It was not until that a bridge was built across the head of the Spencer Gulf to connect them, replacing a punt. The Corporate Town of Port Augusta West was.
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Mundy portaugusta. This may include, but is not limited to, significant sports and recreation, arts and culture and group endeavours. Applications from former residents who have relocated to further their chosen pursuit will be assessed on a case by case basis.
Arts and Culture applications will be considered for emerging artists, musicians, cultural workers and groups for waiver of fees associated with the Yarta Purtli Gallery, Institute Theatre, Lea Memorial Theatre and Central Oval Port Augusta. Group applications will be considered for groups to participate in an officially recognised event. Applicants must demonstrate a strong commitment to their area of endeavour and a high level of achievement. Their endeavour must be formally recognised by an accredited State, National or International Association. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis but must be received at least four weeks prior to the planned activity if possible.
Community Grants The Community Grants scheme is designed to promote the active participation of local residents in community initiatives, to build and strengthen local networks and partnerships and to support community leadership, learning and skill development. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting high winds will remain for the rest of the day.
The EPA will continue to monitor the situation. The Bureau of Meterology has issued a severe weather warning. Damaging winds and dust can be expected across South Australia. Dusty conditions were experienced across South Australia due to seasonal northerly winds.
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The EPA monitoring equipment at Lea Memorial Oval detected high levels of dust with strong winds from a north-northwest wind direction indicating generally dusty conditions in the region. Flinders Power reported dust lifting off from the power station site. High winds were also experienced in Whyalla and Port Pirie with dust levels increasing. Air quality monitoring stations at Lea Memorial Oval and Stirling North detected elevated dust levels peaking at 5 pm and remaining elevated until 9.
EPA staff were on site and able to make visual observations. Visual analysis of samples collected from filters within air quality monitoring stations indicates that this dust has a similar composition to dust from other directions. Air quality monitoring stations at Lea Memorial and Stirling North detected elevated dust levels in the afternoon, peaking between 3 pm and 4 pm. Strong winds and high temperatures caused dust impacts in the Port Augusta region on Saturday 6 January. Air quality monitoring stations detected dust throughout the day, with northerly and westerly winds bringing dust from open areas north of the township.
Topsoil on the ash dam at the former power stations site further contributed to elevated dust levels when a southerly change brought stronger winds late in the afternoon. Finders Power reported the front hit the ash dam at 4. This graph shows hourly average dust levels and wind direction and wind speed at the Lea Memorial Oval monitoring station. Latest community update, 24 January Weather conditions in summer can cause significant dust in the Upper Spencer Gulf region, from both natural and built areas.
Industrial sites licensed by the EPA, including the site of the former power stations in Port Augusta, are required to take reasonable and practicable steps to minimise dust impacts from their site on the community. Samples of dust were collected from filters within air quality monitoring stations in Port Augusta, and sent to an independent laboratory for assessment. The results indicate that the majority of the dust contained soil and minerals, with some plant fragments and traces of dark particles.
This analysis is unable to determine whether any coal particles collected may be new for example from the coal stockpile areas , or from a historical presence in the soil after so many decades of coal handling in the region. Analysis of the dust from 27 December Long-term rehabilitation of the ash dam via topsoil and seeding requires detailed planning and takes time to complete, and as such a dust suppressant was applied to the surface of the ash dam as an interim dust control measure, which was considered the best option in the short term.
The dust suppressant was applied to the surface of the ash dam by aerial spraying during November and observations indicated that this was controlling dust. Extreme and unforeseen weather conditions and heavy rainfall on 27 to 29 December caused pooling on the ash dam and polishing pond surface, which impacted the integrity and effectiveness of the dust suppressant. Flinders Power immediately commenced reapplication of the suppressant.
The EPA met with Flinders Power on 3 January and inspected the site on 4 January to ensure that all possible measures were taken to minimise the dust. The EPA has been liaising extensively with the Port Augusta community since the beginning of , with individual phone calls, emails and meetings with residents in Port Augusta.
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Additionally, the EPA has provided regular updates to inform on the progress of activities. The EPA subsequently prepared a detailed report to summarise the response to the dust event. In response to the January dust event, the EPA required Flinders Power to undertake a root cause analysis RCA to identify the primary cause of the dust event, its contributing factors and develop recommendations to reduce the likelihood and consequences of its reoccurrence.
Flinders Power was required to review its closure plan and dust management plan in light of the RCA and provide revised versions of the plans to the EPA. The financial assurance is representative of the costs associated with the remaining site rehabilitation and monitoring obligations, including:. In recognition of this, the EPA licence requires a site audit be undertaken in late to evaluate the remaining financial liability. When any licensee ceases operations, the EPA must be satisfied that any potential environmental risks resulting from the site are managed prior to accepting a surrender of an EPA licence.
Commonly this is managed through the requirement to prepare a closure plan which addresses all potential environmental risks, and actions to mitigate these. The EPA has a guideline for developing a closure plan. The closure and post-closure plan, provided to the EPA in , details actions, timeframes and milestones for the management and rehabilitation of the site to minimise environmental harm. It considers the ash dam rehabilitation, surface water management, waste management including asbestos and scrap metal removal, removal of fuels, oils, lubricants and chemical substances from the site.
It has been reviewed and updated by Flinders Power over time to take into account updated information and changes arising from current site activities.
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Revised versions are assessed by the EPA prior to approval. The most recent revised closure and post-closure plan was approved by the EPA on 20 May and is now the responsibility of the new licence-holder Cu-River Mining. The EPA often requires licensees via a condition of licence to develop a dust management plan DMP to the satisfaction of the EPA to reduce the risk of off-site dust impacts.
Flinders Power managed dust during operation in a variety of ways and has had a condition of licence requiring a Dust Management Plan since 1 January When the power stations were in operation, a seawater and ash slurry was pumped into the ash dam which proved successful in managing dust. The EPA provided feedback on 15 April , requiring that the DMP be amended to contain strategies to minimise dust post closure, including long-term dust management from the ash dam. The post-closure DMP included interim measures to maintain the crust by continuing to pump seawater onto the ash dam.
It was evident at this time that the interim use of seawater for dust control was proving ineffective and the EPA required that Flinders Power submit a revised DMP by 15 September A revised DMP was submitted to the EPA on 9 September , and was conditionally approved subject to further prescribed amendments, including undertaking pro-active community engagement by 18 November The DMP is regularly reviewed and revised to ensure it remains reflective of changes to site conditions and operations.
Subsequent revised versionsare assessed by the EPA prior to approval. A standard beta attenuation monitor or BAM automatically measures and records airborne particles. This monitor works by collecting particles on a filter tape and measuring the reduction in beta rays travelling through the particles. From this, the concentration of airborne particles is calculated.
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E-BAM samplers operate continuously and do not need filter changes as frequently as high-volume air samplers do. This means the analysers can provide additional information, such as the time of day that peak particle concentrations occur. Used in conjunction with meteorological data, this helps identify sources of particle emissions. A metone E-sampler is a light scattering device to measure airborne particulate for operational process controls.
Does this type of data trigger any health advice or regulatory response? In Port Augusta, dust can originate from variety of sources such as moving vehicles on dirt roads, earthworks, domestic sources, wind blown natural dust or activities undertaken on former power station site. Example: The wind direction has just changed and the air has recently become dusty due to wind speed or a local activity has raised the dust levels near monitors. Example: There was a dust earlier in the day and the air was dusty for several hours. The air is no longer dusty.
It can also indicate how severe it is. Dust events — hour rolling average data may be used to alert residents for high dust levels or public health concerns or may trigger regulatory response. An index for any given pollutant is its concentration expressed as a percentage of the relevant criteria, or.
For dust PM 10 or PM 2. Cu-River Mining will be continuing this group as it progresses rehabilitation and works through its proposals and plans for site development. For information visit their website or contact. In South Australia, the Environment Protection Act establishes a legislative framework for the management of site contamination. Where site contamination exists and a responsible party is identified, the EPA can enter into a voluntary site contamination assessment proposal VSCAP for the detailed assessment work required to inform what, if any, remediation is required.
Assessment of site contamination is normally undertaken by site contamination consultants and in complex situations is reviewed by an independent EPA-accredited site contamination auditor, who produces a final audit report. Only suitably qualified and experienced persons undertake assessment and remediation. At privatisation, an assessment of contamination was undertaken and known to the SA Government and the power station operator.
Flinders Power when taking ownership of the site has accepted the responsibility for undertaking further assessment and remediation of the site and in September entered into a voluntary site contamination assessment proposal VSCAP defining the necessary site contamination assessment works. The purpose is to ensure all necessary remediation works are fully carried out as necessary.
An EPA-accredited site contamination auditor engaged by Flinders Power, has commenced an audit of the site to determine the nature and extent of any contamination at the site this includes soil, groundwater and surface water. The auditor will also determine the remediation measures necessary to ensure the land used in power station operation including the ash dam is fit for purpose and poses minimal threat of ongoing or future harm to the environment or human health. As part of the further assessment work at the power station site, a number of groundwater monitoring wells were installed around the site including the ash pond, coal-loading areas and railway line.
More than groundwater monitoring wells are located within the site and in Port Augusta to the north. More than 2, soil and water samples have been taken to date.