What action has Council taken at Foxglove Oval throughout 2021?

In accordance with the Interim Environment Management Plan (IEMP^[1]), Council has been undertaking extensive landfill gas monitoring and reporting on site buildings, the Oval surface, sub-surface perimeter wells, sub-surface service pits/penetrations and offsite buildings, as well as regular testing of groundwater, surface water, leachate and seepage monitoring and reporting.

Monitoring and reporting was first conducted in March 2020 and has been occurring monthly since May 2020, with the exception of July 2021 when changing COVID circumstances meant monitoring could not be completed.

Council has acted in accordance with the recommendations of these monthly monitoring reports which have typically been to report exceedances to the EPA, to undertake ongoing monitoring, and to install and maintain appropriate signage and fencing at certain subsurface pits and surface water and leachate locations.

An investigation into the operation and effectiveness of the leachate collection system is currently underway, together with CCTV inspection of sewer and stormwater pipework, to determine the condition of the pipes and assess whether they may be a source of contaminants or a preferred pathway for contaminants to travel off site.

In 2022 supporting investigations into the mapping of local geological conditions, geophysical characteristics of the perimeter areas and local background carbon dioxide levels were also completed at the request of the Auditor to strengthen the understanding of the prevailing landfill conditions in the vicinity of Foxglove Oval.

_{[1] (the IEMP is guiding the remediation until the latest version of the VMP is endorsed by the EPA)}