Mt Coot-tha Local Residents Major Complaint to the DES Director General (Documents in PDF Format)


2018 Formal Complaint Reports, on behalf of all the Local Residents to the EHP/DES Director General, regarding the MCQ and the EPA/DERM/EHP/DES handling of all their Regulatory Issues over 2 Decades.


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MCLR->DES
MCLR Chairperson Philip Best Responds to the Premier and DES Minister, regarding Dr Hill providing a "Crippled" investigation.
March-2019

DES->MCLR
DES Acting Director Dr Chris Hill provides an investigation report which excludes the major part of our complaint.
In the sections that they did respond to, he simply states that "They could not find evidence".
March-2019

MCLR->DES
MCLR Complaint to DES Mr Cambourne - Relative distances of Sussex St and MCQ Weighbridge office indicates Sussex Street is 4.6 times further away than the weighbridge office.
The BCC MCQ SSE would have known that the blast vibration effects inside the closest homes were excessive.
Jan-2019

MCLR->DES
MCLR Complaint to DES Mr Cambourne - New BCC RTI Blasting Data Confirms that the MCQ would have know the effect on the Local Residents homes.
The much further away monitoring locations did not provide any kind of true blast vibration footprint report.
Dec-2018

MCLR->DES
MCLR Complaint to DES Mr Cambourne regarding Failure of Investigation
Dec-2018

MCLR->DES
MCLR Complaint to DES Ms Birch regarding Drastic Invalid Investigation Scope Limitation
Dec-2018

MCLR->DES
MCLR Considered Response to DES, RPEQ Report & Photo Evidence
Nov-2018

DES->MCLR
Complaint Investigation Process Scope Response
Nov-2018

DES->MCLR
Complaint Investigation Acceptance Response
Nov-2018

DES->MCLR
DES Ministers Letter to the MCLR stating that the MCQ is compliant with their blasting License.
The MCLR believes that this is totally and grossly untrue.
April-2018

Main
Covering Email - Formal Complaint to DES Director General.
Oct-2018

Main
Formal Complaint to DES Director General.
Oct-2018

Appendix A
MCLR Response to DES MK Case Closure Letter.
Oct-2018

Appendix B
MCLR Response to 18-018 DES internal emails.
Oct-2018

Appendix C
MCLR response to BCC Asphalt & Aggregates Manager 10th Nov 2017 letter to the DES.
Oct-2018

Appendix D
About the MCLR and the History of Work Done.
Oct-2018

Appendix E
Brisbane RTI 2018/19-144 (Pending)
Oct-2018

Appendix F
BCC Chris Lange Letter - Redacted - See Appendix Y
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Appendix G
DES Director Mr Connor Blast strength reduction Request to BCC.
July-2016

Appendix H
BCC Ms Julien Blast Strength Reduction Refusal to DES.
Sept-2016

Appendix I
BCC Mr Bird Blast Strength Reduction Refusal to DES.
Nov-2017

Appendix J
DES Mr Lato MCQ Legal Operations to MCLR.
Apr-2018

Appendix K
DES Mr Karle Case Closure Letter to MCLR.
June-2018
Appendix L
Statistician Report NO 1 (Blast Vibration Data Misrepresentation).
Apr-2018
Appendix M
Statistician Report NO 2 (Internal Home Blast Vibration Data).
Aug-2018

Appendix N
EDO Legal Advice 1 (Interpreting Schedule F6 Blast Monitoring).
Oct-2018

Appendix O
EDO Legal Advice 2 (Interpreting Schedule F2 & F3 Noise Monitoring).
Oct-2018

Appendix P
Qld Crime & Corruption Act 2001 [s15] Meaning of Corrupt Conduct.
Oct-2018

Appendix Q
Psychiatrist Blasting Mental Health Report.
Aug-2018

Appendix R
MCLR Statutory Declarations.
Oct-2018

Appendix S
Mt Coot-tha Quarry Advisory Committee Proposal.
Nov-2017

Appendix T
Appendix-I: Philip Best Initial 2017 Blasting Analysis Report.
Nov-2017

Appendix U
Appendix-II: Cr Magub MCQ Letters and Faxes.
Dec-2002

Appendix V
Appendix-III: MCLR Personal Statements (Philip Best – others available upon request).
Nov-2017

Appendix W
Standards Australia AS2187.2 Appendix J Amendment Project Proposal.
Sep-2016

Appendix X
Brisbane City Council Aggregates Manager Mark Taylor email to the Mt Coot-tha Local residents, regarding the compliance of their blast vibration levels.
However he also did not mention the secret ground vibration recordings done immediately opposite the closest residential homes. These being approximately 300% stronger.
Oct-2012

Appendix Y
Brisbane City Council Aggregates Manager Chris Lange letter to the Mt Coot-tha Local residents, regarding the safety of their blast vibration levels.
However he did not mention the secret ground vibration recordings done immediately opposite the closest residential homes. These being approximately 300% stronger.
Feb-2010

Appendix Z
Blastronics Tony Zoitsas Fax to the BCC regarding excess blast vibrations.
He mentions the existence of secret vibration monitorings done on DOGIT land at the weighbridge office immediately opposite and considerably closer to the closest residential homes, but states that only the much further away locations were compliant with QLD EPA guidelines.
Oct-2002



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