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review of kwinana air-quality buffer
REVIEW OF KWINANA AIR-QUALITY BUFFER Published by Albert Facey House 469 Wellington Street Perth, Western Australia 6000 August 2002 Disclaimer This document has been prepared for the Western Australian Planning Commission in consultation with various State departments, service providers and land developers. Any representation, statement, opinion or advice expressed or implied in this publication is made in good faith and on the basis that the Government, its employees and agents are not liable for any damage or loss whatsoever which may occur as a result of action taken or not taken (as the case may be) in respect of any representation, statement, opinion or advice referred to herein. Professional advice should be obtained before applying the information contained in this document to particular circumstances. © State of Western Australia Published by the Western Australian Planning Commission Albert Facey House 469 Wellington Street Perth, Western Australia 6000 Published August 2002 ISBN O 7309 9335 3 Internet: http://www.planning.wa.gov.au email: corporate@planning.wa.gov.au Tel: (08) 9264 7777 Fax: (08) 9264 7566 TTY: (08) 9264 7535 Infoline:1800 626 477 Copies of this document are available in alternative formats on application to the Disability Services Coordinator ii CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Review of Environmental Protection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Changes in Air Quality Over Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 State Air Environmental Protection Policy and National Environment Protection Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Fremantle-Rockingham Industrial Area Regional Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Principles and Process for Determining Residential Exclusion Area . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Process for Definition of Residential Exclusion Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Land Use Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Proposed Changes to Kwinana Buffer Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Map 1 Constraining Land Uses and Their Buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Map 2 Residential Exclusion Area and Areas of Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Map 3 Area 1 & 2 Expansions; Areas 7 & 8 Subject to Further Investigation . . . .23 Map 4 Area 3 Expansion; Area 9 Subject to Further Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Map 5 Areas 4, 5 & 6 Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 iii Public Submissions on the Review of the Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer This review has been released to seek public comment. Submissions received will feed into the processes recommended for implementing the review, that is the master planning for the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area, a new Statement of Planning Policy for the Kwinana area and an Environmental Protection Policy for AirQuality. Every submission received will be acknowledged in writing and considered by the study team. All submissions will be treated in confidence. When making a submission, it is very helpful to: • Clearly state your opinion and the reasons for it; • If possible, outline possible alternatives or solutions to your area of interest; • Provide any additional information to support your comments. Please include your name, contact details and area of interest with your submission. You may use the study’s Freepost address, which is: Review of the Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer Western Australian Planning Commission Reply Paid 68766 PERTH WA 6000 or email to corporate@planning.wa.gov.au For more information or assistance with making a submission, please contact: Dale Bastin Senior Planning Officer Western Australian Planning Commission Tel: (08) 9264 7655 email: dale.bastin@planning.wa.gov.au WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR SUBMISSION. THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2002. Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer iv Introduction Background In line with a pre-election commitment, the Ministers for Planning and Infrastructure and Environment and Heritage requested a review of the boundaries of the air-quality buffer established under the Environmental Protection (Kwinana) (Atmospheric Wastes) Policy (EPA, 1992) commonly referred to as the Kwinana EPP. The redevelopment of the Hope Valley-Wattleup area, and recognition that land use separation to prevent conflict is more of a planning issue than simply one of management of air-quality, were instrumental in bringing about the review. Development of the KIA commenced in the mid 1950s. The KIA was established by a special Act of Parliament over an area of approximately 120 square kilometres along an eight-kilometre strip of coast adjacent to Cockburn Sound. The area was set up to accommodate the development of major resource processing industries in the State. The review examines the genesis of the Kwinana EPP and associated buffer and the changes that have occurred in the Kwinana area over time, resulting in changed circumstances between the requirements of the Kwinana EPP in terms of managing sulphur dioxide and particulates and the extent of the defined Kwinana EPP buffer. The review recommends that, based upon the range of constraints that can cause land use conflict, a composite planning and environmental protection buffer should be put in place that provides a Residential Exclusion Area (REA) to protect nearby residents and the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA) as the State’s premier heavy industry area. The most significant air-quality issue to arise at Kwinana has been the impact of sulphur dioxide caused by the combustion of sulphurcontaining fossil fuels. In the late 1970s, total emissions of sulphur dioxide reached 300 tonnes per day. The most significant contributions to these emissions came from the combustion of heavy fuel oil at the Alcoa Alumina Refinery and the Kwinana Power Station, plus the processing of crude oil at the BP Oil Refinery without recovery of sulphur. The Kwinana Air Modelling Study (KAMS), (1978-1982) was established by the then Department of Conservation and Environment (DCE) in order to investigate and develop procedures to manage the sulphur dioxide problem. The final report from this study (DCE, 1982) summarised the results of sulphur dioxide monitoring in the Wattleup Township and revealed a significant pollution problem. During the course of KAMS the Metropolitan Region Planning Authority (MRPA) requested the DCE to provide interim advice on the impact of degraded air-quality as an input to A planning strategy for the south-west corridor (MRPA 1980). The final results of KAMS showed unacceptable air-quality in areas well beyond the buffer at that time. KAMS final report confirmed the need for a buffer zone and recommended limits on further urban expansion within this zone. This recommendation influenced a number of planning decisions to exclude urban Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 1 development in the area from that time onwards and was accommodated within the Kwinana Regional Strategy (SPC, 1988). A 1.5Km radius lobe centred on Cockburn Cement was added to the north of the buffer in the late 1980’s, in response to dust emissions from that company’s operations. The arrival of North-West Shelf natural gas to Kwinana in 1984 significantly improved airquality around Kwinana. It was recognised however, that the option for the use of traditional fuels by Kwinana industries remained, with a potential decline in air-quality. In response to this, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) developed the Kwinana EPP, which was approved by the Minister for the Environment and gazetted in July 1992. This was reviewed in 1999 and regazetted, unchanged, on 21 December 1999. The Kwinana EPP, which currently remains in place, has the following key functions: • identifies the area covered by the policy and three zones (industrial, buffer zone and rural/residential) within that area; • establishes, through associated regulations, the air-quality objectives for sulphur dioxide and particulates (with the opportunity for other pollutants to be added at later dates); • allows the EPA to establish a procedure for determining and applying limits on the emissions from each industrial source so that the cumulative impact of all these emissions does not exceed the air-quality objectives; and • requires the industries to monitor pollutant levels at various locations in the environment (additional to the EPA’s ongoing monitoring program) and also to monitor emissions from the various industrial sources so that the achievement of policy objectives can be verified and enforced. Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 2 Licensing of, and compliance by, industry consistent with the Kwinana EPP is managed by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under Part V of the Environmental Protection Act (1986). The Kwinana EPP applies to the three local governments of Cockburn, Kwinana and Rockingham. It also defines three areas - A, B and C, within which different air-quality standards are applied. Area B is essentially the original buffer area with a few modifications (such as around the Alcoa residue storage areas). Importantly, the Kwinana EPP was the first statutory document in which the buffer was defined and, as a consequence, the buffer has become known as the “Kwinana EPP buffer”. As outlined earlier, the determination of the extent of the buffer for the KIA dates back to the early 1980s, with KAMS being a key input. The buffer line, which evolved into the Kwinana EPP buffer, while based on a strong body of scientific work, is not intended to be a scientifically precise line at which air-quality will be a particular level everywhere along the boundary. Rather, it is a planning constraint imposed two decades ago, which subsequently has been used by government to prevent encroachment of sensitive land uses and by the DEP to manage industrial emissions so as to protect air-quality beyond the buffer (and retain a reasonable level of airquality where people live within the buffer). Changes in the spatial distribution of industrial emissions within the KIA over the past two decades have resulted in a current concentration “footprint” which looks somewhat different to the buffer shape. Licensed emission limits, based on computer modelling, ensure that the Kwinana EPP standards may be approached but not exceeded in any of the three policy areas. However, the availability of low sulphur fuels for Kwinana industries throughout the 1990s has resulted in ambient concentrations of sulphur dioxide in the Kwinana area, which are well below the standards. The Kwinana EPP has also served as a de-facto planning tool in protecting Kwinana industry from the encroachment of new sensitive land uses such as residential and rural subdivision for reasons other than just sulphur dioxide and dust. While the Kwinana EPP applies only to sulphur dioxide and particulates, the buffer has been used to assist in the management of other industrial emissions such as noise, odour and risk. Review of Environmental Protection Policy In line with statutory requirements, the EPA conducted a review of the Kwinana EPP in 1999. At the time of that review, the EPA recognised that two key policy processes with a strong relationship to the Kwinana EPP were under way – namely the FremantleRockingham Industrial Area Regional Strategy (FRIARS) (WAPC, 2000) and the development of a State Air EPP, to implement the National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) for Ambient Air Quality (NEPC, 1998). Subsequently, the EPA recommended that the Kwinana EPP be renewed, unchanged, pending the completion of these related processes. The Minister for the Environment endorsed this approach. In taking this approach, the EPA noted that the FRIARS process provided a critical opportunity to review the buffer in the context of potential expansion of industrial activities in Kwinana and land use considerations within the area affected by the buffer. In renewing the Kwinana EPP unchanged, the EPA flagged the potential for changes to the buffer arising from the FRIARS process. Furthermore, the EPA considered that the Kwinana EPP might be incorporated into the State Air EPP framework, if appropriate. Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 3 Changes in Air-Quality Over Time As previously indicated, air quality within the buffer area has improved dramatically since the late 1970s. This has been attributed to the use of low-sulphur fuels by industry along with tighter emission controls on industry. Industries generally have been able to operate at emission levels well below their maximum licence allocations due to the availability of competitively priced low-sulphur fuels such as natural gas and the processing of low-sulphur crude at the BP refinery. Monitoring of ambient air-quality at monitoring stations in and adjacent to the buffer shows that current sulphur dioxide levels comply comfortably with the standards set under the Kwinana EPP and also comply with the NEPM standards. This has been the case since at least 1994. If the NEPM was taken to apply at all places of human residence then, based on current air-quality, there would be little justification for the buffer in terms of sulphur dioxide levels in residential areas alone. However care needs to be taken as the potential remains for industry to increase emissions significantly within current licence allowances, or for new industries to be allocated emissions limits, which could lead to a reduction in air-quality within the buffer area. More recent analysis of the likely pattern of ground-level concentrations of sulphur dioxide under maximum emission scenarios for existing industry configurations reveals that the shape of the buffer based on sulphur dioxide alone would be considerably different to the current alignment, with a significant retraction in the eastern portion of the current buffer area to the north of Alcoa’s residue storage area (RSA). This is due largely to changes in the location of major emission sources within the Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 4 KIA, which have occurred over time and existing “pinch points” on the existing buffer which constrain increases in emission allocations. The long-term trend for sulphur dioxide emissions from Kwinana industries is likely to see current air quality maintained as a result of reducing emission levels. The maximum scenario as outlined, while possible, appears unlikely as key industries in Kwinana continue to reduce their emissions. State Air Environmental Protection Policy and National Environment Protection Measure In 1998, the National Environment Protection Council adopted the NEPM that established uniform national standards for ambient levels of six key air pollutants, including sulphur dioxide. The NEPM is aimed at providing an adequate level of protection of human health wherever people live in Australia. The State Government is committed to the implementation of the NEPM, with the development of a State Air EPP identified as the most appropriate legislative vehicle for the implementation of the NEPM in Western Australia. In line with this, the EPA has commenced the preparation of the State Air EPP. Work to date has focused on consultation with the community and key stakeholders on the approach to be adopted for the EPP. It is anticipated that a draft State Air EPP will be released for public comment in late 2002. In line with the NEPM approach, the air-quality objectives for the State Air EPP (based on the NEPM standards) will be applied to all areas of the State with the exception of residence-free buffer areas or within the boundaries of industrial premises. Since the Kwinana EPP also sets standards for sulphur dioxide, it will be necessary to resolve the difference, which would arise by imposing the NEPM standards for sulphur dioxide within the Kwinana policy area. between the one hour Kwinana EPP standards for Area B (buffer) and Area C (rural/residential), i.e. the NEPM and Kwinana EPP standards are quite consistent. • The likelihood of the Kwinana buffer becoming residence-free within the medium to long term is low (i.e. rural dwellings will remain even if townships are removed). • Sulphur dioxide concentrations in the buffer area in recent years have been typically less than one-third of the NEPM standard. Noting that concentrations in Goldfields residential areas are being brought into compliance with the NEPM over the next few years, it would be inconsistent to allow concentrations in the Kwinana buffer to grow out of compliance. Hence, it could be reasonably argued that the NEPM standard be applied to places where people live or congregate in the buffer. • The Kwinana EPP contains a management mechanism for establishing emission limits on industries, based on modelling. This has been well proven and successful and should be retained. However, efficient allocation of emission limits requires a standard formulated as per the Kwinana EPP, not the NEPM. In developing an appropriate approach for Kwinana, the following issues are relevant: • The NEPM standard is formulated on a different basis to the Kwinana EPP standards however, in terms of its stringency, the NEPM standard lies Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 5 Fremantle-Rockingham Industrial Area Regional Strategy Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000 The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) published the FRIARS Final Report in April 2000. FRIARS recommended a Preferred Land Use Strategy that provides for about 900ha of future industrial development in Hope Valley, Wattleup, Henderson, and Munster. It also recommended that the Government prepare legislation to manage and implement the Strategy and identify an Implementation Agency that would: In response to FRIARS, the Hope ValleyWattleup Redevelopment Act 2000 (the Act) was prepared and came into effect in January 2001. The Act defines the Hope ValleyWattleup Redevelopment Area (Redevelopment Area) (see Map 1) and gives the Western Australian Land Authority (LandCorp) and the WAPC powers to fulfil the responsibilities set out in the Act. • prepare and seek environmental and planning approval for a Master Plan for the area to implement the Preferred Land Use Strategy; • develop, in consultation with the EPA, environmental performance criteria to be included in the development policies for the area; and • prepare and implement a social transition strategy to manage the impacts on the community. FRIARS further recommended that the WAPC/Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) prepare planning controls to prevent further subdivision for residential purposes within the Rural zones of the Kwinana buffer. The Act designates LandCorp as the Implementation agency responsible for: • undertaking, promoting and coordinating the development and redevelopment of land in the Redevelopment Area; and • preparing and keeping under review a Master Plan for the Redevelopment Area to fulfil the objectives of FRIARS. A team of consultants engaged by LandCorp is preparing a Master Plan, which will be completed within 12 months. The Act also states that the WAPC’s main responsibilities are: • making recommendations to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure regarding approval of the Master Plan; and • controlling development in the Redevelopment Area (the Act revokes the Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) and local town planning schemes). Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 6 Principles for Determining Residential Exclusion Area Separation of incompatible land uses is an important planning principle and in the context of Kwinana has added significance. The review has established the following principles to guide the definition of a modified Kwinana buffer, called for the purpose of this report the Residential Exclusion Area (REA): • protect human health and amenity; • protect and complement the economic interests of the State's premier industrial area, the KIA, and its ancillary land uses, which are of State significance; • recognise existing Industrial zoned land and public utilities; Area, most of the Redevelopment Area, mineral extraction and refuse disposal); and • land that is likely to be affected by offsite impacts of the above uses. Land use within the REA will be managed to ensure that changes in land use are compatible with the range of planning and environmental constraints affecting the area. While there will continue to be a presumption against an increase in residential population within the REA, it is envisaged that owners of land within the REA will continue to be permitted to: • occupy existing lawfully established dwellings within the REA; and • construct new dwellings on existing vacant lots within the REA. • recognise the off-site effects of industry and ancillary uses, including not only air-quality but also other impacts such as risk, dust, odour and noise; • promote containment of the off-site impacts of industry and its ancillary uses to within the REA; • ensure development is compatible with the off-site impacts of industry and its ancillary land uses; • reflect previous decisions of government; and • achieve a balance between the above factors and community equity. Consequently, the REA essentially will comprise: • land already zoned and/or used for industrial, public utilities or ancillary purposes or intended to be used for such uses (eg KIA, Henderson Industrial Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 7 Process for Definition of Residential Exclusion Area The process used for the definition of the REA was to map all the constraints to residential development that existed in the current Kwinana EPP buffer area. Each of the land use constraints requires a buffer for the protection of sensitive uses such as residential development. These land uses and the associated buffers together form a composite buffer, which defines the REA. The land uses identified as constraints comprise: • the full extent of the KIA shown as Industrial in the MRS; • Alcoa Residue Storage Areas as identified by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources; • the Hope Valley Wattleup Redevelopment Area as identified in the Act; • Cockburn Cement as identified by reference to the Kwinana EPP; • wastewater treatment plants as identified in the MRS and discussion with the Water Corporation; • basic raw material extraction areas as identified in FRIARS; • gas pipelines and service corridors as identified in FRIARS; • the Kwinana Motorplex as set out in the Kwinana International Motorplex Public Environmental Review (ERM,1999); and • landfill sites as identified by the DEP. Further discussion of these land uses and the buffers identified for each of them is contained in the following section. Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 8 Land Use Constraints The range of land uses and their associated emissions, including appropriate buffers, which pose a constraint to development within and adjacent to the Kwinana EPP buffer area are set out on Map 1 along with the existing Kwinana EPP buffer boundary. These land uses are described below and depicted on Map 1: • Kwinana Industrial Area – this area is the primary industrial area for Western Australia, containing a variety of industries such as the BP Oil Refinery and the Kwinana Power Station. The industries produce a range of emissions including particulates, sulphur dioxide, odour and noise. A review of the area extent of maximum ground-level concentrations of sulphur dioxide arising from emissions from KIA industries and Cockburn Cement has been undertaken. This review was based on a conservative review of several sets of scenarios detailing model output for emissions. The scenarios represent maximum emissions at which the ground-level concentrations are about to exceed the Kwinana EPP standard. The result of this review, which is shown in Map 1, indicates that the likely extent of ground-level concentration “footprint” caused by maximum sulphur dioxide emissions from the KIA and Cockburn Cement is generally well within the boundaries of the current Kwinana EPP buffer, touching the boundary at three “pinch points”, while natural gas is the preferred fuel. The determination of the exact spatial extent of impacts from dust and odour from the KIA is difficult due to a lack of detailed monitoring of each of these emissions. However, based on complaints data, the impact of these emissions appears to be confined to the areas immediately adjacent to the KIA and certainly within the boundaries of the Redevelopment Area. Recent data on cumulative noise emissions from the KIA developed by the Kwinana Industries Council indicates that the southern portion of the buffer is subject to elevated noise levels from industry. The manufacture and transport of a range of materials in the KIA also create a level of risk. The risk contour outlines the unacceptable risk area for a fully developed KIA to the year 2020. • Alcoa Residue Storage Area - the active RSA occupies approximately 380 hectares of land immediately north of Anketell Road. The operation associated with the residue storage can lead to offsite emissions of dust and noise. Consequently, these operations require separation from sensitive uses such as residential development. A onekilometre indicative buffer has been assigned in the draft Jandakot Structure Plan (WAPC, 2001) to protect sensitive uses. As this extends well beyond the existing Kwinana EPP buffer boundary on the eastern and southern area of the RSA, a more detailed examination of the extent of off site impacts associated with the RSA is needed in order to determine the extent of any buffer required for the site. In addition, consideration of long term management and land use strategies are needed. • Cockburn Cement – this manufacturing facility is located in the northern part of the Kwinana EPP buffer area and was integral to the definition of the Kwinana EPP buffer boundary owing to emissions of sulphur dioxide and dust. The current operations of the plant contribute emissions of dust and noise that generally require maintenance of the existing buffer around the facility. There is however some limited scope for rationalisation of the boundaries of the buffer in the vicinity of the facility to provide better alignment with cadastral boundaries. Due to ongoing community concerns, an independent audit of the management and regulation of emissions from the facility has recently been completed. This audit has made a number of recommendations aimed at improving the regulation, monitoring and management of emissions from Cockburn Cement’s operations. An implementation plan for these recommendations is currently being developed by DEP in response to the findings of the audit. • Basic Raw Material Areas – a number of extraction and resource areas exist within the Kwinana EPP buffer for sand and limestone. These areas require protection as they provide key raw materials for development of the region. A 500m generic buffer is recommended for quarries of this type in EPA Draft Guidance No.3 Industrial – Residential Buffer Areas (Separation Distances) (EPA, 1997), in order to minimise conflict between the quarry and sensitive land uses. • Henderson Landfill – the City of Cockburn operates a landfill site in a disused quarry in the Henderson locality. Landfill sites are a potential source of noise, dust and odour. In order to minimise the potential for land use conflict, a 500m generic buffer is recommended for the facility. • Gas Pipeline – CMS Energy’s highpressure gas transmission pipeline is located in the Kwinana EPP buffer. The pipeline has a level of risk associated with it and requires a buffer from sensitive uses. The level of risk varies depending upon the characteristics of Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 9 the pipe, pressure, burial depth and level of activity within the pipeline easement. Thus, the required buffer can vary from 30m-100m. • Kwinana Motorplex – this facility generates high levels of noise when operating, which extends some distance from the facility, depending upon the meteorological conditions at the time. The approximate worst-case noise contour, which was modelled for the facility, as it applies to the area within the boundaries of the Kwinana EPP, is shown on Map 1. • Wastewater Treatment Plants – there are two wastewater treatment plants operating in the area, Woodman Point and Kwinana, with an additional plant proposed for Rockingham in coming years. The plants can produce objectionable odour. Given the size of the Woodman Point Treatment Plant, the Water Corporation has historically identified a 750m buffer between the plant and sensitive land uses. As a result of this, affected private land to the north-east of the plant has been retained in an Urban Deferred zoning under the Metropolitan Region Scheme. Following recent major upgrade works at Woodman Point, the Water Corporation is to undertake a detailed odour definition study to determine the long-term buffer required for the facility. It is anticipated that this work will be completed over the next 12 months. The Kwinana plant has a 500m-buffer owing to its smaller capacity. Proposed Changes to Kwinana Buffer Boundary The results of this review provide two clear outcomes for the Kwinana buffer. Firstly, the review highlights the multi-purpose nature of the buffer – the buffer is really a composite of a number of planning and environmental constraints, rather than simply a sulphur dioxide buffer. While this has long been recognised, it is clear from this review that it is important that the buffer be established as an integrated land use and environmental buffer, and supported via a combination of planning and environmental instruments, rather than via the Kwinana EPP. The concept of a Residential Exclusion Area (REA) to support the required buffer is seen as an alternative approach in this regard. Secondly, this review has identified that there are several areas in which the boundaries of the buffer alignment can be modified in order to represent more properly the extent of the various environmental and planning constraints. Six areas have been identified where changes to the Kwinana EPP buffer are recommended, three areas where the boundary should expand and three areas where the boundary could contract (see Map 2). In addition, there are three areas where the review identifies environmental and planning constraints that require more detailed investigation to determine the extent of the buffer required to manage the constraints (Map 2). The final alignment of the REA in the vicinity of these areas will be determined following these investigations. It is considered appropriate and equitable for the REA (shown on Map 2) to be defined by the composite of existing and proposed industrial and commercial land uses and their Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 10 associated buffers. The REA will guide planning decisions that will define the boundaries of zoning, lots and land use accordingly. Generally, the REA reflects the outer limit of the buffer for the significant land uses and impacts in the area. While much of the area is affected by more than one land use or environmental constraint, some of the REA is defined by only one, albeit significant, constraint such as the KIA (sulphur dioxide, risk), the buffer from the Cockburn Cement operation (dust, noise), or wastewater treatment plants (odour). In their own right these justify a buffer but are complemented to varying degrees by other less significant land uses such as extraction of basic raw materials and the Kwinana Motorplex that, for various reasons, are not considered to be of such significance to define the REA by themselves. Proposed Expansions the principles outlined for redefining the Kwinana buffer, all of the MITP area should be included in the REA. Area 2 Lot 15 Cockburn Road, Munster (see Map 3) Lot 15 at the northern extremity of the Jervoise Bay shipbuilding area is zoned Industrial but not within the Kwinana EPP buffer. This lot should be included in the REA owing to its zoning. Area 3 Land within the 500m buffer for the Kwinana wastewater treatment plant (see Map 4). The wastewater treatment plant warrants a 500m buffer as appropriate for this activity. As set out by the guiding principles of the review, this buffer should also be contained in the REA. Lots affected by the wastewater treatment plant buffer are owned by Alcoa or in public ownership. The three areas of proposed expansion of the buffer are: Area 1 Land in the vicinity of the Marine Industry Technology Park (MITP) (see Map 3). Land to contain the Marine Industry Technology Park (MITP) is mostly within the existing Kwinana EPP buffer boundary. Nevertheless, Metropolitan Region Scheme Amendment No. 991/33 (South West Districts Omnibus (No. 3B) (WAPC, 2000) zoned the land Urban in the MRS, as this zoning was considered more suitable than the Industrial zone for the proposed MITP. Land use associated with the MITP will be commercial/light industrial in nature and will be compatible with the REA. To reflect Proposed Contractions The review proposes three areas of contraction of the buffer. Having regard to the principles and criteria for the definition of the REA, it is concluded that these areas of land do not need to be included in the REA. Nevertheless, they will serve to provide a transition between the industry and associated development within the REA and the surrounding land uses, which are sensitive to the industrial uses such as the Beeliar Regional Park and future residential development to the east. Area 4 Land bounded by Power Avenue, Dalison Avenue and the existing Kwinana EPP buffer boundary (see Map 5). Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 11 Comprising about 110ha, this area affects about 76 privately owned lots and contains lots of about 1ha and 2ha, which are not serviced by a reticulated water supply service. Further intensification of subdivision in this area would be contrary to providing a transition area and further would not be supported because: • Lots of less than 2ha in area would need to be provided with a reticulated water service in accordance with WAPC policy. • Lots of less than 1ha in area would need to be zoned Special Residential and would need substantial pre-planning and the full range of urban utilities and services (eg schools, sewerage) which would not be economically viable in this area. Accordingly, while Area 4 can be removed from the existing buffer area, further subdivision would not be supported. Nevertheless, it is envisaged that Area 4 would remain zoned Rural in the MRS but zoned Rural-Residential in the local government town planning scheme to reflect and confirm the current density and character of land use. Rural zoned land to the north of Area 4, which is currently outside of the buffer, should continue to remain rural/rural-residential in nature in order to ensure a suitable land use interface between the Redevelopment Area/REA and Regional Open Space to the east. Area 5 Land in the vicinity of the intersection of Wattleup and Mandogalup Roads (see Map 5). This area comprises about 34ha and affects about 13 privately owned lots Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 12 of about 2.8ha each. Area 5 is effectively the current transition between the Redevelopment Area and future urban development to the east (as defined by the western extremity of the MRS Urban Deferred zoning adjacent). This area may be a suitable extension to the adjacent future urban cell advocated by the Urban Expansion Policy Statement for the Perth Metropolitan Region (DPUD, 1990), the draft Jandakot Structure Plan and the City of Cockburn's Southern Suburbs District Structure Plan. However, given Area 5 would be the interface between future development in the Redevelopment Area and the urban cell to the east, precise definition of the land use for Area 5 should not occur until the Master Plan for the Redevelopment Area is finalised and further progress of the planning for the adjacent urban cell. Area 6 Land within the Redevelopment Area west of Mandogalup Road (see Map 5). Area 6 is within the Redevelopment Area but is not affected by any off-site impacts that constrain sensitive development. In accordance with the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act, the land will remain within the Redevelopment Area. Although FRIARS identifies this land for future industrial development, the Master Plan for the Redevelopment Area may: • identify that this area is not needed for industrial purposes and would be better utilised for non-industrial uses; • identify that the land should be developed for industrial or commercial purposes; or • conclude that the use of this land cannot or would not need to be determined for a number of years, in order to have regard for progress of the Redevelopment Project and future data about demands for industrial land. It is anticipated that the Master Plan will protect existing use rights. The outcomes of this review and use of Area 6 will be considered via the Master Plan and its approval by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, as required by the Redevelopment Act. Areas Requiring Further Investigation The review has identified three areas in which further changes to the buffer could be considered. More detailed investigations or studies are however required prior to determining the extent of changes required. These areas are as follows: Area 7 Buffer for the Woodman Point Waste Water Treatment Plant (see Map 3). The wastewater treatment plant is a service utility that is ancillary to surrounding industrial development (existing and future). As such, the Water Corporation has indicated agreement to the Woodman Point Plant being included in the REA, consistent with the outlined principles. The wastewater treatment plant creates off-site impacts on surrounding land and it would be desirable to incorporate the buffer for these impacts into the REA. As the impacts affect privately owned land to the north-east of the plant, the Water Corporation has recently completed improvements the operation of this plant to reduce its impacts. Accordingly, the Water Corporation will undertake a detailed odour definition study (commencing early in 2003) to define the extent of the impacts and the new buffer required for the plant. The results of this study will provide the most up to date information for consideration of incorporating a buffer for the plant into the REA for the long term. In the meantime, the REA will not include a buffer for this plant and development of land that may be affected by the impacts of the plant can be managed via the current zoning of that land. Most of the affected land is either zoned Industrial and Urban Deferred or reserved Public Purposes or Parks and Recreation in the MRS. It is envisaged the Urban Deferred zoning would be retained until the odour study is completed. Area 8 Land near the corner of Rockingham Road and Frobisher Avenue (see Map 3). This land is currently within the EPP buffer and has been zoned as Urban Deferred in the MRS on the basis of its location within the buffer. Immediately adjacent land outside of the buffer has been zoned for urban development, while land to the south within the buffer has been zoned for the Marine Industry Technology Park. This has created a small area of land, which remains constrained in terms of land use. The potential exists for the alignment of the buffer to be slightly adjusted in this area to align with cadastral boundaries in order to provide for a more practical planning outcome for this land. A final decision on the alignment of the buffer as it relates to this land should however be Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 13 deferred pending the implementation of the key recommendations of the recent independent audit of the management of emissions from Cockburn Cement. Area 9 Buffer for the Alcoa Residue Storage Area (see Map 4). The RSA is ancillary to the Alcoa Kwinana Refinery and has off-site impacts from dust and noise. Although the WAPC’s draft Jandakot Structure Plan (WAPC, 2001) depicts a 1 km buffer to protect sensitive land uses from off site impacts during the operational life of the RSA, it is proposed that further detailed investigations are undertaken to better define the extent of the impacts from the operation of the facility. This work should also examine the long term management practices applied to dust and noise emissions, and identify mechanisms to ensure equitable outcomes for private landowners affected by any expansion of the buffer in this area. Until this work is completed the current EPP buffer line will be retained in proximity to the RSA. Implementation It is envisaged that the REA as depicted on Map 2 would be implemented through three complementary mechanisms – revisions to the current Kwinana EPP, the Hope ValleyWattleup Master Plan, and a proposed Statement of Planning Policy (SPP). Further detail on each of these implementation mechanisms is as follows: Environmental Protection Policy As outlined previously, the EPA flagged the potential for changes to the Kwinana EPP boundary and framework for Kwinana in renewing the Kwinana EPP in 1999. The outcomes of this current review, if adopted, could require changes to the boundary of Area B (buffer) specified within the Kwinana EPP, as it currently exists. Given the current stage of development of the State Air EPP, it is appropriate that any changes to the buffer boundary be incorporated into the process associated with the State Air EPP. Regardless of the framework adopted for the Kwinana EPP, the need for industry to continue to adopt a continuous improvement approach to off-site emissions remains critical, in order to ensure that impacts from industrial land uses are contained within the revised buffer area, and that the extent of impacts from industry are reduced over time. Hope Valley-Wattleup Master Plan The Master Plan will provide a co-ordinated and consistent approach to the management of land use within a considerable portion of the proposed buffer area. It is critical that the Master Plan ensures the delivery of land uses, Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 14 which are compatible with the range of constraints that apply within the area, as well as maintaining off-site impacts from land use within the Master Plan area to within the REA. Statement of Planning Policy It would be appropriate for the REA and adjacent Rural zoned land to be complemented by an SPP, to describe the land use planning responses to the environmental and planning constraints of the area. An SPP is prepared by the WAPC and adopted pursuant to section 5AA of the Town Planning and Development Act 1928. Local governments must have “due regard” to an SPP in the preparation and amendment of town planning schemes. The SPP would be able to ensure that the WAPC's consideration of planning proposals in and adjacent to the REA has particular regard to the range of land uses and impacts that may affect any given proposal. This measure could also apply to local government’s consideration of planning proposals in and adjacent to the REA, perhaps by way of requiring inclusion of specific provisions in the relevant town planning schemes. It is envisaged that the SPP for this area would: • confirm the WAPC’s position on land use and subdivision within the area; • reflect the recommended changes to the Kwinana EPP buffer; • ensure that the impacts of future land use and development on land within the REA are contained within this area; and • set out any specific detailed provisions that may be necessary to achieve the SPP objectives. In respect of planning for the Redevelopment Area, it is considered that this review does not warrant a deviation from the recommendations of FRIARS. Therefore, in order to enable preparation of the Master Plan for the Redevelopment Area to continue with confidence, it is recommended that the SPP specify that the Master Plan for the Redevelopment Area should continue to be guided by the Act and FRIARS, having regard to the findings of this review. Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 15 Conclusion The Review has identified the need to acknowledge that the Kwinana EPP buffer area is affected by not only sulphur dioxide emissions as identified by the DEP but also various other land uses, constraints and their buffers (including waste water treatment plants, basic raw materials areas, landfill sites, various infrastructure). This review therefore establishes principles and a process for redefining the buffer and recommends a new composite buffer to be called the Residential Exclusion Area (REA). The REA is designed to protect residents from emissions from the industrial and ancillary land uses in the area and also to protect industry from encroaching residential development, which may threaten their operations. In line with this, a key land use objective within the REA is to restrict additional residential use. Although existing residential land uses would remain, they would be treated as non-conforming uses, with a presumption against new residential development. The REA proposes to alter the existing Kwinana buffer by: • expanding it in three areas (the Marine Industry Technology Park, Kwinana Waste Water Treatment Plant and Lot 15 Cockburn Road, Henderson); • contracting it in three areas (land to the east of Power Ave and land in the vicinity of the intersection of Wattleup and Mandogalup Roads); and • identifying three areas where further investigation is required before expansions and contractions in these three areas are further contemplated (buffers for the Woodman Point Waste Water Treatment Plant and the Alcoa Residue Storage Area and land at the corner of Rockingham Road and Frobisher Avenue). Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 16 The development of the State Air EPP will incorporate the outcomes of this review as it relates to the management of air quality within the Kwinana airshed. The EPP is proposed to be supplemented by a land use planning buffer via a Statement of Planning Policy to be prepared by the Western Australian Planning Commission. Also, the Master Plan for the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area being prepared by LandCorp will play an important role in responding to the review and the range of constraints within a large portion of the REA. Submissions on this review will be used in the development of the above mechanisms. The need for periodic review of the boundaries and framework for the REA is also highlighted in order to take account of changing circumstances associated with land use and environmental constraints affecting the area over time. References Department of Conservation and Environment (1982). The Kwinana Air Modelling Study 1978-1982. City of Cockburn (1999). Southern Suburbs District Structure Plan. Western Australian Planning Commission (2000). Metropolitan Region Scheme Amendment No. 991/33 (South West Districts Omnibus (No. 3B). Western Australian Planning Commission (2001). Jandakot Structure Plan: For Public Comment October 2001. Department of Planning and Urban Development (1990). Urban Expansion Policy Statement for the Perth Metropolitan Region. Perth, Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority (1997). Draft Industrial Buffer Distances Table. ERM Mitchell McCotter (1999). Kwinana International Motorplex, Public Environmental Review. Prepared for the Western Australian Sports Centre Trust. Metropolitan Region Planning Authority (1980). A planning strategy for the south-west corridor: based on 1974 report by T.S.Martin and Associates and further studies: published for discussion. National Environment Protection Council (1998). National Environment Protection Measure for Ambient Air Quality. State Planning Commission (1988). Kwinana Regional Strategy. Western Australian Planning Commission (2000). Fremantle-Rockingham Industrial Area Regional Strategy. Final Report. Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 17 FREMANTLE ● ARMADALE 500 Metres 1000 1500 LEGEND Local Government Boundary CMS Gas Transmission Line Basic Raw Materials 500m Buffers Basic Raw Material Site in Fremantle-Rockingham Industrial Area Regional Strategy Landfill Facility 500m Buffer Wastewater Treatment Plant Buffer Kwinana Motorplex Noise(Approximate Worst Case) Contour City of Cockburn Landfill Facility Wastewater Treatment Plant Alcoa Residue Storage Area 1km Buffer Alcoa Residue Storage Area Individual Fatality Risk Contour for 2020 Marine Industry Technology Park Cockburn Cement Operation Boundary of Area B in the Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes Kwinana) Policy -1992 Sulphur Dioxide Emission (Worst Case) Contour Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area Special Industrial Industrial Produced by Project Mapping Section, Geographic & Planning Information Branch, Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Perth, Western Australia. August, 2002. ntw_map18\plan_imp\metro_sth\ kwin_eppbuff2002\dpub02\figs\final\map1f 0 N Index to Map Area ROCKINGHAM ● ● ● ● ● PERTH DIXON Ocean Indian Jervoise Bay ROAD ANKETELL GIL Long Swamp PE HO WE LLA RD Calista Medina Leda RE MO THOMAS Postans LEY VAL Wattleup Centre Town Kwinana ROAD Parmelia Banganup Lake ROAD EN AV EN CMS Gas Transmission Line: CMS Gas Transmission Basic Raw Materials Sites 500m Buffers: Environmental Protection Authority Draft Industrial Buffer Distance Table (1997) Basic Raw Materials Sites in FRIARS: Fremantle-Rockingham Industrial Area Regional Strategy and updated by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure Landfill Facility 500m Buffer: Environmental Protection Authority Draft Industrial Buffer Distance Table (1997) City of Cockburn Landfill Facility: City of Cockburn & Department of Environmental Protection Kwinana Motorplex Noise (Approximate Worst Case) Contour: Kwinana Motorplex Waste Water Treatement Plant: Water Corporation Alcoa Residue Storage 1km Buffer: Alcoa and draft Jandakot Structure Plan Alcoa Residue Storage Area: Alcoa, Department of Minerals & Petroleum Resources and FRIARS Final Report 2000 Individual Fatality Risk Contour for 2000: FRIARS Final Report 2000 Cockburn Cement Operations: 2001 Aerial Photography - DOLA Sulphur Dioxide Emissions (Worst Case) Contour: Department of Environmental Protection Boundary of Area B in the Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes) Kwinana Policy1992 Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area: Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act Local Government Boundary and Cadastral Data supplied by Department of Land Administration, Western Australia SOURCE: D ROA GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA Mandogalup The Spectacles ROAD ROAD Beeliar Regional Park Beeliar Regional Park Thomsons Lake CITY OF COCKBURN TOWN OF KWINANA WATTLEUP Hope Valley RU SS EL L Beeliar Yangebup AD CITY OF ROCKINGHAM East Rockingham Naval Base Beeliar Regional Park Mt Brown Lake Brownman Swamps Lake Coogee Henderson Munster Kwinana Industrial Area Kwinana Beach Cockburn Sound Woodman Pt Regional Park RS ON MIDLAND PA TT E JOONDALUP ANA Yangebup Lake KWIN Coogee AD RO FREEWAY Map 1: Constraining Land Uses and Their Buffers NU E ROAD AVE RO ROCKINGHAM UE NIS Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 18 FREMANTLE ● ARMADALE 500 Metres 1000 1500 LEGEND Local Government Boundary Residential Exclusion Area (Boundary) Area of Contraction of Buffer Possible Area of Expansion subject to further investigation Boundary of Area B of the Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes Kwinana) Policy 1992 Area of Expansion of Buffer Wastewater Treatment Plant Alcoa Residue Storage Area Cockburn Cement Operations Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area Special Industrial Industrial Produced by Project Mapping Section, Geographic & Planning Information Branch, Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Perth, Western Australia. August, 2002. ntw_map18\plan_imp\metro_sth\ kwin_eppbuff2002\dpub02\figs\final\map2f.dgn 0 N Index to Map Area ROCKINGHAM ● ● ● ● ● PERTH DIXON Ocean Indian Jervoise Bay AREA 7 ROAD CITY OF ROCKINGHAM East Rockingham Naval Base Beeliar Regional Park Mt Brown Lake Brownman Swamps Coogee AREA 1 Lake LM GI O RE VA LLE Y WE LLA RD Calista Medina Centre Town Kwinana AREA 9 AREA 6 AREA 4 Wattleup Thomsons Lake A THOM ROA D S AREA 3 Parmelia GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA Possible buffer subject to further investigation in conjunction with Alcoa . AREA 9 E AV EN 19 Waste Water Treatement Plant: Water Corporation Alcoa Residue Storage Area: Alcoa, Department of Minerals & Petroleum Resources and FRIARS Final Report 2000 Cockburn Cement Operations: 2001 Aerial Photography - DOLA Boundary of Area B in the Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes) Kwinana Policy1992 Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area: Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act Local Government Boundary and Cadastral Data supplied by Department of Land Administration, Western Australia SOURCES: The Spectacles R O AD R O AD Mandogalup Possible buffer subject to further investigation in conjunction with Alcoa . ROAD ROAD Beeliar Regional Park AREA 5 Banganup Lake Beeliar Regional Park Portion of Redevelopment Area that is unconstrained. Land use to be resolved by Master Plan for Redevelopment Area. TOWN OF KWINANA Leda Long Swamp Postans WATTLEUP Hope Valley PE HO ANKETELL L EL SS RU Beeliar CITY OF COCKBURN Yangebup Subject to further investigation in conjunction with Cockburn Cement Audit. AREA 8 Possible buffer subject to further investigation in conjunction with Water Corporation. Henderson Munster Kwinana Industrial Area Kwinana Beach Cockburn Sound AREA 2 Woodman Pt Regional Park ER SO N MIDLAND PA TT Yangebup Lake ANA JOONDALUP AD RO KWIN Coogee FREEWAY Map 2: Residential Exclusion Area and Areas of Change NU E ROAD AD AVE RO ROCKINGHAM IS NN UE Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer Map 3: Area 1 & 2 Expansions; Areas 7 & 8 Subject to Further Investigation GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA ● Coogee JOONDALUP ● MIDLAND ● ● PERTH FREMANTLE TLE FREMAN ● ● ARMADALE ROCKINGHAM Index to Map Area Possible buffer subject to further investigation in conjunction with Water Corporation. Indian ROCKINGHAM ROAD MAYOR CITY OF COCKBURN Woodman Pt Regional Park Beeliar Subject to further investigation in conjunction with Cockburn Cement Audit. Munster AREA 7 Lake N 0 200 400 600 AREA 8 Coogee Metres Produced by Project Mapping Section, Geographic & Planning Information Branch, Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Perth, Western Australia. August 2002 ntw-map18\plan_imp\metro_sth\ kwin_eppbuff2002\dpub02\figs\final\map3f.dgn AREA 2 SOURCES: Local Government Boundary and Cadastral Data supplied by Department of Land Administration, Western Australia AREA 1 Redevelopment Area: Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act EPP 1992: Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes) Kwinana Policy1992 Alcoa Residue Storage Area: Alcoa, Department of Minerals & Petroleum Resources and FRIARS Final Report 2000 ROCKINGHAM Jervoise Bay Waste Water Treatement Plant: Water Corporation LEGEND RU SS EL L RO Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area Area of Expansion of Buffer Boundary of Area B in the Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes Kwinana) Policy - 1992 Residential Exclusion Area (Boundary) Wastewater Treatment Plant Boundary Brownman Swamps Cockburn Sound Reserved Lands Parks and Recreation Railways & Port Installation Henderson ROAD Waterways Primary Regional Roads Other Regional Roads Public Purposes Zones Ocean Urban Urban Deferred Rural NB: MRS detail is a simplification of Zones and Reservations as amended to July 2002 Beeliar Regional Park AY HW HIG Industrial & Special Industrial Mt Brown Lake Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 20 AD Map 4: Area 3 Expansion; Area 9 Subject to Further Investigation AREA 6 AREA 5 CITY OF COCKBURN ● GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA JOONDALUP MIDLAND ● 393 ● ● PERTH FREMANTLE ARMADALE ● Wattleup AREA 9 ● 267 ROCKINGHAM Possible buffer subject to further investigation in conjunction with Alcoa. Index to Map Area Mandogalup Hope Valley AREA 9 0 200 Possible buffer subject to further investigation in conjunction with Alcoa. 268 N 400 600 Metres F R EE W AY Produced by Project Mapping Section, Geographic & Planning Information Branch, Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Perth, Western Australia. August 2002 TOWN OF KWINANA ntw-map18\plan_imp\metro_sth\ kwin_eppbuff2002\dpub02\figs\final\map4f.dgn SOURCES: Local Government Boundary and Cadastral Data supplied by Department of Land Administration, Western Australia ROAD Redevelopment Area: Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act EPP 1992: Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes) Kwinana Policy1992 Alcoa Residue Storage Area: Alcoa, Department of Minerals & Petroleum Resources and FRIARS Final Report 2000 ANKETELL The Spectacles Waste Water Treatement Plant: Water Corporation LEGEND Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area Area of Expansion of Buffer AREA 3 269 270 KWINANA 267 Postans Area of Contraction of Buffer Bush Forever 2000 Site Boundary and Site Number Boundary of Area B of the Environmental Protection Atmospheric Wastes Kwinana) Policy - 1992 Residential Exclusion Area (Boundary) Alcoa Residue Storage Area Boundary Wastewater Treatment Plant Boundary Local Government Boundary Reserved Lands AS THOM Parks and Recreation Railways & Port Installation Primary Regional Roads ROAD Other Regional Roads Medina 272 Public Purposes Zones 272 Urban Urban Deferred Rural Kwinana Town Centre NB: MRS detail is a simplification of Zones and Reservations as amended to July 2002 Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 21 Map 5: Areas 4, 5 & 6 Contractions Beeliar ● GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA JOONDALUP ● MIDLAND ● ● PERTH FREMANTLE ● ● ARMADALE ROCKINGHAM Index to Map Area Thomsons Lake RU SS EL 391 L ROCKINGHAM CITY OF COCKBURN ROAD Beeliar Regional Park ROAD N 0 200 400 600 Metres Banganup Lake Produced by Project Mapping Section, Geographic & Planning Information Branch, Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Perth, Western Australia. August 2002 ntw-map18\plan_imp\metro_sth\ kwin_eppbuff2002\dpub02\figs\final\map5f.dgn 392 SOURCES: Local Government Boundary and Cadastral Data supplied by Department of Land Administration, Western Australia Wattleup Redevelopment Area: Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act Portion of Redevelopment Area that is unconstrained. Land use to be resolved by Master Plan for Redevelopment Area. AREA 4 EPP 1992: Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes) Kwinana Policy1992 Alcoa Residue Storage Area: Alcoa, Department of Minerals & Petroleum Resources and FRIARS Final Report 2000 Cockburn Cement Operations: aerial photography LEGEND Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Area 267 Area of Contraction of Buffer Bush Forever 2000 Site Boundary and Site Number Cockburn Cement Operation Boundary od Area B of the Environmental Protection (Atmospheric Wastes Kwinana} Policy - 1992 Residential Exclusion Area (Boundary) WATTLEUP AREA 6 AREA 5 ROAD Possible buffer subject to further investigation in conjunction with Alcoa. 393 Alcoa Residue Storage Area Boundary Local Government Boundary Reserved Lands 267 Parks and Recreation AREA 9 Primary Regional Roads Other Regional Roads Public Purposes Mandogalup Zones TOWN OF KWINANA Urban Hope Valley 268 AREA 9 Urban Deferred Industrial & Special Industrial Rural Long Swamp NB: MRS detail is a simplification of Zones and Reservations as amended to July 2002 Review of Kwinana Air-Quality Buffer 22