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Tunnel Filtration

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Subjects -  Legislative Council: New South Wales; Roads
Business - Business of the House, Motion


    TUNNEL FILTRATION
Page: 493


    Production of Documents: Order

    Motion by Ms Lee Rhiannon agreed to:

    1. That this House notes that, on the advice of the Crown Solicitor as to the effect of prorogation, the Government has advised that no documents will be produced in respect of the Standing Order 52 resolutions regarding tunnel filtration.

    2. That this House notes that there are many established conventions recorded in the Journals of the Legislative Council where the Government has complied with an order of the House for State papers in the subsequent session, notwithstanding the prorogation of the House.

    3. That under Standing Order 52 there be laid upon the table of the House within 14 days of the date of the passing of this resolution the following documents, not previously provided with a return to order of the House, in the possession, custody or control of the Cabinet Office, the Roads and Traffic Authority [RTA], the Premier's Department, the Department of Planning, the Department of Environment and Conservation [DEC], NSW Health, or the responsible Ministers:

    (a) all documents relating to the tunnel "Filtration trial" announced in March 2004, and any investigations and or cost benefit analysis on the redesign of the ventilation system or the provision of electrostatic precipitators or other air treatment of filtration systems for the M5 East tunnel, the cross city tunnel and the Lane Cove tunnel,

    (b) all documents referring to the costs associated with advice sought from consultants and contractors concerning air quality or filtration issues relating to the M5 East, cross city or Lane Cove tunnels,

    (c) all documents relating to the Inter-Agency Working Party [IAWP], including the study undertaken into pollution levels inside the M5 East tunnel,

    (d) the audit conducted by the Department of Planning of the RTA's compliance with the approval conditions for the M5 East, and any documents relating to the audit,

    (e) the review of NSW Health's 2004 study entitled "Investigation into the possible health impacts of the M5 East Motorway stack on the Turrella community" Phase 2, and any document relating to the review and any responses to concerns raised by community members,

    (f) any document relating to the review by Lane Cove Council, and their agents, regarding the validity of the conclusions and findings of NSW Health's 2004 study,

    (g) any document relating to the tapered element oscillating microbalance correction factors committee set under the RTA/RAPS agreement of 2001,

    (h) any document which relates to the compliance with approval conditions for the operation of the M5 East tunnel or the M5 East stack, including incidents and complaints relating to air quality, closure of lanes or emissions of tunnel gases from portals, including times, volumes, in-tunnel and portal monitoring records and associated traffic incidents,

    (i) any documents which refer to occasions since May 2004 when in-tunnel carbon monoxide levels have exceeded 87 ppm for 15 minutes at any monitor in the tunnel, or exceeded a time weighted average of 80 ppm over a period of five minutes, with or without triggering incident response plans,

    (j) any document which refers to the costs associated with increased traffic volumes in the M5 East tunnel and any modifications and variations made to the ventilation system since the opening of the tunnel,

    (k) any document which refers to air quality monitoring and traffic management plans for the Lane Cove tunnel, and

    (l) any document which records or refers to the production of documents as a result of this order of the House.


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