OneSteel Sustainability Report 2010 (PDF) - Arrium
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<strong>OneSteel</strong><br />
<strong>Sustainability</strong><br />
<strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Environment<br />
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Our Performance: <strong>OneSteel</strong>’s<br />
Environmental Compliance<br />
During the <strong>2010</strong> Financial Year,<br />
<strong>OneSteel</strong> received three penalty<br />
notices with associated fines. These<br />
notices related to the accidental<br />
release of contaminated water to<br />
storm water (two notices, each<br />
with an associated fine of $1,500)<br />
and the placement of a bin to<br />
receive scrap metal outside the<br />
gates of a premise (one notice with<br />
a fine of $3,000). These notices<br />
included various directives to make<br />
operational changes to ensure<br />
ongoing compliance.<br />
The management of contaminated<br />
sites is another key area of<br />
environmental compliance for<br />
<strong>OneSteel</strong>. Due to historical activities<br />
there are a number of sites where<br />
soil or groundwater contamination<br />
has occurred. Where these sites<br />
are identified a risk assessment is<br />
undertaken and management or<br />
remediation measures implemented<br />
as appropriate.<br />
For example, in 2000 <strong>OneSteel</strong><br />
acquired a former manufacturing site<br />
in Pagewood, NSW, as part of a joint<br />
venture. This site was subsequently<br />
found to be contaminated with<br />
industrial solvents. In <strong>2010</strong> a<br />
voluntary management proposal<br />
was submitted to undertake<br />
extensive investigations into this<br />
contamination and identify potential<br />
remediation options.<br />
Within <strong>OneSteel</strong>, environmental<br />
incidents, such as spills, are classified<br />
according to severity on a scale<br />
of 1 to 5, with 1 being of negligible<br />
severity and 5 being extreme<br />
severity. An event of negligible<br />
severity is defined as having low-level<br />
impacts on the biological or physical<br />
environment, or limited damage to a<br />
minimal area of low significance. In<br />
the <strong>2010</strong> Financial Year, there were<br />
no spills or similar environmental<br />
incidents that were classified as<br />
greater than Severity 1 (negligible).<br />
The ceasing of trucked ore for export<br />
to northern stockpiles has resulted in a<br />
significant decrease in road train traffic<br />
and allowed remediation of this area.<br />
In the <strong>2010</strong> financial year, there were<br />
no significant spills or similar<br />
environmental incidents
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