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- 5. Summary of Incidents / Non-compliances (2016 YTD)
Were all conditions of the relevant approval(s) complied with?
DA162/91 YES ML1331 YES EPL12374 NO A232 YES
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Statement of Compliance:
Relevant Approval Condition # Condition summary Compliance Status Comment / Description EPL12374 (Requirement to have PIRMP)
POEO Act 1997, Part 5.7A, Clause 153E & 98E. Testing of PIRMP. Non-compliant. Formal Warning Letter from the EPA, dated 3 March 2016, received 11 March 2016, for failure to test PIRMP within a 12 month period. Airly Mines Annual Return detailed that the PIRMP was last tested on 12 November
- 2014. Airly Mine was non-compliant on 13 November 2015.
PIRMP tested on 14 March 2016 and will now be tested annually in line with Annual Return.
Non-compliance Summary: Incident Summary:
Nature of Incident Detail of Incident Detail of Mitigation / Remediation
Diesel spill as a result
National locomotive
loop within ML1331. The lead locomotive of an unloaded Pacific National train derailed shortly after the point intersection on Airly Mines rail
- loop. The locomotive came to rest on an
angle that was suffice to cause diesel to spill from the overflow/breather ports of the fuel tanks. Less than 200L of diesel was spilt. Diesel was siphoned from the tanks into a self bunded trans tank to prevent further spillage. Once the locomotive was re-railed and the train removed, contaminated material was excavated and removed from the site to a designated waste facility. The spill site was also treated with a hydrocarbon bio-remediation product to mitigate against any residual
- contamination. The area where the spill occurred was on hard compacted
ballast and gravel foundations. No diesel migrated from the site. Incident was reported to the Enviro-line, EPA, Fire & Rescue, HAZMAT and DRE. Rail repair works have been completed to prevent recurrence.
