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                  Buffer paper updated

                  Weekend Courier - Rockingham, Page: 19
                  Friday, 19 December 2008
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            A POSITION paper published last month follows up on the 2002 review 
            of the Kwinana Air Quality Buffer and is designed to provide more 
            certainty of short-term land use outcomes.

            The paper was published by the Western Australian Planning 
            Commission (WAPC) in conjunction with the departments for Planning 
            and Infrastructure (DPI), Environment and Conservation and Industry 
            and Resources.

            WAPC chairman Jeremy Dawkins said the position paper provided an 
            indication of the WAPC ’s current thinking on land use constraints 
            with regard to sulphur dioxide levels, risk, noise, light and odour 
            coming from the Kwinana industrial area and associated industry.

            "The paper proposes a nonstatutory buffer to provide some certainty 
            for land use until further information is available in 2009 and 
            2011," he said.

            "Non-statutory buffers are intended to guide planning decisions in 
            the broader public interest and may be a precursor to, or may be 
            redefined as, a statutory buffer when planning schemes are 
            developed, reviewed or amended." Mr Dawkins said after the necessary 
            information had been gathered by the relevant agencies and 
            considered by key stakeholders, the buffer and land use constraints 
            in the area could be more accurately defined.

            He said additional changes might then be recommended to the buffer 
            and further comment would be sought at the time.

            Download the position paper at www.wapc.wa.gov.au/publications