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Sustainable Site Assessment and Remediation – Objects To Act On Presented to ACLCA SA November 2015

Contents Sustainable development and sustainable remediation 01 Sustainable remediation forums 02 Planning sustainable site assessment and remediation 03 Case study - START 04 Sustainability rating schemes 05 A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 2

01 Sustainable development and sustainable remediation A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 3

Sustainable development Bruntland report “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” Brundtland report, (1987) – World Commission on Environment Development A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 4

Sustainable development International Standard ISO 26000 Guidance on social responsibility States that sustainable development is about: “integrating the goals of a high quality of life, health and prosperity with social justice and maintaining the earth's capacity to support life in all its diversity” These are social, economic and environmental goals which are: • Interdependent; and • Mutually reinforcing A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 5

Sustainable development Australian national strategy for ecologically sustainable development Defines ecologically sustainable development as: “ using, conserving and enhancing the community's resources so that ecological processes, on which life depends, are maintained, and the total quality of life, now and in the future, can be increased ” The core objectives of the strategy are: • To enhance individual and community well-being and welfare by following a path of economic development that safeguards the welfare of future generations • To provide for equity within and between generations • To protect biological diversity and maintain essential ecological processes and life-support systems A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 6

Sustainable development Objects of South Australian Environment Protection Act Objects of the Environment Protection Act are: • to promote the principles of ESD • to protect, restore and enhance the quality of the environment having regard to the principles of ESD A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 7

Sustainable development Time line Operation Planning > Assessment > Remediation > Construction > Operation > Disuse Assessment A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 8

Sustainable site assessment and remediation The selection and implementation of site/risk assessment methodologies and risk mitigation measures in order to balance social, environmental and economic aspects A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 9

Sustainable site assessment and remediation The fundamental principles of sustainable SAR are: • Safe working practices • Consistent, clear and reproducible evidence based decision making • Record keeping and transparent reporting • Good governance and stakeholder involvement • Sound science and evidence base • No unacceptable risks to human health or the environment A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 10

02 Sustainable remediation forums A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 11

International Organisations Global Sustainable Remediation Forums Sustainable Remediation Forum set up in the US in 2006 • The mission of SURF is to maximize the overall environmental, societal, and economic benefits from the site clean-up process SuRF-UK inaugural meeting in 2008 • Defines sustainable remediation as “ the practice of demonstrating, in terms of environmental, economic and social indicators, that the benefit of undertaking remediation is greater than its impact and that the optimum remediation solution is selected through the use of a balanced decision-making process ” A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 12

International Organisations Global Sustainable Remediation Forums Many similar SuRF organisations now established around the world A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 13

International Organisations Global Sustainable Remediation Forums Since 2013 the various SuRF organisations and NICOLE have had quarterly teleconferences hosted by CL:AIRE in order to share recent developments, papers, guidelines and experiences The global SuRF network supports The Sustainable Remediation Conference (SUSTREM) which occurs every 2 to 3 years Next conference in Montreal in April 2016 A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 14

SuRF ANZ Sustainable Remediation Forum Australia and New Zealand SuRF ANZ’s achievements include: • Ongoing development of a Framework for Sustainable Remediation • Establishing SuRF ANZ policy in consultation with SuRF ANZ members • Providing web-base sustainable remediation tools • Organising meetings and forums for sustainable remediation dialogues • Facilitating contact with international sustainable remediation associations • Contributing to a national remediation framework (NRF) currently being developed through CRC CARE More information: www.surfanz.com.au A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 15

03 Planning sustainable site assessment and remediation A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 16

Draft ISO/CD 18505 Soil Quality – Guidance on Sustainable Remediation International Standard in preparation with the intention of providing guidance about contemporary understanding of sustainable remediation and in particular provide: • Standard methodology, terminology and information about the key components and aspects of sustainable remediation assessment. • Informative advice on the assessment of the relative sustainability of alternative remediation strategies A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 17

SuRF ANZ Planning working group 2013 Planning working group: • Rebecca Hughes – SA EPA (Chair) • Christina Bicksler – AECOM QLD • Bill Butler – ERM NSW • Raghava Dasika – URS VIC • David Tully – Coffey SA Produce guidance for the systematic consideration of sustainable remedial action objectives in the preparation of Remediation Action Plans (or their equivalent), including technology screening, evaluation, selection and implementation, application of sustainability metrics and comparison of sustainability outcomes A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 18

Planning sustainable SAR Follow principles of ecologically sustainable development Site contamination assessment and remediation action objectives should be considered in relation to the 18 Sustainability Indicators provided by SuRF UK and included in the draft SuRF ANZ framework (April 2011) Environmental Social Economic Impacts on air Human health and safety Direct economic costs and benefits Impacts on soil and ground Ethical and equality Indirect economic costs and conditions considerations benefits Impacts on groundwater Impacts on neighbourhoods Employment and and surface waters or regions employment capital Impacts on ecology Community involvement Gearing and satisfaction Use of natural resources Compliance with policy Life span and project risks and generation of wastes objectives and strategies Intrusiveness Uncertainty and evidence Project flexibility A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 19

Planning sustainable SAR Conceptual Site Model Development • The aim of every stage of the site assessment process should be to develop and refine a robust conceptual site model for the site under consideration • The data collection process should consider relevant social, environmental and economic issues related to potential contaminants at the site • All stages of environmental site assessments should be planned and implemented to minimise environmental and socioeconomic impacts and burdens and to maximise economic and social values • Social, environmental and economic data gathered during initial development of the CSM can be utilised to facilitate planning of sustainable site assessment as this process proceeds through various phases • The social, environmental and economic aspects within the CSM can be utilised to plan and develop a sustainable remediation strategy to mitigate potential risks posed by complete or (potentially complete) exposure pathways identified in the CSM • Social, environmental and economic aspects should be considered on completion of each stage and tier of risk assessment to determine if it is more sustainable to continue with higher tiers of risk assessment or progress to remediation A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 20

Planning sustainable SAR Assessment of site contamination NEPM Numerous references economic, social and environmental aspects: • Schedule B2 Section 15 relates to protection of the environment during site assessment. • Schedule B8 devoted to community engagement and risk communication Volume 1 Section 6 relates to assessment of site contamination principles Principle 16 relates to options for site clean-up and/or management. ASC NEPM amendment of 2013 included insertion of: “ When deciding which option to choose, the sustainability (environmental, economic and social) of each option should be considered, in terms of achieving an appropriate balance between the benefits and effects of undertaking the option ” A presentation to ACLCA SA Date November 2015 21