Cmcoag.com advocacy site for Canning Melville Community Odour Action Group
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CMCOAG - Canning Melville Community Odour Action Group
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- Canning Melville Community Odour Action Group. This group, CMCOAG, was recently formed by concerned residents to collectively investigate the Regional Resource Recovery Centre,RRRC, that is run by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, SMRC. The repugnant odour that invades our suburbs and neighbourhoods comes from this facility. In particular, it escapes from the Waste Composting Facility, WCF.
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REPORT THIS CHEMICAL FILLED ODOUR IMMEDIATELY! ! ! Phone the EMERGENCY POLLUTION RESPONSE Numbers below: Day Time - 6364 6501 After Hours - 1300 784 782 OR to... LOG THE ODOUR ONLINE click here! "Do this ON EVERY OCCASSION THAT YOU EXPERIENCE THE ODOUR! "
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February 2008: Lobbying for Independant Blood Testing and Air Sampling
CMCOAG is lobbying for funding for independant blood testing and air sampling to be carried out at the request of residents.
Residents are eager to use the Bucket Brigade method so air samples can be assessed in the United States via a facility which is far more efficient, thorough and can test for more a considerable amount more compounds than here in Western Australia - and testing is carried out to a much higher standard.
Residents are fed up with suffering the same distressing symptoms when they experience the odour and feel that independant blood testing is not only necessary but is their only option to figure out why they feel so ill when they are afflicted by the odour.
We are calling on businesses and residents who are affected by the noxious odour being emitted by the RRRC Waste Composting Facility to participate. Contact the www.CMCOAG.com
February 2008:
Fire At RRRC Waste Composting Facility
On Sunday the January 20 at 10.30 pm a fire broke out at the RRRC Waste Composting Facility. This has made the final screening area inoperable until the hire trommel arrives from Sydney.
It was only just a few days back that some of you were concerned at how much stronger the odour seems to be getting. Leeming, especially. It has been said that it could be because of the fire. Whether or not this is the case - who knows - but it doesn't explain the last 4-5 years of this noxious odour.
February 2008:
City of Canning Councillor Suffers Blood Noses from Odour
Quote from recent Canning Council agenda... http://www.canning.wa.gov.au/Shared/Meetings/Minutes29January2008P.htm "The Mayor stated that it was his understanding that the odour is having a damaging affect on Cr Olsen’s health and was responsible for her having recurrent nose bleeds, and asked Cr Olsen if his understanding was correct.
Following Cr Olsen’s affirmative response to the Mayor’s question, she withdrew from the Council Chambers at 6:08pm."
A Canning Councillor, residents and their families and pets, business owners, customers - have complained of symptoms from this noxious odour. Yet Major Lekias continues to support the RRRC Waste Composting Facility.
Residents have stated that they feel that the odour's intensity is going back to the way it used to be.
December 2007:
Leeming and Willetton Residents are Copping the Noxious Odour
We've spoken with quite a few residents over the past couple of weeks who are copping the noxious odour being emitted from the RRRC Waste Composting Facility on a regular basis.
The majority have come from Leeming and Willetton, and from residents driving through Leeming.
Residents are continuing to say they're worried about their plans for Christmas Day and how the odour will affect them. As many of these residents have had to put up with the noxious odour for at least the past FOUR CHRISTMAS'S IN A ROW!
Others are worried about New Year's celebrations at their homes. Others have family birthday's coming up. And of course - in general - residents should be able to enjoy their homes, without the concerns of their family's and guests suffering from the odour.
Having a BBQ – part of the Aussie lifestyle - should be something ALL residents of Leeming, Willetton, Bull Creek and Canning Vale should be able to do.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE please report the odour on EVERY occassion that you experience it.
November 2007:
Council Survey Stats on the Odour
"95% stated it was unacceptable and impinged on their amenities at home"
You have asked about the Survey that the City of Canning carried out earlier this year, as some of you were interviewed, out of 228 random residents within a 0.4 and 1.6 km radius of the RRRC Waste Composting Facility.
It was carried out during the day - it was in Leeming - so many folk weren't home, occupants of approximately one house in every five were interviewed.
Here's a small snippet of some very interesting results...
0.4 - 0.8km the facility 72% stated they had experienced the odour recently 83% stated the odour was strong 94% stated it was unacceptable and impinged on their amenities at home
1.2 - 1.6km facility 73% stated they had experienced the odour recently 71% stated the odour was strong 95% stated it was unacceptable and impinged on their amenities at home
Yet, we're still experiencing the odour even after a further $2.4 million bucks has been spent on repairs.
The full run down is here: http://www.canning.wa.gov.au/Shared/Meetings/ag30January2007P.htm
November 2007:
Odour Log Calendar & MORE Residents, than we thought, are STILL getting the odour!
Unfortunately residents are still getting the odour.
And, what's even more troubling...Is that it appears that there's even more folk experiencing it in their homes, streets and suburbs than we thought!
Leeming, Willetton, Bull Creek, Canning Vale ...are all still having to tolerate this!
Here's just a handful from a few weeks ago that we've added to a calendar for easy viewing: http://cmcoag.com/odourlogcalendar/month.php?year=2007&month=10
August 2007: Jim McGinty says - Statements Made in SMRC Ad Were Not Approved by the Dept of Health.
As you already know residents involved with CMCOAG contacted the Dept of Health and DEC immediately after the SMRC published their full ads in our local papers.
However now we have it in writing (officially) from Jim McGinty who is the Attorney General and Minister for Health that...
Quote from Jim McGinty's letter: "I note your comments regarding an advertisement placed in the Melville City Herald by the Southern Regional Metropolitan Council (SMRC), which included references to the DOH. The statements made in the advertisement and attributed to the DOH were not approved by the DOH. The DOH has not been able to verify that there are no toxic emissions from the RRRC facility."
I know some of you - and us as well - were very disheartened that the Dept of Health and DEC didn't not speak up about this. Residents involved with the CMCOAG requested that DEC and the Health Dept also put full page ads in the local papers clearing up this issue.
Communities Take Action On Air Quality!
Some members of the CMCOAG attended and completed the National Bucket Brigade Training over the weekend.
And have been trained in accordance with the US EPA Quality Control and Quality Assurance Program.
Also...
Community Environment Groups launch AIR CARE AUSTRALIA – An initiative of the Australian National Bucket Brigade.
Read the full press release here: http://www.cmcoag.com/downloads/ACA-Bucket-Brigade.pdf
Composting facility faces further enforcement action!
We are pleased that the Dept of Environment and Conservation have issued the following media statement and instructions to the SMRC (Southern Metropolitan Regional Council) in relation to the RRRC's Waste Composting Facility.
You can read the Media Statement from the Department of Environment and Conservation here: http://www.cmcoag.com/DECmediastatemnetMarch23-2007.pdf
For the past 4.5 years the Waste Composting Facility has destroyed the quality of life and air that we breathe. It has gone on for too long!
Please report this putrid odour - on every occassion that you experience it - IT'S VITAL... ESPECIALLY NOW, if you want this odour stopped that you report it via our online odour log. Even if it's not at your place.. and you're driving through a suburb or street - and smell the odour - report it as soon as possible.
Just because you're not getting the odour at your place it doesn't mean:
a. You're not breathing it in - airborne chemicals are very difficult to contain and b. That there is no odour. In fact when you're not getting it, someone else is.
A "written" complaint will make a HUGE impact and we need your support NOW!! To report the odour go to the following page...
ODOUR LOG FORM: (to report the odour) http://www.cmcoag.com/odour-log.htm
and.. DEC's phone number to report the odour via phone: DAYTIME: 6250 8089 AFTER HOURS: 1300 784 782
McRae says it’s time for the Recycling plant to close
Tony McRae says it’s time for the Recycling plant to close!
Tony McRae's press release below... http://www.cmcoag.com/tonymcraepressreleasemarch2007.pdf
QUOTES... FROM MEDIA STATEMENT
Tony McRae MLA Member for Riverton - Thursday, 22 March 2007
McRae says it’s time for the Recycling plant to close - Residents in Leeming and Willetton should not have to put up with the putrid odour emanating from the SMRC facility any longer - This plant is now impacting on the lives of hundreds, possibly thousands of people through its stinking emissions - What we don’t need is a second rate, unsustainable and poorly managed stink house - There comes a time when we have to say enough is enough and take decisive action and that time has arrived.
Temporary Closure for Waste Facility
The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has temporarily closed its waste composting facility in Canning Vale.
SMRC Media Statement http://www.cmcoag.com/07%20mar%2026%20smrc%20statement.pdf
Labor must address stink bomb problem!
Shadow Environment Minister Dr Steve Thomas has called on the Carpenter Government to adopt a “make it work or move it” policy on waste disposal centres in the Perth metropolitan area.
Shadow Environment Minister Dr Steve Thomas press release below... http://www.cmcoag.com/labourmustaddressstinkproblem27march2007.pdf
QUOTES... FROM MEDIA STATEMENT
Steve Thomas MLA Shadow Minister for Environment and Planning 27 March 2007
The Government closed a recycling plant and then opened it again, gaining nothing but greenhouse gas and without giving any clear direction for the future, he said. - The people of Perth deserve to know how health and odour issues that can associate themselves with waste treatment will be handled. - It is no longer acceptable for the Government to hide behind state corporations or the growing burden on local governments.
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