Well it seems industry realised Monday was a holiday & finally we received a quieter than usual evening, a relief for many within the community. We have to thank the DEC for getting involved and sorting those responsible out, we just hope it's explained licenses are given in the first place for them to abide by.
It will be interesting to hear why the sirens were going off today at 11.55am I suppose it was those damn contractors again (not).
At 4.35 while sitting on the back patio trying to enjoy a coffee & the peace and quiet,my partner complained of burning,itchy eyes . Later when talking to others at a Community Industries Forum we attended, it seem there are quite a few with the same complaint. Even people from Perth have said as soon as they reach Kwinana their eyes start itching & get sore, so I guess it's not our imagination after all. Maybe one day the health department will have to do a proper independent health study, instead of placing it in the too hard basket they may even learn a few home truths!
At the CIF a presenter came from Adelaide Brighton the parent company of Cockburn Cement, he went to great lenghts to point out how he had just started working for the company & his back ground was in oil and gas. So there wasn't any point in questioning him on the company here, he wouldn't have have the knowledge on the stacks or their emissions. It has taken 6 months for them to respond to questions asked last December, but now they may have just outsmarted themselves with this gag. The Kwinana Cumulative Risk & Land Planning Study has just been completed the report will be out soon. It will be interesting to see if they give information in the study that we have attempted to get from Rockingham council and yet they have not been forth coming with.
In General Business: Two new companies had started up on the Kwinana strip, the Noise issue was raised along with the fact that communities had not been informed of the commencement of these plants. A vote of NO confidence from community members representing different groups was tabled, but industry claim there was nothing in the Charter to allow this form action to be taken so it's necessary to find another avenue.
Air quality Management have a community "Grants Program now running,together with State agencies, industries, communities, local government and the commonwealth. The department is undertaking research, scientific investigations, monitoring and management actions to deliver effective responses to air quality issues across the State". Those interested in applying or wanting more information go to www.dec.wa.gov.au/airquality or call 92198724
Hopefully when this gets off the ground, we will start to get answers instead of anything but!
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