Victoria’s atmosphere regulator is tamping down a push to determine an asbestos job drive to fight the rising disaster.
The Surroundings Safety Authority has confirmed or suspects asbestos contamination of 9 parks and reserves throughout Melbourne.
Eight websites are inside the Hobsons Bay space in Melbourne’s west, with the native council voting to write down to Premier Jacinta Allan to induce the federal government to emulate NSW by establishing an asbestos job drive.
However the EPA has rubbished the concept, insisting it does not want any extra assist.
“We do not want anymore sources to deal with it,” the authority’s Duncan Pendrigh instructed ABC Radio Melbourne on Thursday.
“We’re addressing it extraordinarily effectively at this cut-off date.
“There is no want for us to ask for any extra sources for responding to the problem as we see it for the time being.”
The NSW asbestos job drive was introduced in February to help the state’s atmosphere watchdog after asbestos was present in mulch at Sydney’s Rozelle Parklands.
Seventy-five websites throughout town finally returned a optimistic for asbestos following testing of 6500 tonnes of mulch.
Victorian inspectors checked out a newly suspected web site at RJ Lengthy Reserve in Williamstown North on Wednesday and located no asbestos.
Testing of samples from Shore Reserve at Pascoe Vale South in Melbourne’s north got here again optimistic earlier than an occupational hygienist inspected the reserve and it was given the all-clear to reopen.
Different websites are near being reopened, the authority mentioned.
Mr Pendrigh reiterated the authority has cleared mulch producers because the supply of the asbestos contamination and is as a substitute specializing in building companies.
“The utmost wonderful for an organization not appropriately managing asbestos is $2 million for a single occasion,” he mentioned.
“So there’s very sturdy powers that we’ve got at our disposal.
“We’re going to enhance our scrutiny of demolition corporations and their actions going ahead as a result of that is the almost definitely supply into the recycled mulch that we will detect.”
STATUS OF POTENTIAL MELBOURNE ASBESTOS SITES:
Hobsons Bay Metropolis Council:
Altona Coastal Park – awaiting check outcomes
PA Burns Reserve, Altona – confirmed
GJ Hosken Reserve, Altona North – confirmed
Crofts Reserve, Altona North – confirmed
Dennis Reserve, Williamstown – awaiting check outcomes
PJ Lynch Reserve, Altona North – confirmed
Donald McLean Reserve, Spotswood – confirmed
Brimbank Council:
Fitzgerald Sq. Reserve, Sunshine West – awaiting check outcomes
Merri-bek Metropolis Council:
Shore Reserve, Pascoe Vale South – confirmed
