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Inspection Area
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Site
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Location
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Inspection team
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Environmental Contact Inspection audit number: HSE-000000000000014329
Previous inspections
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Are there are any outstanding action items arising from previous contacts, internal audits, inspections etc?
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Have the created actions been effective in addressing the issues raised?
Hydrocarbon management
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Drums stored correctly?
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Storage facilities adequate?
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Integrity of bundling ok?
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Adequate and complete spill kits?
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Housekeeping ok?
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Area free of spills or leaks?
Chemical Management
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Storage cabinets adequate?
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MSDS available?
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Drainage and Water Management
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Sumps/traps well maintained?
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Drains free flowing and free of rubbish/vegetation?
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Overall maintenance of work area?
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Concrete batching plant regulations (Cat 77 EP Act 1987)
3. Minimisation of dust
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must not carry on concrete batching or cement product manufacturing unless it is carried on in such a manner that no visible dust escapes from the premises (or if there are no defined boundaries to the premises, no such dust escapes onto any place to which the public has access).
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must immediately clean up any material spilt during concrete batching or cement product manufacturing.
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4. Control of dust from trafficable areas
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must ensure that all parts of the premises to which vehicles have access -
a) are either-
(i) paved or sealed; or
(ii) treated with water or surfactant as often as is necessary; and
b) are swept, hosed or otherwise cleared of any loose aggregate, sand, cement, concrete or other material as often as is necessary, to prevent loose material adhering to vehicles and to minimise dust. -
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must not allow any vehicles carrying concrete, or any of the ingredients of concrete, to leave the premises until it has been washed free of cement slurry and dust.
5. Storage of aggregate and sand
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must store all aggregate and sand kept on the premises in storage bins or bays which are designed to minimise airborne dust, or where the use of such bins or bays is not practicable, in stockpiles on the ground.
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must not allow the height of aggregate or sand in a storage bin or bay to exceed the height of the bin or bay (including any wind shield fitted to it).
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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Where aggregate or sand is stored in a stockpile on the ground the operator must keep it covered or damp, or otherwise treat it, so as to minimise airborne dust.
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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If, during the unloading of aggregate or sand, any visible dust escapes from the premises, the operator must ensure that unloading stops immediately and does not resume until appropriate measures have been taken to prevent the escape of the dust from the premises.
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Storage of cement
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must store all cement kept on the premises -
(a) in bags; or
(b) in a cement storage silo -
(i) which complies with sub regulation (2); or
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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To comply with this sub regulation a cement storage silo must be fitted with -
(a) an air cleaning system, which complies with regulation 7, through which all air extracted from the silo while it is being filled must pass before it is discharged into the environment; and
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(i) a level indicator which complies with regulation 8(1); or
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must seal all inspection ports, hatches and other openings to a cement storage silo while cement is being unloaded into the silo.
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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If, during the filling of a cement storage silo, any visible cement dust escapes from the silo the operator must ensure that no further loads of cement are unloaded into the silo until appropriate measures have been taken to prevent the escape of dust from the silo.
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Movement of materials on premises and loaded of agitators
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must not use -
(a) a hopper, conveyor, chute, bucket elevator or transfer point to move material on the premises;
(b) an area of the premises to load agitators, unless it is -
(c) enclosed;
(d) fitted with wind shield, water sprays or a dust extraction system; or
(e) otherwise designed an operated, so as to prevent the escape of any visible dust. -
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must maintain in good working order all wind shield, water sprays, dust extraction systems and other devices use to comply with sub regulation (1).
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Cement product manufacturing premises to be cleaned
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator carrying on cement product manufacturing must regularly clean all inside areas on the premises to prevent the accumulation of dust on any surface.
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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A operator must not use water to carry out the cleaning referred to in sub regulation (1) unless all fittings an electrical installations in that area of the premises are water proof or otherwise designed to withstand water.
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11. Control of waste water
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A operator must ensure that -
(a) all water draining off any area where agitators, mixers or moulds are loaded or where concrete is batched, drains into a slurry pit;
(b) all water used to washout agitator, mixers, or moulds or to clean up spilt material drains into a slurry pit;
(c) or other water draining off sealed or paved areas of the premises and which is likely to contain waste material drains into a slurry pit or settling pond;
(d) any water removed from, or which might overflow from, a slurry pit drains into a settling pond. -
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A operator must ensure that no water used in concrete batching or cement product manufacturing is discharged from the premises until -
(a) it has been -
(i) through a silt trap; or
(ii) contained in a settling pond for long enough to allow all particulate matter to settle out; and
(b) if the water is likely to contain hydrocarbons, it has been through an oil interceptor.
12 Slurry pits, settling ponds, silt traps and oil interceptors
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must not allow settled material in a slurry pit to -
(a) to dry out (except when the pit is dried out to allow the settled material to be removed; or
(b) be higher than 30cm below the top of the slurry pit walls. -
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An operator must ensure that a settling pond is large enough to contain all water which might drain into it for long enough to allow all particulate matter to settle out.
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must ensure that slurry pits, settling ponds, silt traps and oil interceptors are maintained, and emptied or cleaned as often as necessary, to ensure their efficient operation.
Disposal of waste
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Is the the below condition compliant?
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An operator must ensure that all waste created during concrete batching or cement product manufacturing (including material removed from slurry pits, settling ponds, silt traps and oil interceptors) is -
(a) recycled; or
(b) disposed of at an appropriate landfill site or waste treatment facility the occupier of which holds a licence under Part V of the Act in respect of that site or facility. -
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Summary of Actions
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