Blue Mountains City Council

Asbestos Investigation

SUBMISSION FORM

Section 1: Contact Details
Please provide your contact details below.
If you are completing this form on behalf on an organisation or business please provide the contact details for the best person to contact for all enquires relating to this submission.
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Section 2: Please indicate below whether you wish to make a written submission, oral submission or both. Please visit if you wish to provide an anonymous submission.
There are a number of ways you can make a submission to the Asbestos Investigation. Please indicate which option you would prefer.
☐ Option 1: I wish to provide a written submission only
If you have selected Option 1 please complete Section 4 of this form.
☐ Option 2: I wish to provide an oral submission only
If you have selected Option 2 you do not need to complete Section 4 of this form. We will contact you to arrange a date and time for your oral submissions.
☐ Option 3: I wish to provide both written and oral submissions
If you have selected Option 3 please complete Section 4 of this form.
Section 3: Please indicate whether you would like your submission to remain confidential
☐ Yes, I would like my submission to remain confidential
☐ No, I do not want my submission to remain confidential
Section 4: Written Submissions
Please complete this section if you wish to provide a written submission regarding the matters to be considered in the Blue Mountains City Council Asbestos Investigation.
There are 12 Terms of Reference listed below. To make a written submission please provide an answer to the one or more of the sections listed below.
If you wish to only make an oral submission you do not need to complete Section 4.
1The conduct of the works at the Lawson car park and the Lawson Mechanics Institute, including the removal of any soil, rock and other materials from the work site and the relocation of any such materials to other sites.
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2The use of the Lawson depot to receive any materials referred to in paragraph 1 and the storage and subsequent removal of those materials from the Lawson depot to any other work sites within the City.
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3The work undertaken by the Council in the period 2012 to date to compile the Council's Asbestos Register (AR) and to prepare the Council's Asbestos Management Plan (AMP), including any factors which delayed or contributed to the delay in the completion of that work.
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4Whether the presence of asbestos based building materials, or asbestos contaminated soil within any building or on any properties owned by the Council, in the period 2016 to date, was not appropriately documented, recognised or managed at that time.
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5The identification of asbestos contaminated materials (including fill) within the former Blackheath tip site, including the access allowed to that site (by staff and members of the public) once the presence of asbestos based materials was known.
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6The actions taken by the Council in the period May 2017 to date, in response to any enquiries undertaken by SafeWork NSW (SW) or any notices given by SW to the Council, in relation to the management of asbestos based materials in Council owned properties, the repair of properties containing such materials and the advice given to Council staff in relation to the presence of those materials.
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7Investigations undertaken by the Council in the period 2012 to date to identify asbestos based materials in any building or on any site identified by SW in the period May 2017 to date, and the steps taken by the Council, both before and after May 2017, to record, remediate or render safe asbestos in any such buildings.
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8Whether any disciplinary action was taken or threatened against members of the Council staff arising from information brought forward by those staff members in relation to the Council's management of asbestos issues.
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9The procedures and plans that have been adopted by the Council in the period 2012 to date, and the work practices that have been implemented by the Council over that period, to manage risks associated with asbestos based materials, present within Council owned buildings or on Council owned land.
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10The Council's policies and practices adopted and implemented in the period 2012 to date to ensure that Council staff were informed from time to time of the presence of asbestos based materials in Council owned buildings and on Council owned sites, including information made available to Council staff before work was undertaken at any such building or site.
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11The establishment, role and operation of the Council's Work, Health and Safety Committee.
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12Such other matters as the investigator brings to the Council's attention and recommends as a matter that should be investigated (subject to that recommendation being endorsed by the Council's solicitor).
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Do you wish to provide submissions on any matter related to asbestos management at the Council that does not fit within the 12 Terms of Reference?
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Section 5: Supporting Documentation (Optional)
Do you have any supporting documentation you wish to attach in support of your written submission?
☐ Yes – I have attached the relevant documentation
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Section 6: Key Dates
The closing date for public submissions has been extended to Wednesday 7 February 2018.
Oral submissions will be heard from 22 January 2018. The Asbestos Investigation team will contact all persons who indicate they wish to make oral submissions to provide a specific date, time and location for oral submissions.
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