COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2018 PROJECT STATUS THREE YEAR FUNDING

WE ARE PROUD TO BE SUPPORTING BY FUNDING $230,000 OVER THREE YEARS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT AND UPGRADE OF GRACE CAMPBELL RESERVE AND ADJOINING LAND.

The project is still in the early planning phase with a project We have applied for the further Botany Groundwater plan and schedule currently export of 2,440 tonnes of Cleanup Continues Safely being developed. We are continuing hydraulic this waste to treatment plants in “Bayside Council has partnered containment and treatment of up Finland and Sweden. Approval from with to update the play space to 6 megalitres (ML; million litres) of the Australian and destination at Grace Campbell Reserve” said contaminated groundwater a day. governments is required. Mayor Bill Saravinovski, “Orica is The stockpile of HCB waste is a legacy > 2,661 ML of groundwater treated helping Council fund these much of past manufacturing and was since 2005, approximately three needed works as part of Council’s approximately 15,000 tonnes before quarters of this volume has been ongoing commitment to upgrading export commenced. It includes used for industrial processes, ageing assets and promoting concentrated waste and low level offsetting demand on ’s community hubs for families to play waste, such as contaminated used water supply and enjoy their local area.” packaging materials. There are no > 1,429 tonnes of chlorinated treatment plants in capable hydrocarbons (CHC’s) destroyed of treating the concentrated HCB Export and Destruction of waste. We are investigating options Waste Progressing for the low level waste in Australia. A total of 1,635 tonnes of Detailed information about our hexachlorobenzene (HCB) waste has projects is available at been shipped to Finland and all will www.orica.com/Botany. You can also have been safely destroyed by hear more at community meetings or the end of this year. call us on 1800 025 138.

1 | COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 2018 SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS

These great projects have recently benefited from our Botany community investment program > South Sydney High School Enclosed vegetable garden 1 – $9,000 > Little Heroes Swim Academy “Botany Mad About Inclusion” swim program – $2,400 > The Smith Family’s “Learning for Life Student Sponsorships” – $8,496 > Public School coding program – $6,625 > Randwick Botany Little Athletics Centre – new high jump mat covers –$4,500 > Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation – Aboriginal Youth Mental Health First Aid – $4,500 Applications in the next round open on 12 February and close on 5 April 2019. The application form and eligibility criteria are available on our website or can be requested by calling our hotline.

2 | COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 2018 DO YOU PROPERTY MATTERS KNOW ABOUT THE BAN ON We are currently progressing Requirements from the Department DOMESTIC BORE investigations into the sale of Lot 9 of Planning and Environment. at Southlands, located on McPherson An Environmental Impact Statement, WATER USE? Street, Banksmeadow. We are including an assessment of potential Since 2003 the NSW Government seeking development approval for impacts such as traffic will then be has had a ban on domestic bore a suspended concrete platform prepared for the project. We aim to water use in a number of different to support warehouse buildings sell the land with the development areas in response to groundwater and hardstand/car parking above an approved. We do not plan to contamination that has occurred existing compensatory flood storage implement the development; from a range of past manufacturing area. We have requested Secretary’s that will be done by the purchaser. activities. Orica continues to treat Environmental Assessment groundwater in the Groundwater Treatment Plant to ensure there are no unacceptable health risks WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING to the community. OPERATIONS AT BOTANY. THERE IS LAND THAT IS SURPLUS TO OUR NEEDS, WHICH WE WILL CONTINUE TO SELL FOR For more information about the INDUSTRIAL USE. groundwater restriction zones in Sydney please contact the Water NSW Office on 1800 353 104.

WHO WE ARE We are the world’s largest provider For more than 75 years Orica and our of commercial explosives and predecessor, ICI, had manufacturing innovative blasting systems to operations at BIP. During former the mining, quarrying, oil and gas, operations environmental standards and construction markets, a leading and regulations were not of today’s AT BOTANY WE ARE supplier of sodium cyanide for gold standards and contamination of COMMITTED TO SAFELY extraction, and a specialist provider soil and groundwater occurred. CLEANING UP LEGACY CONTAMINATION IN of ground support services in mining We no longer have any chemical CONSULTATION WITH and tunnelling. In the past we manufacturing activities at the BIP GOVERNMENT AND also manufactured a wide range and have sold lands that have been THE COMMUNITY of plastics and industrial chemicals, remediated. At Botany we are some of which are still manufactured committed to safely cleaning up by others at Botany Industrial legacy contamination in consultation Park (BIP). with government and the community.

3 | COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 2018 LOOKING FOR NEXT A WAY TO GET COMMUNITY INVOLVED? MEETING SITE TOURS

The Orica Botany Liaison Committee Our next community meeting will We are happy to organise site Meeting (OBLC) is an open meeting be held on 5 March 2019 at tours for interested residents to discuss our legacy projects with us, Hillsdale Community Centre, and community groups. government representatives and 236 Bunnerong Road, Hillsdale Call 1800 025 138 to register other interested community from 5:30pm–7.30pm. your interest. members. You may be interested in Meetings are open to the public. attending a meeting and considering Come along to hear an update on applying to be a committee member the progress of our remediation in 2019. Visit our website or call the projects, including the export of hotline for an application form. hexachlorobenzene (HCB) waste CONTACT US for safe and permanent destruction, Orica’s Community Feedback, APPLY TO BE A COMMITTEE the clean-up of groundwater MEMBER IN 2019 Enquiries and Complaints Line contamination, and our plans 1800 025 138 to divest land. www.orica.com/Botany Write to [email protected], INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE or Community Matters, 16-20 Beauchamp Road, If you know of someone who would like information about our remediation Matraville, 2036 projects at Botany in a language other than English, please phone 131 450 to arrange for an interpretation. Please advise the interpreter to contact the Community Relations Team on 1800 025 138 or 02 9381 8115.

This newsletter has been prepared by Orica to share information about our remediation projects at Botany and news of our support for local community projects.

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