Licence conditions for pollution studies and reduction program


  

Licence conditions for pollution studies and reduction programs

Summary
 
Licence number: 13007
Title: Coal Ash Repository Water Sampling Program
Start date: 15 Dec 2021
 
Licence Condition
The licensee must implement the Coal Ash Repository Water Sampling Program detailed in the report titled "Mt Piper Power Station: Coal Ash Repository Water Sampling Program", prepared by Environmental Resources Management Australia Pty Ltd, dated 23 September 2022 (EPA reference DOC22/848750).
By 24 February 2024, the licensee must prepare, and provide to the EPA, a Coal Ash Repository Water Characterisation Report (Water Characterisation Report) that details the findings of the Coal Ash Repository Water Sampling Program required under PRS U1. The water Characterisation Report must:  a) be prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced person/s and in consultation with the EPA; b) include all sampling results and summary statistics; c) include, as a separate electronic attachment, an Excel spreadsheet file of all results. This file must provide results in long format, with sampling dates as row labels and analytes as column labels; d) screen sampling results for pollutants of concern with reference to relevant guidelines including the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality (ANZG, 2018). (Where no ANZG [2018] guideline value exists, relevant benchmark values from other sources, including other guidelines, scientific literature and grey literature, should be used.  e) identify all potential pollutants of concern in the ash water.  The Water Characterisation Report must be provided to the EPA by email to info@epa.nsw.gov.au.