statement indicates that there is some restriction on the use of the site. Except where PDF normal format is specified, PDF files are scanned and optical character recognised by Any individual or organisation may engage appointed machine only. Accordingly, while the images are environmental auditors, who generally operate within consistent with the scanned original, the searchable the environmental consulting sector, to undertake hidden text may contain uncorrected recognition environmental audits. The EPA administers the errors that can reduce search reliability. Therefore, environmental audit system and ensures its ongoing keyword searches undertaken within the document integrity by assessing auditor applications and may not retrieve all references to the queried text. ensuring audits are independent and conducted with regard to guidelines issued by EPA. This PDF has been created using the Adobe-approved method for generating Print Optimised Output. To assure proper results, proofs must be printed, rather AUDIT FILES STRUCTURE than viewed on the screen. Environmental audit reports are stored digitally by This PDF is compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader EPA in three parts: the audit report (part A), report Version 4.0 or any later version which is downloadable appendices (part B) and, where applicable, the free from Adobe's Website, www.adobe.com. certificate or statement of environmental audit and an executive summary (part C). A report may be in colour FURTHER I N FORMATION and black-and-white formats. Generally, only black- and-white documents are text searchable. For more information on Victoria's environmental Report executive summaries, findings and audit system, visit EPA's website or contact EPA's recommendations should be read and relied upon only Environmental Audit Unit. in the context of the document as a whole, including Web: www.epa.vic.clov.au/envaudit any appendices and, where applicable, any certificate Email: [email protected] or statement of environmental audit. 1 September 2000 Mr John Sylaidos Project Manager Yarra Valley Water Ltd Private Bag 1 MITCHAM VIC 3132 Dear Mr Sylaidos, Re: Environmental Audit of Land Pursuant to Section 57AA of the Environment Protection Act 1970, at Woori Yallock Sewage Treatment Plant, Part 69-71 Middleton Drive, Woori Yallock , Victoria I am pleased to submit this Environmental Audit report for a statutory audit of land at Woori Yallock Sewage Treatment Plant, Part 69-71 Middleton Drive, Woori Yallock, Victoria. The Environmental Audit is required by the Shire of Yarra Ranges to satisfy itself that the land is suitable for use as pubiic open space. The land subject to the statutory audit is located at Woori Yallock Sewage Treatment Piant, Pari 69-71 Middleton Drive, Woori Yallock, being part of the land described as a Reserve for Public Recreation and Drainage purposes on Plan of Subdivision No. 90287, being part of Crown Allotment 8, Parish of Woori Yallock, County of Evelyn and is defined on Certificate of Title, Volume 91 32, Folio 860. On 14 July 2000, I received a request from you to issue a Certificate of Environmental Audit for land at Woori Yallock Sewage Treatment Plant, Part 69-71 Middleton Drive, Woori Yallock, Victoria. The audit was performed in accordance with Section 57AA of the Environment Protection Act 7970. As required under Section 57AA(5)(a) of the Environment Protection Act 7970 one copy of the final reporthas been transmitted to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). Also, in accordance with EPA’s instructions to ’ auditors of 10 September 1999, a copy of the report has been transmitted to the Shire of Yarra Ranges. An initial assessment of the site was performed by Kinhill Pty Ltd (Kinhill) in July 1999, prior to this statutory audit. Kinhill’s initial assessment report is entitled: Woori Yallock Sewage Treatment Plant, Yarra Junction Sewage Treatment Plant, Wesburn Sewage Treatment Plant, Environmental Site Assessment Prepared for: Yarra Valley Water Ltd, 21 July 1999. Further assessment, remediation and validation of the land subject to the statutory audit was undertaken by Brown & Root Services Asia Pacific Pty Ltd (Brown & Root) (formerly Kinhill Pty Ltd) between June and August 2000. Brown & Root prepared a final assessment report on the site in August 2000, which is entitled: Woori Yallock Sewage Treatment Plant, Environmental Site Assessment Report. Prepared for: Yarra Valley Water Ltd 24 August 2000. The assessment for the statutory audit was perforriied in accordance with the recommended approach to assessing site contamination contained in: 0 National Environment Protection Council 1999, National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site . Contamination) Measure, IO December 1999,(NEPM); 0 EPA guidelines; r Australian Standard AS 4482.1 - 1997, Guide to the Sampling and Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Soil, Part I: Non-Volatile and Semi-Volatile Compounds, 5 September 1997, Standards Australia; and 6 Australian Standard AS 4482.2 - 1999, Guide to the Sampling and Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Soil, Part 2: Volatile Substances, 5 September 1999, Standards Australia. The requirements for the assessment and the acceptince criteria for the audit were specified in Peter J Ramsay & Associates’ correspondence of 20 July and 8 and 17 August 2000 to you and Brown & Root. On the basis of my evaluation of the site conditions as described in the audit report, I am of the opinion that the condition of we land at Woori Yallock Sewage Treatment Plant, Part 69-71 Middleton Drive, Woori Yallock, Victoria on 1 September 2000 is not potentially detrimental to any beneficial uses of the land at the site. Therefore a Certificate of Environmental Audit has been issued for the site. Yours sincerely Peter J Ramsay Environmental Auditor - Contaminated Land PETER J RAMSAY (h ASSOCIATES ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT I9711 SECTION 57AA CERTIFICATE OF ENVIR0,WENTA.L AUDlT I, MJ Peter J Ramsay of Peter J Ramsay & Assciciates Piy Ltd, a person appointed by the Environment Protection hthority ("the Authority") under the Environment Protection Act 1970 ("the Act") as an environmental auditor for the purposes of the Act, having:- 1. been requested by Mr John Sylaidos of Yarra Valley Water Ltd to issue a Certzjicate of Environmental Audit in relation to the site located at Woori Yallock Sewage Treatment Plant, Part 69-71 Middleton Drive, Woori Yallock, Victoria being part of the land described as a Reserve for Public Recreation and Drainage purposes on Plan of Subdivision No. 90287 being part of Crowi Allotmeat 8, Parish of Woori Yallock, County of Evelyn and is defined in Certificate of Title Volume 9132 Folio 860, ('the site") owned by the Shire of Yarra Ranges, the location of which is shown on the arached plan; 2. had regard to, amongst other things,- i. guidelines issued by the Authority for the purposes of Section 57Mof the Act; ii. the beneficial uses that may be made of the site; and iii. relevant State environment protection policiedindustrial waste management policies, namely: State Environment Protection Policy (Waters of Victoria); State Environment Protection Policy (Ambient Air Quality); State Environment Protection Policy (Air Q~lityManagement); State Environment Protection Policy (Groundwaters of Victoria); 0 Inciustrial Waste Management Policy (Waste hhmsation); Industrial Waste Management Policy (Waste Acid Sods); in &g a total assessmcmt of the nature and extent of any ham or detriment caused to, or the risk of my possible harm or detriment which my be caused to, any beneficial use made of the site by any industrial processes or activity, waste or substance (including any chemical substance); and 3. completed an environmental audit report in accordance with Section 57AA(2) of the Act, 2 copy of which has been sent to the Authority. HEREBY CERTIFY that 1 am of the opinion that the condition of the site is neither detrimental nor potentially detrimental to any beneficial use of the site.
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