SYDNEY – 12 DECEMBER 2019
This seminar will assist contaminated landowners, environmental professionals based in industry and new entrants to environmental management on recent changes and developments in the contaminated land management.
A number of regulatory and policy changes are arriving with implications including:
- Draft Consultants Reporting Guidelines the new 7 Stages - up from 4
- Line in the sand - When does waste and pollution law overtake contaminated land law?
- Estimating costs of remediation
- Forced acquisition of contaminated land; a new tool for Government?
- Bromated fire retardants; are they the new PFAS?
Also discussed are the ongoing emerging pollutants of PFAS, asbestos and bromated fire retardants and the issues they bring to contaminated land management. This seminar will also cover:
- UPSS Regulation’s new application to existing environment licence holders sites
- EPA v Grafil case - Impact of waste laws on remediation and unexpected finds
- The Pasminco Cockle Creek acquisition process
- The Stockholm Convention listed POPs – emerging contaminants
Managing contaminated PFAS and asbestos soils under NSW’s waste legislation - When is it better to leave the contaminants in the ground or dispose of them?
The Seminar's agenda includes:
- Stephen Beaman, Executive Director, Hazardous Incidents and Environmental Health, EPA
Consultant reporting and hazardous vapours Guidelines and uptake of UPSS Regulation on existing EPL sites and other updates from the EPA - Claire Smith, Partner, Clayton Utz
A lawyers overview of the Cockle Creek compulsorily acquisition and other property transactions issues involving contaminated land - Stephan Pawelczyk, NSW Manager, PJR & Associates
Impacts of the Contaminated Sites Consultant's Guidelines changes - John Hunt, Ventia
A review of historical remediation costs by method and scale - Tony Scott,Senior Principal Coffey
Asbestos remediation: dividing the actions: keep on site to waste disposal or when does it become a waste? - Prof. Megh Mallavarapu, CRC CARE
Bromated fire retardants, the emerging POPs and issues for contaminated land - Scott Tonkin, GrainCorp
Land disinvestment processes from land owners perspective - Richard Giles, National Technical Manager, Remediation, Enviropacific
Unpredictable Regulatory Environment - Recent Case study - Andrew Doig, ASBG
Ongoing challenges in contaminated soil management and disposal and other issues affecting land owners
This seminar is sponsored by Clayton Utz.
Price: | Time: 8:40 am rego. 8:55 am start to 4:40 pm |
