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13 June 2014
Alex Shaap
Director of Environmental Management
EPA
GPO Box 1751
Hobart 7001
Dear Sir
EER Supplement for Hagen Oil Recycling Facility
8 Venture Court, Invermay
On behalf of Hagen Oil, I refer to your correspondence of 6 June 2014 in which you note that the
Environmental Effects Report (EER) addresses many of the public, State Government and Council
comments. However you note that there are a number of issues raised, solely by the Launceston
City Council, which you have deemed require further information. It is apparent that the Local
Authority is not able to request such further information based on apparent environmental grounds
at this stage of the process. Nevertheless, as the EPA we recognise that you can seek such
information throughout the assessment process. We note that in your correspondence you have
listed what information you seek and therefore attached is a table that address the issues raised
and provides the information that the Board seeks.
We hope that this information will meet your requirements.
Yours sincerely,
James Wood
Principal Consultant
On behalf of Hagen Oil
Attachment
Supplementary Reports and Figures
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EER section Comment Further information response
B.1, p7
para1
Details required in relation to days of operation. The EER states that the plant will operate from7am to 5.30pm for
processing materials. Normal operation will be Monday to Friday., in line
with normal business practice and to meet Hagen Oil client expectations.
However receival of materials may occur outside of these hours.
C.2, p1,
para2
States uncovered areas of site will have compacted gravels,
recommend that these surfaces are sealed.
The yard including driveway and parking areas are not intended to be used
for any material storage, apart from solid waste skip bins.
Nevertheless after review, the Civil Engineer has advised that the material
to used will be desecrated basalt to DIER specification, known as shoulder
material, which will compact to 100% and then be top dressed with 5mm
blue metal. He has also advised that the finish will be adequate for all
weather proposed use.
C.9, p22,
para 2
States that the proposed yard will be constructed to enable
vehicles to drive through and avoid reversing which can be a
noisy operation. However, Figure 6 on page 16 indicates that
vehicles will need to reverse on site.
Require clarification on truck movements on site and impact
that this may have on nearby residents if trucks need to reverse
on site.
Figure 6 remains unchanged and clearly demonstrates truck movements in
the yard. Note an original A3 copy of plan was previously submitted to
both the EPA and LCC. A minor amount of reversing will occur and this
potential noise is as expected in an industrial zone and is consistent with
surrounding land uses (E.g. Sainty bus depot)
B.3, p14-15 Figure 4 shows an area proposed to be used as a bunded area
for drum processing, while in Figure 5 the same area is shown
Figures 4 and 5 have been redrafted and combined into a single plan,
here in referred to as Figure 45 and where ever reference is made to either
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as being proposed to be used for a tank farm and treatment
tanks. This should be clarified and a site plan provided to
demonstrate all uses of the site, such as drum storage, tank
farm, settling tanks, storage of legacy waste, drum washing,
waste bins, car parking. This may help to also clarify and
demonstrate that the site has sufficient available space &
capacity for the proposed use, particularly in relation to the
statement that some of the settling processes may take up to
several months to achieve the objective of separation for reuse
or management, (statement on page 8).
Fig 4 or Fig 5 in the EER, this will be substituted as referring to Figure 45.
Figures 6 and 7 remain unchanged. Copies of Figures 45, 6 and 7 are
attached for A3 printing.
