Information Regarding Environmental Audit Reports
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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 Environment Protection Act 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environmental audit reports, appointed environmental auditors who are highly certificates and statements may be withdrawn or qualified and skilled individuals.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 INFORMATION 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.gov.au/envaudit any appendices and, where applicable, any certificate Email: [email protected] or statement of environmental audit. 70798-1,2&3_a 1 Places Victoria Environmental Audit Report Precincts 1, 3 Service Order No: and 4, Junction Place, Wodonga 8003301, 8003302 & CARMS No: 70798-1, 2 & 3 8003303 ENAUABTF00455AA 7 October 2014 70798-1,2&3_a 2 This page has been left intentionally blank 70798-1,2&3_a 3 Environmental Audit Report Precincts 1, 3 and 4, Junction Place, Wodonga CARMS No: 70798-1, 2 & 3 Prepared for Places Victoria Prepared by Coffey Environments Australia Pty Ltd Level 1, 436 Johnston Street Abbotsford VIC 3067 Australia t: +61 3 9290 7094 f: +61 3 9290 7499 ABN: 65 140 765 902 Project Director / Environmental Auditor Phil Sinclair 7 October 2014 ENAUABTF00455AA Quality information Revision history Revision Description Date Originator Approver R01 Final 7/10/2014 Emma Moffitt Phil Sinclair Distribution Report Status No. of copies Format Distributed to Date Final 1 hard copy Environment Protection Authority 7/10/2014 Final 2 CD Environment Protection Authority 7/10/2014 Final 1 hard copy Places Victoria 7/10/2014 Final 1 CD Places Victoria 7/10/2014 Final 1 hard copy City of Wodonga 7/10/2014 Final 1 CD City of Wodonga 7/10/2014 Coffey Environments Australia Pty Ltd i ABN: 65 140 765 902 70798-1,2&3_a 4 Environmental Audit Report Precincts 1, 3 and 4, Junction Place, Wodonga CARMS No: 70798-1, 2 & 3 Auditor Phil Sinclair Auditor account number 75667 Auditor appointment end date 2 June 2013 – 1 June 2015 Auditor’s appointment category CL Audit type 53X Date EPA notified of audit 4 May 2012 Audit service order number SO 8003301 PRECINCT 1 (70798-1) SO 8003302 PRECINCT 3 (70798-2) SO 8003303 PRECINCT 4 (70798-3) Name of person requesting audit Richard Bender Regional Director North (former employee) Victorian Urban Renewal Authority (Places Victoria) ABN: 61 868 774 623 Tel (03) 8317 3400 Relationship of person requesting Employee of land owner (with the exception of the Ambulance station audit to site owned by Ambulance Victoria) Name of premise owner Places Victoria (with the exception of the Ambulance station owned by Ambulance Victoria) Date of auditor engagement 7 May 2012 (the date at which contract was finalised) Completion date of audit 7 October 2014 Reason for audit Environmental Audit Overlay Audit Categorisation CL Environmental Segments Air, land, groundwater, surface water If the audit was required by an EPA Not applicable notice, licence or other, please provide EPA reference number Current land use zoning Comprehensive Development Zone – Schedule 1 (CDZ1) EPA Region North East Municipality Wodonga Dominant Lot on title plan Volume 11359 Folio 827# Additional Lot on title plan(s) Vol. 11405 Fol. 389, Vol. 9699 Fol. 299 Vol. 9798 Fol. 188 Vol. 9798 Fol. 190 Vol. 11169 Fol. 244 Vol. 9856 Fol. 928# Vol. 11169 Fol. 249 Vol. 9569 Fol. 809 Vol. 11423 Fol. 948 Vol. 9571 Fol. 814 Vol. 10621 Fol. 606 Vol. 9571 Fol. 813 Vol.9798 Fol. 189 # part of lot is on the site Coffey Environments Australia Pty Ltd ii ABN: 65 140 765 902 70798-1,2&3_a 5 Environmental Audit Report Precincts 1, 3 and 4, Junction Place, Wodonga CARMS No: 70798-1, 2 & 3 Site/Premises name Precincts 1, 3 and 4, Junction Place, Wodonga Building/complex sub-unit/lot no. Street/lot – lower number 2 Street/lot – upper number 46 Street name Elgin Street type Boulevard Street suffix - Suburb / Town Wodonga Postcode 3690 GIS coordinate of site centroid Longitude / Easting 146.886404 Latitude / Northing -36.119211 Site area (in square metres) 69,000 m2 (approximately) Plan of site/premises showing the Yes audit site boundaries attached Plan of site/premises showing the No audit site boundary attached in a spatial data format Members and categories of support Karen Teague (human health and ecological risk assessment), Tim team utilised Marshall (hydrogeology) Further work or requirements Three of the four Statement of Environmental audit require implementation of a Soil Contamination Management Plan during development for 3 of the 4 areas covered by SoEA Nature and extent of continuing risk Residual contamination remains at the site in the form of a surficial fill layer that contains elevated levels of metals and TPHs and remnant TPH at the base of two remediation excavations (one within Parcel 1.1 and one crossing the boundaries of Parcels 3.1 and 3.2). Concentrations of these contaminants are such that a number of beneficial uses of the site may be compromised without appropriate site management measures being applied for 3 of the 4 of the areas covered by SoEA. The attached SoEA impose conditions that will effectively manage the risks involved. These conditions include restriction on the use of groundwater at the site and application of a Soil Contamination Management Plan for 3 of the 4 SoEA areas to ensure that the contaminated soil does not impact on construction workers. There are TPH concentrations in soil that require management in some locations. Outcome of the audit Four (4) Statements of Environmental Audit Has EPA determined CUTEP at this No site? Has the auditor determined CUTEP Yes at this site? Has a GQRUZ been identified at the No (a GQRUZ has been identified by the auditor) site/beyond the site by EPA? Coffey Environments Australia Pty Ltd iii ABN: 65 140 765 902 70798-1,2&3_a 6 Environmental Audit Report Precincts 1, 3 and 4, Junction Place, Wodonga CARMS No: 70798-1, 2 & 3 Does LNAPL remain at the site? No Please indicate which of the Protected Use Precluded? Protected Beneficial Uses of Maintenance of Ecosystems groundwater are precluded due to pollution Potable water supply (desirable) Not applicable Potable water supply (acceptable) Potable Mineral Water Supply Not applicable Agriculture, Parks and Gardens Stock Watering Primary Contact Recreation Industrial water us Buildings and Structures Not considered precluded Historic land use 1873 - 2012 approx.