Page 859 - Week 03 - Thursday, 2 April 2020
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Ms Orr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) (a) Two commercial properties were identified as containing loose fill asbestos insulation:
ARANDA – Block 11 Section 1 (11 Bindel Street): WorkSafe ACT advise that this site has been demolished, fully remediated and a clearance certificate has been issued.
AINSLIE – Block 1 Section 27 Unit 1 (1/1 Edgar Street): WorkSafe ACT advise that this site is part of the Ainslie Shops and is operating under an approved Asbestos Management Plan.
(1) (b) & (c)
Other non-residential sites in the ACT have been identified as containing friable asbestos, such as sprayed limpet. This is a coating, most commonly sprayed into warehouses as thermal insulation or fire protection from the 1950s until the late 1970s, made up of asbestos, adhesives and resins.
ACT Government-owned sites identified as containing asbestos are managed through asbestos management plans (or asbestos contamination reports), with demolition works being undertaken as and when appropriate. Remediation action has been taken, or will be taken, at the following sites:
CAMPBELL – Block 3 Section 29 (Campbell Primary School, 25 Chauvel Street): One affected building was demolished in January 2018.
NARRABUNDAH – Block 1 Section 87 (Narrabundah College, 20 Jerrabomberra Avenue): Three affected buildings were demolished in January 2019.
PHILLIP – Block 17 Section 1 (former WODEN CIT, 160 Ainsworth Street): Demolition contract awarded in February 2020.
WATSON – Block 1 Section 13 (Canberra Technology Park, 49 Phillip Avenue): The buildings on the site are known to contain residual asbestos. The Government and tenants are aware of existing asbestos in the buildings and ongoing use of the buildings is currently managed in accordance with an Asbestos Management Plan.
(2) None. The Affected Residential Premises Register (the Register), which is published on the Asbestos Response Taskforce website, identifies any remaining ACT residential properties affected by Mr Fluffy loose fill asbestos. The list of residential properties that have been remediated is also available on the website for historical purposes.
Non-residential properties affected by loose fill asbestos insulation (Mr Fluffy) are not managed through the Scheme and are not listed on the Register.
(3) The Affected Residential Premises Register relates only to residential properties affected by Mr Fluffy loose fill asbestos insulation.
(4) The one remaining Mr Fluffy commercial site at Ainslie Shops is well known to the public.
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