Pollution Incident Response Management Summary

Foxground & berry bypass – Environmental reporting

For project emergencies contact 1800 506 976

Pollution incidents

Under the NSW environmental legislation pollution incidents causing or threatening material harm to the environment must be notified to the relevant authorities. Material harm includes actual or potential harm to the health or safety of human beings or to ecosystems that is not trivial, or actual or potential loss or property damage exceeding $10,000.

Contact details

The contact details for the relevant agencies are listed in the table below.

The contact details for the relevant agencies are listed in the table below.

Emergency Contact

Phone Number

Police/Fire/Ambulance 000
State Emergency Services 13 25 00
Fire and Rescure of NSW 1300 729 579
OccCorp – Injury Reporting 1300 666 303
Transport Management Centre 13 17 00
Southern Region Traffic Operations Unit 4221 2448
Workcover Authority
WorkCover Assistance Services 13 10 50
After Hours Emergency Contact 9214 9220
Construction Hotline 9370 5881
Poisons Information Centre 13 11 26
Local Councils
Kiama Municipal Council 4232 0444 (work hours)
0417 686 477 (after hours)
Shoalhaven City Council 4429 3111 (work hours)
TBA (after hours)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Counselling 1800 337 068
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) 13 15 55
Illawarra Health District 4222 5000
Fauna Rescue
WIRES – Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation 1300 WIRES (094 737)
NPWS (in circumstances when WIRES is unavailable) 1800 629 104
Heritage
NPWS 1800 629 104
NSW Heritage – reporting potential non-indigenous archaeological relics or sites 9873 8500
Services
Telstra 13 20 00
Optus 1800 200 487
Jemena 13 16 26
Endeavour Energy (electricity) 13 1003
Sydney Water 13 20 90

Community Notification

In an unlikely event of pollution incident occurring that threatens to cause harm to human health or the environment, the following notification protocol will be followed:

  • Environmental and engineering staff will determine the community notification catchment depending on the nature of each incident
  • Early warnings will be issued by phone calls, web updates and door knocking to affected residents
  • Notifications to affected residents will include details of incident, time frame of the impact and the mitigation measures put in place
  • Instructions to residents to minimise health impact i.e. for airborne chemicals residents will be advised to close windows and doors, to take extra care if they have respiratory issues, keep children inside and protect animals, where possible, and
  • Sensitive receivers i.e. schools, nursing homes and hospitals will receive priority notification of pollution incidents.

 

Click to go to the Princes Highway, Foxground and Berry Bypass webpage on the Roads & Maritime website for more information.

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