Bradken Foundry reduces odour emissions
The reduction of odour emissions from the Bradken Foundry is a positive outcome for the local Kilburn community, after the EPA required the plant to decrease its emission output.
The EPA provided Bradken a deadline of February 2017 to ensure its odour emissions did not exceed ground level odour concentrations of 2 odour units in the residential area.
EPA Acting Director Operations Stephen Barry said the EPA has since received a report which includes independent verification of testing of stack emissions, as well as dispersion modelling.
“This report demonstrates that Bradken has complied with its EPA licence conditions as well as the Environment Protection (Air Quality) 2016 Policy,” Mr Barry said.
“The results were pleasing and a move towards reducing the impact of industrial operations on nearby residents which demonstrates that Bradken has put the necessary steps in place and invested in equipment to reduce the impact on the local community,” he said.
The EPA is undertaking further ground level odour assessment using a handheld instrument to gain further information on indicative odour concentrations in the surrounding residential area.
Odour has been an ongoing source of complaint from the foundry over a number of years. As a result of these complaints, the EPA required the Bradken Foundry undertake work at its premises to reduce odour.
The local community is advised that while compliance with the odour limit has been achieved, low levels of odour may still be detected intermittently.
The EPA will continue to work to ensure ongoing compliance with the odour levels and to ensure all environmental impacts on the community are resolved.
