Licence conditions for pollution studies and reduction program


  

Licence conditions for pollution studies and reduction programs

Summary
 
Licence number: 1688
Title: PRP 303 Wet weather overflow abatement strategic framework
Start date: 30 Sep 2005
 
Licence Condition
303.1 The objective of the wet weather overflow pollution reduction program (PRP) is to require improvements to progress toward the wet weather overflow goals expressed in the document titled ”Licensing Sewerage Overflows – Environmental Impact Statement, June 1998 Volume 3 Bondi Open Outfall Sewer System”.
303.2 By 30 June 2013 the licensee must prepare and submit in writing to the EPA a strategic framework which will underpin the licensee’s wet weather overflows abatement program to 2021. The framework must include proposed investigations, works and activities capable of achieving the long term 2021 targets of 20 wet weather overflows per 10 years.
303.3 The licensee must submit with the Annual System Performance Report required by condition R5.6, a statement which provides: i) a summary of actions undertaken towards the preparation and implementation of the strategic framework as required by PRP303; and ii) the details of any investigations, works and activities that were undertaken and completed during the reporting period with the view to improving the wet weather overflow abatement performance of the system.
The EPA intends to impose a further PRP on this licence to implement wet weather overflow abatement works identified in the strategic framework to ensure progress towards achieving the long term 2021 target of 20 wet weather overflows per 10 years.
303.4 By 30 December 2013, the licensee must prepare and submit in writing to the EPA a methodology to identify future wet weather overflow abatement works programs to supplement the strategic framework required by condition PRP303.2. The methodology must provide at a minimum: i) detailed steps and conditions that the licensee proposes to use to identify and priorities future wet weather overflow abatement works; ii) detailed processes that the licensee proposes to apply to set the scope and extent of future wet weather overflow abatement works programs; iii) a codified description of the strategic framework approach; and iv) a proposed approach to justify any alternatives to the long term targets specified in condition PRP303.2.
The Licensee must prepare a 'Pollution Incident Response Management Plan' (PIRMP) that complies with Part 5.7A of the POEO Act (1997) in relation to the activity to which the licence relates. The PIRMP must be in the form required by the 'Regulations' and include the following: - the procedures to be followed by the holder of the relevant environment protection licence, or the occupier of the relevant premises, in notifying a pollution incident to: (i) the owners or occupiers of premises in the vicinity of the premises to which the environment protection licence or the direction under section 153B relates, and (ii) the local authority for the area in which the premises to which the environment protection licence or the direction under section 153B relates are located and any area affected, or potentially affected, by the pollution, and (iii) any persons or authorities required to be notified by Part 5.7, - a detailed description of the action to be taken, immediately after a pollution incident, by the holder of the relevant environment protection licence, or the occupier of the relevant premises, to reduce or control any pollution, - the procedures to be followed for co-ordinating, with the authorities or persons that have been notified, any action taken in combating the pollution caused by the incident and, in particular, the persons through whom all communications are to be made, - any other matter required by the regulations, including 'Keeping of Plan', 'Testing of Plan', and 'Implementation of Plan'’