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Provides “breathing space” to investigate & implement alternative wastetechnologies (AWT)No upgrade means transporting wastes out of the region at very high cost toresidents (could be up to $150/tonne and rising)The proposal enables Blue Mountains waste to be managed within the MountainsImpacts of current operations Some leachate from existing landfill is entering Cripple Creek via stormwater pipe -action agreed with EPA under Pollution Reduction programPrivet and exotic species in the Melaleuca forest and surrounding bushlandThe landfill/old quarry are visible to some nearby residentsThe EIS community consultation thus far indicates odour, noise and traffic impactson nearby residentsLandfill operationsWaste is emptied from vehicles at the tipping face and a compactor drives over thewaste to compress itThe landfill is filled in layers with soil between them - at the end of each day, soil isput on top of the wasteRain falls on the landfill and drains to the bottom of the landfill. Leachate iscollected and treated so it doesn’t affect groundwater qualitySome of the waste biodegrades to form landfill gas. This gas can be managed byventing to atmosphere, “flared” or used to produce electricity (if sufficient gasavailable)SummaryLandfill space at Blaxland is almost exhausted - need to dispose of waste from theMountainsDisposal outside of the region is very expensiveStage 1 only involves extending the landfill into an existing quarryActions planned for Stage 2 and 3 will minimise the amount of waste being put intolandfill/reduce impacts from site/ improve facilities for local residentsOnly waste from the Mountains can go into the upgraded landfill (existing Councilpolicy)EPA licence conditions are strict - ensuring that landfilling operations are carefullymanaged (now and future)21/12282/100563 Blaxland Waste Management Facility UpgradeCommunity Workshops4
3. Workshop OutcomesAfter the introductory presentation, participants broke into four groups to talk about theproposal. A facilitator from either BMCC or GHD assisted each group to segregate theissues into the five broad topic areas listed below:Air quality and odour;Traffic;Noise;Ecology; andOther issues.The issues raised by each of the groups in each area were then consolidated by thegroup facilitator (Margaret Harvie) and presented back to the whole workshop group.Word for word transcripts of the information provided by participants were put ontosummary sheets that have been reproduced below, for the morning and afternoonsessions. People attending the workshop confirmed the various list of issues asaccurate.During each workshop session, an exercise was carried out where each person wasgiven five stick-on dots and allowed to place these against the issues on the summarysheets that they felt most strongly about. It was explained to each group that all of thedots could be put against one issue or one or more dots could be put against a numberof different issues.It was also explained that the more dots put against an issue, the higher would be theperceived importance of that issue. This did not mean that issues without dots or withless dots were unimportant, but rather that those with more dots needed to be giventhe highest priority..Once all the dots had been placed, they were added up and the issues were ranked(first, second, third etc), the workshop facilitator summarised those issues with thehighest ranking in front of the entire group.The issues and the scores obtained are discussed below.3.1 Morning workshop 10.00 am – 12.00 pm3.1.1 Consolidated issuesConsolidated issues from each of the four working groups were arranged under thefive broad topic areas mentioned above.21/12282/100563 Blaxland Waste Management Facility UpgradeCommunity Workshops5
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