Hydrodec Australia EPL 11385 Monitoring Data - 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013.
1. Legislative Requirements
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) requires holders of environment protection licences to comply
with the obligations as set out in Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (POELA
Act). This requires licence holders to publish or make pollution monitoring data available to members of the
public. A copy of the NSW legislation is available on www.legislation.nsw.gov.au.
2. Licence Holders details
EPA Licence holder and location:Hydrodec Australia Pty Ltd;
90 Old Temora Rd
YOUNG NSW 2594
EPA Licence Number:-- 11385
A copy of Hydrodec Australia’s NSW EPA Licence is available from
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/prpoeoapp/
3. Monitoring and Complaints Summary
3.1
Number of Pollution Complaints
Hydrodec Australia has not received any air, water, noise and waste pollution complaints from the community
for the reporting period 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013.
3.2
Concentration Monitoring Summary
The results for the following monitoring points are a collation of results and include the most recent results
which Hydrodec Australia received by ETC on the 9 July 2013 and were submitted to our London head office
on the 12 July 2013 for review and uploading on the company’s website www.hydrodec.com. It should be
noted that Hydrodec has included additional results over and above those required by the EPL 11385
requirements.
Monitoring Point 2:- Air Emissions Monitoring, Small Plant (2,000 kg per day) - Recycle Gas Stream prior
to Purge Off-Take Point
As the plant was not operational during the reporting period, no samples were taken from point 2.
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Monitoring Point 4 - Air Emissions Monitoring, Large Plant (20,000 kg per day) - Recycle Gas Stream prior
to Purge Off-Take Point
No. of samples
required by
licence per 12
month period.
No. of samples
collected and
analysed
Lowest
sample
value
Mean of
sample
Highest
sample
value
Current
Licence
limitation
1
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
1
1
0.11
0.11
0.11
None
1
2
0.028
N/A
<0.04
None
Percent v/v
1
5
<0.4
N/A
<0.5
None
grams per gram
mole
1
5
2.4
3.4
3.6
None
PCBs
micrograms per
cubic metre
1
1
0.0000044
0.0000044
0.0000044
None
Speciated
organic
compounds
parts per million
2
2
0.068
220
4400
None
Temperature
Celsius
1
1
13
13
13
None
Velocity
metres per
second
1
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
parts per million
1
2
60
4330
8600
None
cubic metres per
second
1
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
Pollutant
Dioxins &
Furans
Dry gas density
Hydrogen
Sulfide
Moisture
content
Molecular
weight of stack
gases
Volatile organic
compounds
Volumetric
flowrate
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Unit of
measure
nanograms per
cubic metre
kilograms per
cubic metre
milligrams per
cubic metre
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Monitoring Point 3 - Discharge to Air, Large Plant (20,000 kg per day)
These are additional tests completed which are not required by our licence - See section 3.3 for details
No. of samples
required by
licence per 12
month period
No. of
samples
collected and
analysed
Lowest
sample
value
Mean of
sample
Highest
sample
value
Current
Licence
limitation
Pollutant
Unit of
measure
Dioxins & Furans
nanograms
per cubic
metre
0
1
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.1 max
Dry gas density
kilograms
per cubic
metre
0
1
1.3
1.3
1.3
None
Hydrogen Sulfide
milligrams
per cubic
metre
0
2
<0.027
N/A
<0.6
1 max
Moisture content
percent
0
4
1.2
1.3
1.3
None
Molecular weight
of stack gases
grams per
gram mole
0
4
28.7
28.9
28.9
None
PCBs
micrograms
per cubic
metre
0
2
0.0000038
0.000011
0.000019
1 max
Speciated
organic
compounds
parts per
million
0
1
<0.69
<0.69
<0.69
None
Temperature
Celsius
0
4
137
144
150
None
Velocity
metres per
second
0
4
9.1
9.4
9.8
None
Volatile
organic
compounds
parts per
million
0
2
<1.2
N/A
<7
20 max
Volumetric flowrate
cubic metres
per second
0
1
0.044
0.044
0.044
None
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3.3
Statement of Compliance as per the current Licence Conditions
Details of Non-Compliance with Licence
Licence condition number not complied with
M2.1
Summary of particulars of the non-compliance
M2.1:- No sample taken for point 2 [Air Emissions Monitoring, Small Plant (2,000 kg per day) - Recycle Gas Stream prior
to Purge Off-Take] as plant was not operational during the reporting period.
If relevant, precise location where the non-compliance occurred (attach a map or diagram)
Monitoring point 2
Cause of non-compliance
Monitoring point 2 was not operational at any stage during the reporting period
Action taken or that will be taken to mitigate any adverse effects of the non-compliance
No oil was processed through the small plant – thus no potential risk to the environment.
Action taken or that will be taken to prevent a recurrence of the non-compliance
Will revert to monitoring as per licence requirements when the 2,000kg per day plant is operational.
Licence condition number not complied with
M2 requires Hydrodec to monitor concentration of pollutants discharged based on specific locations and at defined
intervals (yearly and every six months).
L3.3 defines the concentration of limits per discharge point.
Summary of particulars of the non-compliance (NO MORE THAN 50 WORDS)
There is a disconnect between M2 and L3.3. This anomaly is in the process of being resolved with the EPA.
Hydrodec has done additional testing outside of our licence requirements to demonstrate our compliance regarding
the discharge of pollutants to air.
If required, further details on particulars of non-compliance
Hydrodec has been in discussion with the EPA since 2011 to resolve the anomaly of our licence.
Additional information
Under section R3 Written Report of our licence Hydrodec notified the EPA on Tuesday 28th May of an IBC
containing around 250 litres of 15% sodium hydroxide solution which ruptured, spilling the entire solution
over a concreted area of about 30m2. An undefined but significant amount of the solution was absorbed by
concrete. A quantity estimated to be about 25 litres made its way in to a storm water drain while the rest
that was not absorbed found its way to a sewer drain. A large amount of town water was used to flush the
sewer and the storm water drains.
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