Environmental Issues
Public registers
POEO Public Register
Licences, applications and notices search
Penalty notices search
Enforceable undertakings search
Enforceable undertakings media releases
Exemptions and approvals search
Prosecutions or civil proceedings search
Terms of use: POEO public register
Licensing FAQs
List of licences
Unlicensed premises regulated by the EPA
Contaminated land record of notices
About the record of notices
List of notified sites
Tips for searching
Disclaimer
Dangerous goods licences
Pesticide licences
Radiation licences
Home
Public registers
POEO Public Register
Licences, applications and notices search
Non-Compliance detail
Summary
Licence number:
1683
Annual Return Start:
01 Jul 2008
Annual Return End:
30 Jun 2009
Date Received:
31 Aug 2009
Licence Condition number
Type of non-compliance
EPA actions
No. of times occurred
L3.3
Monitoring Point No.1 - Burwood Beach WWTW failed the 50%ile limit for Total Suspended Solids (TSS). Burwood Beach effluent is required to comply with 50%ile limit of 35 mg/L for TSS.
Appropriate Action taken by licensee
22
L3.3
Monitoring Point No.1 - Burwood Beach WWTW failed to meet the 90%ile limit for Total Suspended Solids (TSS) on several occasions during the licence period. Burwood Beach effluent is required to comply with a 90%ile limit of 50 mg/L for TSS.
Appropriate Action taken by licensee
14
L3.3
Burwood Beach WWTW failed the three-day geometric mean (3DGM) limit for Total Suspended Solids (TSS) on 7 occasions during the licence period. Burwood Beach effluent is required to comply with a 60 mg/L 3DGM limit for TSS.
Appropriate Action taken by licensee
7
L3.3
Burwood Beach WWTW failed the three-day geometric mean (3DGM) limit for Oil and Grease on one occasion during the licence period. Burwood Beach effluent is required to comply with the 15 mg/L 3DGM limit for Oil and Grease.
Appropriate Action taken by licensee
1
M2.1
Licence requires collection of a sample from inspection pit of the ocean outfall discharge, at the sampling frequency and in accordance with sampling method prescribed by licence. On 11/8/09 sample machine failed - sample not collected.
Appropriate Action taken by licensee
1
M2.1
Sample taken 3/5/09, sent to external laboratory for analysis of pesticides and PCB's, however sample bottle broke at lab and sample lost. Sample collected 13/5/09 as backup for 3/5/09. Next sample collected 1/6/09 - did not comply with frequency.
Appropriate Action taken by licensee
1
M2.1
A sample was not collected at Env Monitoring Point 8 on 15/12/08 due to poor weather conditions preventing safe access to sampling point. Sample frequency as prescribed by licence, of every 6 days was not achieved for this monitoring point.
Appropriate Action taken by licensee
1
L3.3
Burwood Beach WWTW failed the 90%ile limit for Oil and Grease on one occasion during the licence period. Burwood Beach effluent is required to comply with the 10 mg/L 90%ile limit for Oil and Grease.
EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action
1
L3.3
Burwood Beach WWTW failed the 50%ile limit for Oil and Grease on seven occasions during the licence period. Burwood Beach effluent is required to comply with the 5 mg/L 50%ile limit for Oil and Grease.
EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action
7