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2 Bulwer Street PERTH WA 6000 T: (+61) 8 9227 2600 F (+61) 8 9227 2699 www.auroraenvironmental.com.au Licence Application Kojonup Piggery 30 Crapella Road Boscabel, WA -* Prepared For: Westpork Pty Ltd Unit 1, 7 Foundry Street Maylands, WA Report Number: AP2020-096 Report Version: V1 Report Date: 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application DISCLAIMER This document has been produced in accordance with and subject to an agreement between Aurora Environmental (“Aurora”) and the client for whom it has been prepared (“Client”). It is restricted to those issues that have been raised by the Client in its engagement of Aurora and prepared using the standard of skill and care ordinarily exercised by Environmental / Occupational Health and Safety consultants in the preparation of such documents. Any person or organisation that relies on or uses the document for purposes or reasons other than those agreed by Aurora and the Client without first obtaining the prior written consent of Aurora, does so entirely at their own risk and should not alter their position or refrain from doing so in reliance of this document. Aurora denies all liability in tort, contract or otherwise for any loss, damage or injury of any kind whatsoever (whether in negligence or otherwise) that may be suffered as a consequence of relying on this document for any purpose other than that agreed by Aurora QUALITY ASSURANCE Aurora Environmental has implemented a comprehensive range of quality control measures on all aspects of the company’s operation. An internal quality review process has been applied to each project task undertaken by us. Each document is carefully reviewed and signed off by senior members of the consultancy team prior to issue to the client. Document No: WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Report No: AP2020-096 Author: Caitlin Hewitt Senior Environmental Scientist 19 June 2020 Signature Date Reviewed by: Kate McCormack Senior Environmental Engineer 19 June 2020 Signature Date Aurora Environmental WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Page 2 of 21 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application DISTRIBUTION NO. OF REPORT REPORT FILE NAME DATE PREPARED FOR INITIALS COPIES STATUS 1 WPK2020-014_LIC_002_CH_V0.1 Draft 5 June 2020 Westpork Pty Ltd CH 1 WPK2020-014_LIC_002_CH_V1 Final 19 June 2020 Westpork Pty Ltd KM 1 WPK2020-014_LIC_002_CH_V1 Final 19 June 2020 DWER KM Aurora Environmental WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Page 3 of 21 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application TABLE OF CONTENTS ATTACHMENTS 6 1 INTRODUCTION 7 1.1 BACKGROUND 7 1.2 PURPOSE 7 1.3 LICENSEE AND OPERATOR OF PREMISES 7 1.4 LOCATION, TENURE, ZONING AND LAND USE 7 1.5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY 8 2 PREMISES DESCRIPTION 9 2.1 PIGGERY TYPE 9 2.2 STOCK NUMBERS 9 2.3 PIGGERY INFRASTRUCTURE 10 2.4 WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATION 11 2.4.1 Effluent Management 11 2.4.2 Sludge Removal from Sludge Drying Bed 11 2.4.3 Solids Removal from the Screw Press Separators 11 2.5 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 12 2.5.1 Spent Bedding 12 2.5.2 Mortalities 12 2.6 SITE UPGRADES 12 2.6.1 Drying Beds/Sedimentation Ponds 12 2.6.2 Anaerobic Pond 1 12 2.6.3 Evaporation Pond 1 12 2.6.4 Southern Evaporation Pond 12 2.6.5 Stormwater Ponds 12 2.6.6 Anaerobic Digester 13 2.6.7 Fan Separator 13 2.6.8 Composting Bunkers 13 3 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT 14 3.1 CLIMATE 14 Aurora Environmental WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Page 4 of 21 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application 3.2 TOPOGRAPHY 14 3.3 GEOLOGY AND SOILS 14 3.4 ACID SULFATE SOILS 15 3.5 HYDROLOGY 15 3.6 HYDROGEOLOGY 15 3.7 FLORA AND VEGETATION 16 3.7.1 Flora of Conservation Significance 16 3.7.2 Vegetation of Conservation Significance 17 3.8 FAUNA 17 3.8.1 Fauna Habitats and Habitat Condition 17 3.8.2 Significant Fauna 17 3.9 INDIGENOUS HERITAGE 17 3.10 EUROPEAN HERITAGE 17 3.11 SURROUNDING LAND USE 18 3.11.1 Sensitive Receptors 18 4 ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 19 4.1 RISK ASSESSMENT 19 4.1.1 Risk Analysis / Rating Process 19 4.1.2 Risk Evaluation / Rating Determination 19 4.1.3 Risk Treatment / Acceptability of Risk Event 19 5 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND REPORTING 22 5.1 MONITORING 22 5.2 REPORTING 22 6 REFERENCES 23 TABLES IN TEXT A. Stock Numbers and SPU Housed In Conventional Sheds and Ecoshelters B. Wastewater Treatment Pond Details D. Emissions and Discharges Risk Assessment Aurora Environmental WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Page 5 of 21 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application ATTACHMENTS LIST OF FIGURES 1. Regional Location 2. Site Layout 3. Sensitive Receptors LIST OF APPENDICES 1. Certificate of Title 2. NatureMap Report 3. Protected Matters Search Report Aurora Environmental WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Page 6 of 21 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND In April 2019, Westpork Pty Ltd (Westpork) purchased the Kojonup Piggery from GD Pork, located at 30 Crapella Road, Boscabel (the premises), approximately 238 km south-east of Perth, WA (Figure 1). Westpork are seeking to have the piggery licenced for 28,368 Standard Pig Units (SPU) under Schedule 1 of the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987, prescribed as Category 2: Intensive Piggery: premises on which pigs are fed, watered and housed in pens. Significant upgrades have been implemented at the site since Westpork took ownership of the operation under Works Approval W6268/2019/1. 1.2 PURPOSE The purpose of this licence application is to request approval to operate an intensive piggery at the premises, as required under Section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1986. The premise is prescribed under Category 2 – intensive piggery: premises on which pigs are fed, watered and housed in pens. 1.3 LICENSEE AND OPERATOR OF PREMISES The licensee and operator is Westpork Pty Ltd. The contact details for Westpork are listed below: Contact person: Neil Ferguson Chief Executive Officer [email protected] Phone: +61 8 9271 2844 Fax: +61 8 9271 2855 Premises Address: 30 Crapella Road Lot 10 on Plan 23562 Boscabel, WA 6394 Postal Address: 1/7 Foundry Street Maylands, WA 6051 1.4 LOCATION, TENURE, ZONING AND LAND USE The premises are located at 30 Crapella Road, Boscabel (Lot 10 on Plan 23562). The piggery is privately owned by Westpork Pty Ltd, with a copy of the certificate of title provided in Appendix 1. The land is zoned ‘rural’ under Shire of Kojonup Town Planning Scheme 3. The current land use is agriculture (intensive piggery). Aurora Environmental WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Page 7 of 21 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application 1.5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY The premises are located within the Shire of Kojonup. Aurora Environmental WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Page 8 of 21 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application 2 PREMISES DESCRIPTION 2.1 PIGGERY TYPE There are five stages in pig production: 1. Breeding. 2. Gestating or dry sows. 3. Farrowing. 4. Weaning. 5. Growing / finishing. Intensive piggeries can include one or more of the stages listed above and generally fall into one of the following categories: • Farrow-to-finish – includes the breeder, weaner and grower / finisher stages. The pigs born at the site are reared until sale age (20-26 weeks of age). • Breeder – includes breeding stock, with the offspring being removed from the piggery at, or just after, the weaning phase. • Weaner – includes only weaner pigs, aged from 3 weeks to 10 weeks of age. • Grower/finisher – includes grower pigs (aged from 10 weeks to 16 weeks of age) and finisher (from 16 weeks up to 26 weeks of age). Westpork propose to operate the Kojonup piggery as a grower facility, accepting weaners (3-10 weeks old) from offsite and growing the pigs onsite until finishing stage (approximately 23.5 weeks). The pigs will be housed in a combination of eco-shelters and conventional sheds. 2.2 STOCK NUMBERS In determining the production or design capacity of intensive piggeries, DWER considers the maximum number of pigs within the premises at any one time, determined using SPU (DWER, 2018). Westpork propose to accept approximately 1,400 weaners per week (average of 72,000 annually) and will house on average 17,870 pigs in eco-shelters and 7,658 pigs in conventional sheds at any one time. The total maximum number of pigs at any given time will not exceed 26,024 animals (29,709 SPU). Table A lists the average stock numbers and SPU housed in conventional sheds and eco-shelters. All of the weaners will be housed in the sheds along with 50% of the porkers and 30% of the growers and finishers. This number may fluctuate but is unlikely to exceed the maximum stock numbers listed in Table A. Aurora Environmental WPK2020-014-LIC_002_CH_V1 Page 9 of 21 19 June 2020 Westpork Kojonup – Licence Application TABLE A: STOCK NUMBERS AND SPU HOUSED IN CONVENTIONAL SHEDS AND ECOSHELTERS AVERAGE STOCK MAXIMUM STOCK 1 2 SPU NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TOTAL SPU NUMBER SPU PIG CLASS FACTOR ANIMALS IN ANIMALS IN NUMBER OF SHEDS ECOSHELTERS OF ANIMALS ANIMALS Weaners 0.514 5,487 2,352 7,839 4,029 7,991 4107 Porkers 1.075 5,730 2,455 8,185 8,799 8,344 8970 Growers 1.476 3,967 1,700 5,667 8,365 5,777 8527 Finishers 1.729 2,686 1,151 3,837 6,635 3,912 6764 Total 17,870 7,658 25,529 27,828 26,024 28,368 2.3 PIGGERY INFRASTRUCTURE The piggery is comprised of the following infrastructure as shown in Figure 2: • 14 conventional sheds.
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    Riverina Wildflowers Native Nursery Page 1/24 Small Shrubs Acacia (Wattle) s Scientific Name Common Name Height Metres Description Leafless grey branches, single y Acacia aphylla Leafless Rock Wattle 2m T, P ellow flowers. Prostrate form, leaves grey, yel Acacia baileyana Cootamundra Wattle 1m P low flowers. Erect shrub, leaves hard rasp-li ke surface, golden rod shaped flowe Acacia denticulosa Sandpaper Wattle 2m T, P rs spring. Small shrub, pale yellow fl Acacia drummondii Drummonds Wattle 2m P owers in spring. Prostrate form, arching branches, y Acacia pravissima Ovens Wattle .7m ellow flowers. Prostrate form, weeping habit, b Acacia vestita Hairy Wattle .7m right yellow flowers. Small shrub with dense weeping l Acacia cognata Fettuccini PBR 1m P ime-green wavy compact foliage. Small compact shrub with dense f Acacia cognata Limelight PBR 1m P ine lime-green weeping foliage. Adenanthos ( Woollybush ) Scientific Name Common Name Height Metres Description Spreading shrub, fine silver grey l Adenanthos cunninghamii Albany Woollybush .8m eaves, red flowers spring-summer. Spreading shrub, bronze red young g Adenanthos cuneatus Jugflower 1m rowth, dull red flowers. Low shrub, bright orange-red flower Adenanthos obovatus Basket Flower 1m s spring-summer. Adenanthos pungens ssp effusus Coral Cover .7m Tall shrub, fine soft hairy foli Adenanthos sericeus Woollybush 1.5-2m age, reddish flowers. Page 2/24 Small shrub, fine soft hairy folia Adenanthos sericeus Dwarf 1m ge, reddish flowers. Medium erect shrub, yellow flowe Adenanthos detmoldii Jugflower 3m P rs during spring. Austromyrtus Scientific Name Common Name Height Metres Description Small low spreading plant, white fl Austromyrtus dulcis Midgen .5m owers spring, greyish fruit.