21 st Annual Conference

Harley O’Hagan, NZ Defence Force
Penny Kneebone, Tonkin & Taylor Ltd
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• New Zealand Defence Force (Army, Navy, Air Force)
– Joint Logistics & Support Organisation (JLSO)
• Property Group
– Environmental Services (8 civilian staff)
• NZDF’s issues
– 87,000ha estate
– Sustainable land management
– Services for Camps/Bases (water, waste, heat, etc)
– Statutory planning
– Consents & compliance
– Environmental education
• Contaminated sites
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• Hand held firearms
• Lead, copper, zinc, nickel, antimony
• Ongoing source of contamination
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PASSION FOR PERFORMANCE THROUGH CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAMWORK TECHNOLOGY LEADING CHANGE OUR PEOPLE COMMUNICATION INNOVATION

PASSION FOR PERFORMANCE THROUGH CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAMWORK TECHNOLOGY LEADING CHANGE OUR PEOPLE COMMUNICATION INNOVATION

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Contamination at Ranges
• Typical metal concentrations in stop butt sand (mg/kg)
Metal
Lead
Copper
Zinc
Antimony
Nickel
Stop butt concentrations
2,000-30,000
30-10,000
60-1,000
10-1,000
10-20
Background
(ANZECC 1992)
<2-200
1-190
2-180
4-44
2-400
Commercial
(NEPM 1999)
1,500
5,000
35,000
-
3,000
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NZDF’s small arms ranges
• 29 ranges
• Coastal to central plateau
• Various types, environmental settings
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Approach to management
• Range similarities: overarching guideline
• Differences: individual, sitespecific plans
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• Review international best practice
• Overview environmental issues and management practices
• Risk
• Containment nearby residents
Ingestion
& contact aquatic organisms in surface water & sediment
Vegetation, grazing animals dust
SURFACE WATER
Erosion to surface water & sediment range users, maintenance workers
RANGE FLOOR
STOP BUTT
Leaching to groundwater
Transport in groundwater to wells or surface water
GROUNDWATER
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• Stop butts
• Operational controls
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• Maintaining stable slopes
• Minimising divots
• Vegetated riparian buffer strips
• Particle size distribution
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Stormwater and drainage
• Cut off drains
• Sedimentation basins
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• Screening for safety
• Small particles prone to leaching and transport
• Best to contain source, rather than treat it
• On-site disposal in engineered cells
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• Practical, user friendly, easy to read, minimise paperwork
• Non-scientific language
• Photographs and pictures
• Clear, prescriptive instructions
• Use existing maintenance systems
• Consultation with users
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Home Valley Range upgrade
• Waiouru Stream
• Safety concerns
• Frost heave
• High intensity use
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• Stop butts for containment
• Free draining
• Stormwater diversion
• Collecting under-drainage
• Capped stockpile
• Culverting
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• Ongoing source of metals contamination
• Proactive approach - internal management Guidelines
• Stakeholder consultation
• Integrate with existing maintenance
• Contain contamination, minimise amount of material generated
• Environmentally sustainable design simplifies effective management of contamination
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21 st Annual Conference