Slide 1: Woodlawn Eco-Precinct Community Liaison Committee Meeting
Woodlawn Eco-Precinct Community Liaison Committee Meeting August 2024 NSW Woodlawn Eco-Precinct 619 Collector Road / Tarago / NSW 2580 Australia off.: +61 2 8588 1360 www.veolia.com/anz
Slide 2: Acknowledgement of Country
Acknowledgement of Country Veolia acknowledges Ngunnawal people as the traditional custodians of the lands and waters in which we live and work and their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and any first nations people presen
Slide 3: Introductions / Welcome
@veoua Introductions / Welcome
Slide 4: Meeting Agenda
MEETING AGENDA Item Topic 1 Introductions / Welcome/Agenda 2 Present/Apologies Actions from last meeting 3 ARC Project Update 4 Woodlawn Eco-Precinct Operational Update 1. Woodlawn Bioreactor & Leachate Treatment Plant - tonnage 2. Water Management/Leachate Management 3. Bioenergy - gas capture & po
Slide 5: Present / Apologies
Present / Apologies
Slide 6: Meeting Attendance
MEETING ATTENDANCE Date Thursday 29 August 2024 Time 5:00pm to 7.00pm Location Tarago Hall - Wallace Street Tarago Name Present Name Present Justin Houghton (JH) (Veolia) Raymond Choy (RC) (Veolia) Cr Andy Wood (AW) (GMC Councillor) No representative (TSA Rep) Cr John Preston (JP) (QPRC Councillor)
Slide 7: Actions from Last Meeting
Actions from Last Meeting
Slide 8: Meeting Actions
MEETING Actions Item Action Assigned to 1 ACTION: Update community on H2S study in the Tarago Times - “not completed need Veolia more data STATUS: Complete - Update on the H2S study distributed to CLC, published on website. 2 ACTION: Veolia to investigate “snap send solve” app - IT looking at any cy
Slide 9: Meeting Actions
MEETING Actions Item Action Assigned to 5 ACTION: Veolia to consider request for NSW government representatives to attend and Veolia explain ARC assessment process. STATUS: Believe this request is better coming from the community to EPA/DPHI directly as our experience has been these requests are bet
Slide 10: Positive outcomes since last meeting
ECO-PRECINCT Positive outcomes since last meeting WINS! ● Community - The Trust Presentation $250,000 to worthy local community projects ● Regulators - EPA Site Visit hosted State Directors and Managers - conference Queanbeyan ● Community - Onboarded Community & Stakeholder Engagement Manager - Greg
Slide 11: ARC Project Update
ARC Project Update
Slide 12: Where are we?
Where are we? 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Scoping report and Environmental Impact Draft submissions Final submissions Submissions report Secretary’s Environmental Statement (EIS) and report (responding to report and Amendment (responding to Assessment Requirements exhibition EIS submissions) report inc
Slide 13: What is APCr?
What is APCr? Air Pollution Control Residue (APCr) is a waste material (extracted from the filtration system) in an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility • Filtration captures pollutants into a solid form, known as APCr APCr • Usually composed of: ⚬ Ash ⚬ Lime ⚬ Activated carbon • Classified as hazardous
Slide 14: Original EIS - APCr Management
Original EIS - APCr Management • Construction of an encapsulation cell within evaporation dam 1 • Temporary storage of APCr in silos • Use of a solid binding agent (e.g. cement) • Transport of restricted solid waste Encapsulation Cell by truck to the encapsulation cell • Disposal into the encapsulat
Slide 15: APCr Stabilisation Methods
APCr Stabilisation Methods Carbonation Chelate (a liquid Acids Physico - binding agent) Chemical Use of carbon dioxide (CO2) and binders Treatment (PCT) Addition of chelate and binders Neutralisation using acids and binders 15
Slide 16: APCr stabilisation process and location
APCr stabilisation process and location • Original stabilisation area to be used for temporary storage of the APCr Proposed APCr • APCr will be transported and Stabilisation Area processed at the proposed Stabilisation Area, within project development footprint Original APCr Stabilisation Area – to
Slide 17: Disposal of stabilised APCr
Disposal of stabilised APCr • Disposal of stabilised APCr to Woodlawn Bioreactor – improved stabilisation method to achieve a general solid waste classification, enabling disposal into the Woodlawn Landfill • Mandatory testing – regular testing of APCr will be undertaken. Should a batch not meet our
Slide 18: Summary of the Amendment
Summary of the Amendment What’s changing: • Removal of the Encapsulation Cell • Updated stabilisation process • Seeking approval for disposal to the Woodlawn Bioreactor Landfill No change to: • Minor layout changes within the • Overall ARC facility, proposed footprint process and throughput • Added
Slide 19: Aug & Upcoming Engagement Activities
Aug & Upcoming Engagement Activities Community Newsletters Webinars • 7th August at 1pm (AEST) Shopping Centre Pop Ups • 14th August at 7pm (AEST) • 22nd August Goulburn Square 4-7pm Additional Events • 23rd August Braidwood Arts Centre 12-3pm Series of additional events over • 24th August Riverside
Slide 20: Eco-Precinct Operational Update
Eco-Precinct Operational Update
Slide 21: Operational Update Performance
ECO-PRECINCT OPERATIONAL UPDATE Performance Bioreactor Landfill - Licence tonnage YTD Waste Processed (licence 7 Sep 2023 - 31 Jul 2024) ➢ Regional Waste 114,670t - (licence 125,000t) ➢ Sydney Waste 607,940t - (licence 900,000t) ○ Both are within licence limits for Sep 2023- Sep 24 period Mechanical
Slide 22: Water Management Freeboard Management
Water Management Freeboard Management ● ED1 - At 0.5m freeboard ○ Current evaporation throughput 226 L/s, @10% efficiency = 1.8 ML /day volume loss ○ Extra 48 L/sec evaporation system is under construction and to be commissioned November 2024 ● ED3N and ED3SS Over 0.5m freeboard ○ Currently 62 L/s m
Slide 23: Water Management Storage status and location
Water Management Storage status and location (End of Jan 2024) Coffer Dam #2 ED1 Plant Collection Dam Coffer Dam #3 Coffer Dam #1 Office area Leachate Treatment Plant ED3N 1-4 Plant collection catchment ED3S ED3SS Western Ridge catchment Bioreactor Void catchment
Slide 24: Water Management Treated Leachate Strategy Summary
Water Management Treated Leachate Strategy Summary Short term next 18 months ● Temporary tank farm - 40 ML ● Permanent tank farm 1 - 54ML ● Permanent tank farm 2 - up to 135ML (will be staged based on rainfall) ● Reverse osmosis (RO) treatment ● Evaporation field - mechanical and plant transpiration
Slide 25: Bio-Energy
ECO-PRECINCT OPERATIONAL UPDATE BIO-ENERGY Bioenergy 2024 Biogas Capture ➢ Gas collected in last 12 months (08/23-07/24) 44,302,126 m3 ➢ Energy Generation 57,081 MWh in last 12 months ➢ In last 12 months, the captured emission is equivalent to removing 83,476 cars off the road through the year
Slide 26: Odour Management
ECO-PRECINCT OPERATIONAL UPDATE ODOUR MANAGEMENT ● Completed ○ Waste and rock interface gas collection in the bioreactor along the void perimeter (1000 m of horizontal gas collection) installed and connected to gas capture system - August 2024. ○ August monthly surface monitoring - No exceedances si
Slide 27: Odour Management
ECO-PRECINCT OPERATIONAL UPDATE ODOUR MANAGEMENT ● Odour complaints and events have increased between April to August ● We continue to identify and address areas of potential odour as in the last slide ● Odour is heavily dependant on weather conditions. ● Colder weather conditions show an increase i
Slide 28: Environment Update
Environment Update
Slide 29: Independent Odour Audit updates
Independent Odour Audit updates Action Status Completion Date ● Odour mitigation from the Veolia have engaged a landfill engineer to undertake a review of the landfill operating Engaged Tonkin to undertake void practices. This review will address odour mitigation from the void, active tipping face p
Slide 30: PA Modifications & Post Approval Applications
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE UPDATE PA MODIFICATIONS & POST APPROVAL APPLICATIONS Approval Type Description Status MP 10_0012 Modifications Modify the existing project approval for the Bioreactor and MBT to: Transport to ARRF removed AWT 06_0239 ● Construct an approximately 15 megalitre (ML) dam at the
Slide 31: PA Modifications & Post Approval Applications
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE UPDATE PA MODIFICATIONS & POST APPROVAL APPLICATIONS
Slide 32: Regulatory Enforcements
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE UPDATE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENTS EPL/PA Date Facility Description Context Action EPL 20476 16/7/2024 Woodlawn MBT Penalty Leachate on Mat pad at MBT Completed - Veolia has emptied the Mat Pad into Infringement bladders, the MBT dam construction is nearly Notice completed follo
Slide 33: Community Engagement Update
Community Engagement Update
Slide 34: Stakeholder Engagement Plan
ECO-PRECINCT Stakeholder Engagement Plan Vision - “Stakeholders have pride that the facility is in their area and Veolia is seen as a trusted, invested and valued part of this community” Aim - we want to - improved sharing information processes, build relationships, generating support, improve socia
Slide 35: Community Q & A
Community Q & A
Slide 36: CLC Questions
CLC Questions ● Are there any questions for Veolia from the CLC ● Review emailed questions if time
Slide 37: CLC New Actions
CLC New Actions
Slide 38: Next Meeting
Next Meeting The next Community Liaison Meeting will be held at the Woodlawn Eco-Precinct TBC agreed.