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SOUTH COOGEE TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PLAN On behalf of : DEPARTMENT FOR PLANNING & INFRASTRUCTURE Prepared by: ENV Australia A.C.N. 091 839 520 Mezzanine Level, Central Park 152-158 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 Telephone (08) 9322 2366 Facsimile (08) 9322 4251 01.084RP002 April 2002

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SOUTH COOGEETRANSPORT MANAGEMENTPLAN

On behalf of :DEPARTMENT FOR PLANNING & INFRASTRUCTURE

Prepared by:ENV AustraliaA.C.N. 091 839 520Mezzanine Level, Central Park152-158 St Georges TerracePerth WA 6000Telephone (08) 9322 2366 Facsimile (08) 9322 4251

01.084RP002 April 2002

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................1

2. BACKGROUND..........................................................................................2

2.1 SITE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY........................................................................ 2

2.2 CONTAMINATION OVERVIEW............................................................................... 2

3. OBJECTIVES..............................................................................................3

3.1 TYPES OF WASTES ............................................................................................ 3

3.2 EXCAVATION AND LOADING METHODS................................................................. 5

3.3 VEHICLE CONTROLS........................................................................................... 5

3.4 ROADWORTHINESS OF VEHICLES........................................................................ 5

3.5 TRANSPORT ROUTES.......................................................................................... 6

3.6 DOCUMENTATION............................................................................................... 6

3.7 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN............................................................................ 7

4. CONTAMINATED SOIL REMOVAL PROCEDURE ..........................8

4.1 CONTROLS ........................................................................................................ 8

4.2 ACTIONS ........................................................................................................... 8

4.3 MONITORING AND REPORTING............................................................................ 9

4.4 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ....................................................................................... 9

5. CONTAMINATED SOIL TRANSPORT PROCEDURE................... 11

5.1 CONTROLS .......................................................................................................11

5.2 ACTIONS ..........................................................................................................11

5.3 MONITORING AND REPORTING...........................................................................12

5.4 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ......................................................................................13

6. REFERENCES......................................................................................... 14

FIGURE

Figure 1 Site Plan

ATTACHMENT

Attachment 1 Contaminated Soil Tracking System Form

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DISCLAIMERThis document is published in accordance with and subject to an agreement betweenENV.Australia Pty Ltd (“ENV”) and the client for whom it has been prepared “Ministry forPlanning and Infrastructure”. It is confined to the issues that have been raised by the clientin the client’s engagement of ENV and prepared using the standard of skill and due careordinarily exercised by Environmental Scientists in preparing such Documents.

Any person or organisation who relies on or uses the document for reasons or purposesother than those agreed by ENV and the Client without first obtaining written approval ofENV prior, does so entirely at their own risk and ENV denies all liability in tort, contract orotherwise for any loss, damage or injury of any kind whatsoever (whether in negligence orotherwise) that may be suffered as a result of relying on this Document for any purposeother than that agreed with the Client.

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1. INTRODUCTIONThis document is part of an Environmental Management Program that is designed tofulfil environmental conditions set for the project by the Minister for the Environment.The document has been prepared to fulfil Environmental Condition 4-1, subclause18 to 24, detailing the procedures to manage the transport of contaminated soil tolandfill.

A Soil Management Plan (SMP) has previously been prepared, which identified anddescribed the contamination status of the soil to be removed. ENV Australia hasbeen commissioned by the Ministry for Planning and Infrastructure to develop thisTransport Management Plan (TMP) detailing the approach to transportation anddisposal of the contaminated material.

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2. BACKGROUND2.1 SITE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY

The site is situated approximately 5 km south of Fremantle and on approximately 51ha of land. A variety of industries have operated within the project area, with noneof them currently operating in the project area.

2.2 CONTAMINATION OVERVIEW

There are 23 sites within the project area as shown on Figure 1. Many of these arevacant lots or reserves with a low potential for contamination due to localiseddumping or air borne drift. The sites that contain more significant contamination areassociated with industry that was previously operating on that site. Each site wasindividually assessed.

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3. OBJECTIVESThis Transport Management Plan (TMP) will detail how the waste material is to behandled and transported during the remediation phase. Specifically the TMPdescribes the procedures for the safe and effective removal, stockpiling, transport,characterisation and disposal of waste as well as a tracking system for recording themovements of contaminated soil for accountability purposes.

The objective of the TMP is to provide sufficient detail to fulfil the requirements of therelevant Environmental Condition. The Transport Management Plan has beenstructured in response to the requirements of the condition which are as follows;

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4.1.18. types of waste materials;

4.1.19. excavation and loading methods;

4.1.20. controls on vehicles for the transport of wastes;

4.1.21. types and roadworthiness of vehicles;

4.1.22. the routes for transport of wastes, and the approvals from relevantauthorities to use these routes;

4.1.23. documentation and records of waste departures and destinations; and

4.1.24. emergency response plan.

Two separate procedures have been developed to fulfil these objectives:

1. Contaminated Soil Removal Procedure; and

2. Contaminated Soil Transport Procedure;

3.1 TYPES OF WASTES

Soil contamination has been described in detail on a site by site basis within theSMP. An estimated 50,000 m3 of soil has been identified as needing to be removedto achieve environmental objectives (Table 1). The majority of this contaminationwill be disposed to a Class 1 landfill, subject to acceptable leachate results. Lessthan 2,000 m3 of soil will need to be disposed to a Class 3 landfill due to higherlevels of contamination.

The contamination on site is mainly associated with heavy metals with some smallerareas of hydrocarbon and organochlorine pesticide (OC) contamination.

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Waste characterisation will be performed to ensure that contaminated material issuitable for disposal to landfill. The Contaminated Soil Removal Procedure (CSMP)will be used to manage the removal and characterisation of contaminated material.

Table 1: Volume and Type of contaminated material at each site.

S i te Current EstimatedVolume to Class 1

or 2 (m3)

Current EstimatedVolume to Class 3

(m3)

Contaminants

13 1900 As, F, Cr, Mn & Zn

22 460 Cr, Cu, Pb, Mn, Zn, Oil and

Grease

23 230 Cr

31 4005 905 As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb,

Zn and hydrocarbons

33 400 50 Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn

35 3500 50 As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, PCB ,

OCs, and Zn

50 300 Cu

51 1480 As, Cr, Cu, Mn, OCs and TPHs

1755 2440 As, Cr, Mn and Zn

36 1210 Cr, Cu and Pb

37

38

24306

43701 &2076

11430 &1945

2 8315 85 As, Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn and TPH

3/4 15800 200 As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Zn and TPH

34 10690 110 As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni,

Pb, Zn, TPH and OCs

21

27 200 Cu

27/2 20 Cu

78 75 Pb

9474 740 235 Cr, Zn and TPH

Total 51765 1 6 3 5

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3.2 EXCAVATION AND LOADING METHODS

Excavations and loading will be undertaken using conventional earthmovingvehicles in a manner that minimises dust generation. Care will be taken to ensurethat different types of contaminated material are not blended together.

The CSMP will be used to manage the excavation and loading of contaminatedmaterial, the CSMP will:

• Require dust control to be applied during excavation and loading;

• Require contaminated material to be stockpiled as close to the source of thematerial as possible;

• Ensure different classes of contaminated material are stockpiled separately; and

• Describe actions to ensure operators of earthmoving machinery areappropriately qualified.

3.3 VEHICLE CONTROLS

Vehicles transporting contaminated material offsite will be managed in such a way toprevent dust and contaminated material from falling off trucks.

The Contaminated Soil Tracking System (CSTS) will be used to control vehiclestransporting contaminated material which will:

• Ensure that machinery/trucks are being operated by licensed personnel;

• Ensure that vehicles leaving site are washed down and loads are covered toprevent the spread of contaminated material ;

• Require vehicle inspections prior to leaving the site which will include logging ofcontents and destination; and

• Reporting of an incident and the associated management should also beprovided to the DEP, Department of Health and relevant Local Authority.

3.4 ROADWORTHINESS OF VEHICLES

The vehicles used on site will consist of trucks to cart contaminated and fill materialand conventional earthmoving vehicles for the removal, infill and loading ofcontaminated and fill material. All vehicles that are used on site will be required to beroadworthy. Vehicle inspections will be performed prior to remedial workscommencing

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3.5 TRANSPORT ROUTES

Contaminated material will be disposed to either Class 1 or Class 3 landfill sites.The landfill sites in closest proximity are Abercrombie Street in Postans for Class 1material and Millar Road in Baldivis for Class 3 material.

The proposed transport route to and from the Class 1 landfill facility at Postans willbe:

1. South down Cockburn Road/ Rockingham Road for approximately 12 km toThomas Rd;

2. East along Thomas Road for approximately 1.5 km to Abercrombie Road; and

3. North up Abercrombie Road to the landfill facility.

The proposed transport route to and from the Class 3 landfill facility in Baldivis willbe:

1. South down Cockburn Road/ Rockingham Road for approximately 13 km toMandurah Road;

2. South down Mandurah Road for approximately 8 km to Millar Road; and

3. East along Millar Road to the landfill facility.

The identified landfill facilities represent the closest sites. The final destinations willbe selected by the successful remediation contractor.

All routes will use main roads outside of residential areas.

3.6 DOCUMENTATION

Waste departures and destinations will be documented and recorded. Acontaminated soil tracking system will be used to:

• Record the contaminated material characteristics, including type, volume andclass.

• Document the details of trucks carrying contaminated material, including thecondition of the vehicle and time of departure.

• Detail the destination for the contaminated soil.

• Detail the mechanism for checking landfill receipts against documented vehiclemovements to ensure that contaminated material has been disposed at theappropriate class of landfill.

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3.7 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

This emergency response plan details the corrective actions that will be undertakenshould an unexpected situation arise. The procedure will ensure that any actionthat is taken is immediate and that the situation is quickly resolved.

A review of the remediation process identified one probable emergency situationthat could arise. This would involve a truck in an accident while transportingcontaminated soil. Should this occur the following response will be initiated:

• Isolation of any spilt material using flagging tape and witches hats;

• Identify landfill contamination status using the log system information;

• Notification of the Environmental Supervisor and emergency regulatoryauthorities;

• Immediate clean up and transfer of spilt material into an alternative truck; and

• Review of accident details and therefore transport route to ensure that it is safe.

To deal with emergency situations, all trucks will be required to carry a mobilephone, 2-way radio to base, first aid kit, shovel, witches hats and flagging tape,and appropriate personal protective equipment for handling the material.

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4. CONTAMINATED SOIL REMOVAL PROCEDURE

The Contaminated Soil Removal Procedure (CSRP) is designed to ensure thatcontaminated material is excavated, stockpiled and removed in an environmentallysound manner and that the material is appropriately characterised.

4.1 CONTROLS

This procedure will be used to control the following tasks and items:

• Rate of excavation based on compliance to air quality, noise and vibrationcriteria;

• Excavation of waste;

• Characterisation of waste materials for disposal to landfill;

• Location of stockpiles; and

• Loading of waste.

4.2 ACTIONS

The following actions are to be followed for the removal of contaminated materialacross the site:

• Environmental Supervisor will supervise where required remedial works occur;

• The extent of contamination will be surveyed and marked out prior toexcavation;

• Stockpiles, exposed areas and areas requiring excavation will be wet downprior to work and when wind conditions dictate. Full details are provided in theNoise and Dust Management Plan (ENV, 2002);

• Machinery operating in the exclusion zones are to be thoroughly cleaned with ahigh pressure hose prior to leaving the zone;

• Soil will be stockpiled according to the nature and degree of contaminationbased on the contamination status identified in the SMP, stockpiles will belocated on known soil contamination and on the lot from which it was excavated;

• Stockpiles will be managed to ensure that runoff is collected and does notcontaminate clean material. Full details are available in the StormwaterManagement Plan (ENV, 2002);

• All stockpile locations are to be inspected daily by the Remediation Contractorand at regular intervals by the Environmental Supervisor;

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• The Environmental Supervisor will sample stockpiled material to be removedoff-site in accordance with the Guidelines for Acceptance of Solid Waste toLandfill (2001) and subject samples to ASLP testing;

• Results of ASLP tests will be compared, along with contaminant concentrations,to the appropriate criteria in Table 5 of the Guidelines for Acceptance of SolidWaste to Landfill (2001) to determine landfill for disposal;

• Any contaminated soil beneath stockpiles will be removed concurrently withstockpile removal; and

• Truck loads are to be within legal weight limits and covered.

4.3 MONITORING AND REPORTING

The most important aspect of monitoring soil removal and handling is both nuisanceand contaminated dust. Monitoring and corrective action regarding this issue isdescribed in the NDMP.

Routine random checks will be undertaken by the Environmental Supervisor ofwaste handling practices to ensure all details are being completed and that materialis being relocated in conformance to this procedure.

The Environmental Supervisor will oversee the remediation activities and willmaintain an up to date logbook of complaints and incidents in the form of anEnvironmental Incident Report form and Public Complaints Register which areprovided in the Site Remediation and Integration Plan (SRIP).

4.4 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

The following corrective actions may be implemented:

• If material does not comply with the Guidelines for Acceptance of Solid Waste toLandfil (2001), the waste will be treated with immobilisation agents to reducewaste leachability, tested, and then if in conformance disposed of to anappropriate landfill.

• Should contaminated material be accidentally placed on natural ground, theRemediation Contractor will be required to remove the contaminated materialincluding the underlying 0.1 m of natural ground beneath the fill. TheEnvironmental Supervisor will collect samples from the natural ground beneaththe misplaced material and test for the relevant contaminants to ensure thatlevels are below the environmental criteria. Sampling frequency is to beperformed in accordance with the DEP Contaminated Site Assessment–Development of Sampling and Analysis Programs (2001); and

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• In the event that complaints and incidents are recorded or should monitoringshow the need, action will be taken immediately with reporting/ notification to allparties within 48 hours. In addition, any lawful direction from regulatoryauthorities will trigger a review of remediation activities.

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5. CONTAMINATED SOIL TRANSPORT PROCEDURE

The objective of the Contaminated Soil Transport Procedure (CSTP) is to ensurethat the material carted from the site is conducted in a safe and efficient manner.

5.1 CONTROLS

This procedure will be used to control the following tasks and items:

• Controls on vehicles for the transport of wastes;

• Types and roadworthiness of vehicles;

• The transport routes for wastes removal, and the approvals from relevantauthorities to use these routes; and

• Documentation and records of waste departures and destinations.

This procedure describes the practices to be followed regarding the removal andtransport of contaminated soil to landfill as well as outlining the transport routes.

5.2 ACTIONS

The following actions are to be followed for the transport of contaminated materialfrom site to disposal facilities:

• Contaminated material will be transported off-site once approval has beenprovided by the landfill operator and transport routes have been approved b yrelevant authorities;

• All movement of contaminated soil to be recorded using the contaminated soiltracking system, which will consist of the following:

A log sheet issued to all vehicles carting material off-site recording the source,vehicle registration, time, check of load condition, landfill destination and volumeand nature of contaminated soil. An example of the log sheet is provided asAttachment 1;

The log sheets will be in duplicate with the original retained by the landfilloperator and the duplicate retained by the Remediation Contractor, once signedas being received by the landfill operator;

A sequential number on the log system will be allocated to each truck movementcarting contaminated soil;

Inspection of each truck prior to leaving the site to ensure loads are secure, withthe checklist provided on the log system; and

Each log sheet is to be signed off by the Remediation Contractor’srepresentative at the end of each working day. All off-site log sheets are to be

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provided on a summary sheet once the original copy has been received backfrom the landfill operator.

• The Environmental Supervisor will conduct random inspections of thecontaminated soil tracking system to ensure adherence to the procedure;

• Trucks are to be roadworthy and operated in accordance with the transportregulations;

• A speed limit of 40 kph will apply to all traffic on tracks and 10 kph for machineryoperating off tracks;

• All trucks will be covered with tarpaulins to prevent dust emissions whilst intransit;

• Trucks to exit through a washdown pond and rumble strip to removecontaminated material adhering to tyres and wheels. This will be constructed ofcompacted crushed limestone with a sealed base to prevent leaching into thesoil;

• Site exit and entry points will be monitored and when necessary will be sweptdown to remove built up material;

• Trucks will access the site via Cockburn Road; and

• The movement of trucks will be south along Cockburn Road along the routespecified in section 3.5 depending on the class of landfill for disposal.

5.3 MONITORING AND REPORTING

The most important aspect requiring monitoring is the potential generation of bothnuisance and contaminated dust. Monitoring and corrective action regarding thisissue is described in the NDMP.

Routine checks will be undertaken by the Environmental Supervisor of wastehandling practices to ensure all details are being completed and that material is beingrelocated in conformance to this procedure.

The Environmental Supervisor will oversee the remediation activities and willmaintain an up to date logbook of complaints and incidents in the form of anEnvironmental Incident Report form and Public Complaints Register which areprovided in the SRIP.

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5.4 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

The following corrective actions may be implemented:

• Contaminated material that has been spilt is to be recovered manually b yshovel for small quantities or with earthmoving machinery for large volumes;

• Minor traffic accidents are to be assessed and changes made to controls ifapplicable, major accidents causing injury are to be reported to both Worksafeand the Police; and

• In the event that complaints and incidents are recorded or should monitoringshow the need, action will be taken immediately with reporting/ notification to allparties within 48 hours. In addition, any lawful direction from regulatoryauthorities will trigger a review of remediation activities.

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6. REFERENCES

Department of Environmental Protection, (1996). Land development sites andimpacts on air quality: A guideline for the prevention of dust and smoke from landdevelopment sites in Western Australia.

Department of Environmental Protection, (2001). Guidelines for Acceptance of SolidWaste to Landfill.

Department of Environmental Protection, (2001). Contaminated Site Assessment -Development of Sampling and Analysis Programs.

ENV, (2001), Soil Management Plan.

ENV, (2002), Noise and Dust Management Plan.

ENV, (2002), Stormwater Management Plan.

ENV, (2002), Site Remediation and Integration Plan.

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FIGURE

LEGEND

NON-GOVERNMENT LAND

PROJECT AREA

FIGURE 1SITE PLAN

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ATTACHMENT

Contaminated Soil Tracking System Form

This section to be completed DAILY:

Name Truck Registration

Company Truck Capacity (Cubic metres)

Date

This section to be completed for EVERY load

Load Number/Landfill Docket No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Time(Time load picked up)

Pick up Point(eg Lot or Reseve #)

Destination(Landfill name)

Type of Contaminant(hvy, metals, hydrocarbons, OCs)

Class of Contaminant(eg Class 1, 2, 3….)

Load Wet?(Yes/No)

Load Covered?(Yes/No)

Truck clean for off-site travel?(Yes/ No/ Not Applicable (NA))

Visible Dust from load?(Yes/No)

Quantity(Cubic Metres)