LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PARLIAMENTARY PAPER NUMBER 453 General Purpose Standing Committee No 5 Report on Inquiry into Northside Storage Tunnel - Scotts Creek Vent Ordered to be printed November 2000 Report 9 - November 2000 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Report on Inquiry into Northside Storage Tunnel – Scotts Creek Vent New South Wales Parliamentary Library cataloguing-in-publication data: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council. General Purpose Standing Committee Report on Inquiry into Northside Storage Tunnel – Scotts Creek Vent Chair: The Hon Richard Jones MLC "Parliamentary paper ; no. 453". "Ordered to be printed according to the Resolution of the House". ISBN 0-7347-6479-0 ii Report 9 - November 2000 GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO 5 How to contact the Committee Members of the General Purpose Standing Committee can be contacted through the Committee Secretariat. Written correspondence and enquiries should be directed to: The Director General Purpose Standing Committees Legislative Council Parliament House, Macquarie Street Sydney New South Wales 2000 Internet www.parliament.nsw.gov.au Email
[email protected] Telephone 02 9230 3544 Facsimile 02 9230 3416 Report 9 - November 2000 iii LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Report on Inquiry into Northside Storage Tunnel – Scotts Creek Vent Terms of Reference 1) In relation to venting of the Northside Storage Tunnel at Scotts Creek, the Committee consider and report on: a) the health and odour risks to the community, their scientific quantification and application of the Precautionary Principle; b) the ability for the vent to meet ambient air quality standards and licence requirements during operation under all circumstances; c) the roles and responsibilities of bodies accountable for community health impacts and monitoring and maintaining ambient air quality standards; d) the appropriateness, measurability and reliability of licence conditions associated with venting; and e) interim alternative options to venting at Scotts Creek.