EPA Vic-Water Reference - Minutes
Date:Monday 4thMarch
Time:11am-13:00pm
Location: 200 Victoria Street, Level 4 Board Room
Chair: Matt Vincent / Sally White
Industry Attendees:
North East WaterJohn Day, Executive Manager Operations / South Gippsland Water
Bree Wiggins, Environment Coordinator / Central Highlands Water
Troy van Berkel
Coordinator, Wastewater Treatment
East Gippsland Water
Lara Caplygin / Wannon Water
Wayne Murdoch, Branch Manager - Treatment Services / Western Water
William Rajendram, Senior Environmental Engineer
Westernport Water
Benita Russell, Environment & Sustainability Coordinator / South East Water
Jon Theobald, Environment Manager / Yarra Valley Water
Chris Brace, Manager Treatment Plants and Trade Waste
Melbourne Water
Erik Ligtermoet, Environmental Stewardship Lead, Strategic Planning / Goulburn Valley Water
Alan Tyson, Manager - Planning, Sustainability & Environment / City West Water
Wes Douglass, Manager, Sewage Quality and Environment
Gippsland Water
Steve Shinners, Manager EnvironmentalGovernance / Coliban Water
Leon Stackpole, Manager Sewer Systems / Barwon Water
Adam Polkinghorne, Senior Engineer Water Reclamation
VicWater
Shauna McDonald, Project Manager
EPA Attendees:
Matt Vincent, Director Strategic Relations / Sally White, Group Manager - Strategic PartnershipsTamsin Olejnik, Government Advisor / Stephen Lansdell, Team Leader – Water Policy and Regulation
Dan Keely, Manager Office of Chair & CEO / Julia Deluca, Senior Water Policy Officer – Policy and Regulation
Carmel Vlachos, Project Leader Approvals Reform
What / Who
Arrival & Agenda
-Terms of Reference
Action: amend ToR and recirculate to sign off out of session / TO
EPA Updates
-Customer Service Improvements
- Overview of EPA’s Integrated Business Information System (Ibis) and client interface.
- Ongoing customer service issues discussed including call centre’s understanding of the issues, post codes for rural incidents, call centre staff seem unsure of system.
-Policy and Regulation
- Updates provided on on-site wastewater treatment code of practice; stormwater guidelines (including role of DSE and OLV); statutory policy review
Action: EPA to invite DSE to attend this group
Action: EPA to share a list of prioritised guidelines by end April.
-Approvals Reform
- Overview of Approvals Reform process – the team is in the process of developing an implementation plan.
- Discussion around the sensitivity of Corporate Licence (CL) Part 1s in compliance discussions with Boards; the migration of licences into the Ibis system and the need to clarify EPA’s.
- Through EPA’s broader reform agenda Development Assessments Unit will be developing better guidance and will include regional offices in discussions.
Action: EPA to clarify position on CL Part 1s via Exchange of letters re CL part 1s (boards is an issue)
Action:EPA to provide clarification on -
- situations where 30As are necessary at sites without licences e.g. 100% reuse sites)
- Next steps for accredited licence holders – next steps?
Update: the Approvals Reform implementation plan will include both of these aspects. / SW
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How EPA will support the work of the Water Industry Reference Group
Water Industry Projects - Problem Definition
-See attachment for problem definition material.
-Group 1: SS, AT, JD, AP, SM, TVB, SL, DSE
-Group 2: CB, JT, BR, WM, BW
-Group 3: EL, WD, LC, DK, LS
Action:All to review, amend and confirm definitions for problems
Action: EPA to raise defined problems at March’s Water Coordination Group and provide feedback to the group
-Sewer spill protocol
- WD gave a brief overview of a project the metro retailers and Melbourne Water are interacting with EPA on, with a view to streamlining and rolling out a reporting protocol that suits all parties. More information to follow.
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Close
-Any other business
-Next Meeting
3 June 2013, 2 September 2013