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1. ADMINISTRATION

  • 1.1. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

  • Note: The implementation of the environmental management plan will be assessed through the Environmental Elements.

  • The Environmental Management Plan is available on-site?

  • Environmental management plan is complete?

  • The Environmental Management Plan is approved?

  • 1.2. EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN

  • Note: The implementation of the erosion and sediment control plan will be assessed through the Environmental Elements.

  • The Erosion and Sediment Control Plan is available on-site?

  • Erosion and Sediment Control Plan is complete?

  • The Erosion and Sediment Control Plan is approved?

  • 1.3. ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS

  • Note: The compliance of the environmental elements within the approvals will be accessed in each relevant section.

  • Environmental Licences, Permits and Approvals are available on-site?

  • Note: The Environmental Management Plan should list and contain the environmental licences, permits and approvals for the works.

  • Environmental Licences, Permits and Approvals are current?

  • Note: Review the licence, permits and approvals currency i.e. commencement and expiry dates.

  • Signage complied with?

  • Notification complied with?

  • Are only the approved activities occurring on-site?

  • Consider any new activities that are occurring and if any additional approvals are required.

  • 1.4. INDUCTION

  • Site Specific Induction Guide available on-site?

  • Site Induction completed by all workers on-site?

  • Note: Identify a few works on-site and see if they have completed the induction with a record of their induction completion on the induction register.

  • 1.5. SITE INSPECTION CHECKLIST

  • The site inspection checklist has been completed?

  • Note: The IWMP specifies daily checklists and monthly checklists which contain environmental information.

  • 1.6. COMPLAINTS

  • All complaints recorded and resolved?

  • Note: Review content of the Complaints Register for environmental complaints and comment on the suitability of outcomes

  • 1.7. ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENTS

  • Environmental incidents recorded on the CRC incident reporting book?

  • Environmental incidents corrective actions identified and implemented?

  • 1.8. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE REGISTER

  • Hazardous substance register lists all hazardous substances used or stored on-site?

  • Hazardous Substances Register is available to all workers on-site?

  • 1.9. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURE

  • Emergency Response Procedures available on-site?

  • Note: The Emergency Response Procedures should form part of the EMP

  • Emergency Response Procedures are an item covered in the Induction?

  • A list of names and phone numbers of emergency services and medical treatment prominently displayed in the Site Office?

  • Is there a site map on-site which shows the emergency response information?

  • Note: The Site Maps should show the Site Office Location, SDS Location, Hazardous Substances, Spill Response, Refuelling Areas, Washdown Areas, Storage Compounds, No Go Areas, Service Locations, Potential Stockpile Sites, First Aid Kits, Emergency Equipment.

Site Elements

2. ELEMENTS

  • 2.1. CULTURAL HERITAGE

  • Activities within approved limits?

  • Note:
    Not causing any additional surface disturbance.
    Any exclusion zones are signed and barricaded.

  • No visual evidence of any disturbance to Cultural Heritage items?

  • Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 Duty of Care Guidelines
    http://www.datsima.qld.gov.au/resources/datsima/atsis/people/cultural-heritage/duty-care-guidelines.pdf

  • 2.2. WATER QUALITY

  • Drainage control devices are in place prior to commencing works and maintained during works?

  • Water bodies free of sediment or chemical plumes?

  • Water leaving the site is visibly free from contaminants?

  • Weather appropriate for any activities with potential prescribed contaminant runoff?

  • Line marking, Painting, Concreting, Asphalting where rainfall during activity can result in runoff

  • Equipment washdown undertaken in designated areas?

  • Washdown areas where runoff can be controlled and waste allowed to dry and residue cleaned up and disposed of to an approved facility

  • 2.3. EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL

  • Erosion and Sediment control devices outlined in the EMP/ESCP are in place and in appropriate locations?

  • Erosion and Sediment control measures installed and maintained?

  • Stockpiling of material away from waterway and stormwater drains?

  • Sediment control at site entry/exit points?

  • Roadways clear of sediment?

  • Water diversions in place away from stockpiles, exposed areas or graded slopes?

  • Disturbance is minimised or staged?

  • Look for unnesscary disturbance to grassed areas, significant disturbance vs staged works.

  • Revegetation of completed areas?

  • 2.4. NOISE AND VIBRATION

  • Plant and equipment appears in good working order?

  • Site start and finish times are appropriate?

  • Between 0700 to 1800 Monday to Friday and Between 0700 to 1300 Saturday

  • 2.5. AIR QUALITY

  • Dust levels are acceptable?

  • Truck loads are covered?

  • All vehicle and plant equipment has been maintained?

  • Maintained to keep emission within the limits set by Australian Design Rules. Service Records.

  • Exposed areas are being watered to control dust?

  • Site free of offensive odours?

  • 2.6. ACID SULFATE SOIL

  • Site is free of any visual indication of potential acid sulfate soils?

  • Note:
    iron staining or iron flocculation lining stream banks and watre surfaces
    presence of dark grey clays, sands or peats
    soil profiles showing yellow mottle of jarosite and red and brown iron staining
    excessively clear or blue green water in drains or streams
    poor plant growth or acid scalds
    the presence of acid resistant vegetation such as mangroves, ti-tree, marine couch, melaleuca, casuarina and phragmites,
    soil cracking
    badly corroded metal and concrete fixtures and/or
    fish kills

  • Acid Sulfate Soil transported and disposed of appropriately?

  • Note:
    In suitably equipped vehicles (sealed tailgates)
    Disposed of at Lemura Sands

  • Acid Sulfate Soil materials managed in accordance with the EMP or any other relevant guidelines, documentation or permits?

  • 2.7. CONTAMINATED SITES

  • Excavated areas/material free from contamination?

  • Note:
    All newly identified contaminated land should be added to the EMR/CLR register

  • Contaminated materials are disposed of appropriately?

  • No stockpiling of excavated material on site?

  • 2.8. FLORA AND FAUNA

  • Clearing within approved clearing limits?

  • Note:
    Clearing has remained within allowable limits
    All activities are contained to the construction zone
    Limits are marked with flagging tape, paint, wooden stakes and signage

  • No unauthorised damage to flora outside the clearing area has occurred during the works?

  • All tree roots and limbs damaged during the works have been neatly cut and/or treated with wound paint (fungicide)?

  • Species used for revegetation works are native to the area?

  • No signs of native fauna in or adjacent to the work-site?

  • Note:
    Any identified breeding places.
    Any requirement of relocation of species

  • No feeding or interaction (touching or holding) native fauna on-site?

  • No domestic pets on-site?

  • 2.9. PEST MANAGEMENT

  • Construction materials brought onto the site are clean and uncontaminated?

  • Machinery entering the site is clean?

  • 2.10. WASTE

  • Waste and litter is being disposed of properly?

  • Note:
    Check the site is free from litter
    General refuse bins have lids and are serviced
    No evidence of waste or litter being burnt or buried
    Waste segregated for recycling

  • No materials are present that could contaminate the site?

  • Regulated waste disposed of by a licensed contractor to a regulated waste facility?

  • Note:
    Waste tracking documentation
    Portable toilets, washdown separators, oil separators, liquid chemical drums

  • Discharge to sewers in accordance with trade waste permits?

  • Dry concrete waste is being collected from around the site and placed in a central location (prior to removal)?

  • Wet concrete waste (leftovers) has been poured into a bunded area for containment, preferably lined with plastic?

  • 2.11. CHEMICALS AND FUELS AND CONTAMINATION

  • Fuels/hazardous chemicals stored in bunded areas?

  • Note: Stored in a designated area with a bund capacity of 110% of the largest container
    Ensure that the bund is appropriate for the chemicals being stored (refer MSDS)

  • Bund is maintained?

  • Bund is free from extraneous combustible material i.e. leaves, tree branches, packaging
    Consider if bunds can fill with water and therefore be ineffective as a spill containment i.e. is there contaminated water in the bund and how is the removed and disposed.

  • SDS Register readily accessible?

  • Note: Ensure the SDS register is accessible and contains each chemical kept on-site

  • All hazardous substances brought on-site have been recorded into the hazardous substance register?

  • Spill kits readily available and in good order?

  • Note: Check the contents of all spill kits on site and ensure that it is stocked and in good working order

  • No evidence of fuel/chemical spills or leaks?

  • Note: Site area, machinery, refuelling, fuel storage areas

  • Refuelling areas are established in appropriate locations?

  • Note: No fuelling within 30 metres of a watercourse or drainage line;
    Fuelling activities to be supervised at all times;
    Hoses to be fitted with a stop value at the nozzle end

  • No vehicle or equipment maintenance conducted on-site?

  • No evidence of machinery working in close proximity to sewer/water pipelines?<br>

  • No evidence of sewer leaks or water main leaks in or adjacent to construction site?

Risk Assessment

  • Have any environmental risks been identified?

  • IDENTIFIED RISK TO THE ENVIRONMENT

  • RISK

RISK ASSESSMENT

  • Identified environmental hazard/risk

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  • Photo of hazard

ASSESSMENT OF HAZARD IDENTIFIED

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  • What is the most probable consequence of the risk on the environment?

  • What is the most probable likelihood of this consequence occurring?

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MANAGEMENT OF RISK

  • Can the risk to the environment be managed?

  • Should the risk to the environment be isolated?

  • What control measure/corrective action is required?

ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK CONTROL

  • What is the most probable consequence of the risk on the environment with this control in place?

  • What is the most probable likelihood of this consequence occurring with this control in place?

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MAINTENANCE OF CONTROL MEASURE

  • Will the control measure require maintenance?

REVIEW OF CONTROL MEASURE

  • The Implemented control measures/corrective actions must be in place and maintained for as long as the environmental risk is present

  • How often should the implemented control be checked?

Additional Information & Verification

3. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

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4. AUDITOR VERIFICATION

  • Environmental Officer

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