Non-Compliance detail


  
Summary
 
Licence number: 828
Annual Return Start: 01 Apr 2011
Annual Return End: 31 Mar 2012
Date Received: 31 May 2012
 
Licence Condition numberType of non-complianceEPA actionsNo. of times occurred
L3.1 Exceeded 100%ile limit for Nitrogen Oxides due to combustion within Primary Reformer. Installed Purge Gas Scrubber to reduce ammonia concentration. Commissioning delayed until June 2012 due to Plant shutdown. Testing for operational performance. EPA has written to licensee regarding non-compliance and relevant action 1
L3.6 100%ile concentration limit exceeded for Arsenic & Total Suspended Solids. Site effluent temperature limit exceeded due to periodic discharge of effluent with elevated temperatures. Installed additional cooling capacity. Monitoring of equipment. Penalty Notice issued 5
O5.1 A number of above ground tanks containing materials that could cause environmental harm not bunded in accordance with Australian Standard. Undertaking improvement program & reporting on progress at completion of each project. PRP to address non-compliance(s) issued 1
M3 Sampling location at Monitoring Point 8 does not fully meet requirements for free air flow around unit due to not being installed per requirements for AS. Sampling planes for Monitoring Pts 16 & 21 stacks not designed and installed per AS. PRP to address non-compliance(s) issued 1
M2.3 Not all monitoring completed due to rainfall events preventing access to stormwater sampling point & issues with stormwater pit cover. Automatic samplers installed at each monitoring point. Penalty Notice issued 4
R2.1 EPA Newcastle office notified directly of incidents rather than via the EPA Environment Line so as to ensure timely notification. Procedures updated to comply with notification via EPA Environment Line. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
O1.1 Ammonia release following damage to an ammonia drain line during site works. Incident investigated and Orica prosecuted for breach of s 64 of POEO Act, condition O1.1. Orica pleady guilty to this offence. Non-compliance(s) under investigation 1
O2.1(b) Airborne release of sodium chromate containing solution from SP8 vent stack in Ammonia Plant. EPA prosecuted Orica in relation to this incident. Orica pleaded guilty. Remedial activities undertaken. Non-compliance(s) under investigation 1
U12.1/U12.2/U12.4 Training of personnel not completed by due date due to training inadvertently not identified as a requirement of the conditions of licence. Training arranged for all affected teams & completed by 2 April 2012. Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1