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Non-Compliance detail
Summary
Licence number:
828
Annual Return Start:
01 Apr 2010
Annual Return End:
31 Mar 2011
Date Received:
27 May 2011
Licence Condition number
Type of non-compliance
EPA actions
No. of times occurred
L3.1
Exceedance of 100th percentile concentration limit at Point 23 in respect of temperature for 0.25% of the year due to periodic discharge of effluent with elevated temperature. A condensate purifier was installed to reduce temperature.
EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action
1
M2.1
Failure to collect stormwater samples in respect of Points 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 during discharge as required as there was no rainfall events when laboratory staff were available on site during these months.
EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action
3
L1.1
Loss of containment of nitric acid from the No 1 Nitric Acid Plant on 19 October 2010.
Non-compliance(s) under investigation
1
M3.1
Sampling planes for Point 16 & 21 do not comply with requirements of the Australian Standard due to irregular stack walls. Investigations are under way to design compliant sampling plains to enable sampling to be undertaken.
EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action
1
L2.1
Nitrogen oxide mass discharge exceeded the Load Limit due to reformer stack recycling of purge gas with the Ammonia Plant to primay reformer combustion system. A scrubbing system is being installed in July 2011 and will prevent a recurrence.
EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action
1
L3.1
Exceedance of 100th percentile concentration limit at Point 20 in respect of NOx. A scrubbing system is being installed in July 2011 to prevent teh receurrence of this non compliance.
EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action
1