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January 2025: Airservices Australia, PFAS Remediation of Former Fire Training Ground (FFTG) at Rockhampton Airport, Queensland

“… Purpose of works

  1. The proposed project prioritises removal and/or management of PFAS-impacted:
  • Infrastructure – FFTG concrete pad
  • Soil
  1. These works aim to remediate via off-airport disposal of more than 90% of the estimated PFAS mass residing in soil and on the Site. This removal will require the excavation of approximately 8,760 m3 of soils. Modelling estimates that approximately 138.2 kg of PFAS mass resides in the remediation area to a depth 2.0 metres below ground level (mBGL).
  2. As the majority of PFAS mass is located within shallow soil (<2.0 m below grounds surface), the remediation of more than 90% of contaminated soils on the Site will result in a reduction of the risk profile at the Site and is expected to result in consequential improvement to groundwater and surface water conditions, reducing the overall risk of ongoing migration of PFAS from the site….

Need for works

  1. The presence and extent of PFAS at Rockhampton Airport is currently the subject of a Detailed Site Investigation (DSI) and Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (HHERA) commissioned by Airservices in accordance with guidance provided by the National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999 (as amended 2013) (NEPM).
  2. Sampling conducted during the DSI (and prior studies commissioned by Airservices and others) has identified PFAS in soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater at and downgradient of the site with concentrations above relevant guidelines as contained in the PFAS NEMP v2… 24.Active remediation of groundwater was not considered to be a viable option at this point in time due as 96% of the PFAS mass migration has been demonstrated to be via the surface water pathway and only 4% via groundwater. Groundwater will continue to be monitored at the completion of the remedial works and the requirement for groundwater
    remediation will be reassessed periodically

January 2025: Airservices Australia, PFAS Remediation of Former Fire Training Ground (FFTG) at Rockhampton Airport, Queensland

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January 2025: Airservices Australia, PFAS Remediation of Former Fire Training Ground (FFTG) at Rockhampton Airport, Queensland

“… Purpose of works

  1. The proposed project prioritises removal and/or management of PFAS-impacted:
  • Infrastructure – FFTG concrete pad
  • Soil
  1. These works aim to remediate via off-airport disposal of more than 90% of the estimated PFAS mass residing in soil and on the Site. This removal will require the excavation of approximately 8,760 m3 of soils. Modelling estimates that approximately 138.2 kg of PFAS mass resides in the remediation area to a depth 2.0 metres below ground level (mBGL).
  2. As the majority of PFAS mass is located within shallow soil (<2.0 m below grounds surface), the remediation of more than 90% of contaminated soils on the Site will result in a reduction of the risk profile at the Site and is expected to result in consequential improvement to groundwater and surface water conditions, reducing the overall risk of ongoing migration of PFAS from the site….

Need for works

  1. The presence and extent of PFAS at Rockhampton Airport is currently the subject of a Detailed Site Investigation (DSI) and Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (HHERA) commissioned by Airservices in accordance with guidance provided by the National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999 (as amended 2013) (NEPM).
  2. Sampling conducted during the DSI (and prior studies commissioned by Airservices and others) has identified PFAS in soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater at and downgradient of the site with concentrations above relevant guidelines as contained in the PFAS NEMP v2… 24.Active remediation of groundwater was not considered to be a viable option at this point in time due as 96% of the PFAS mass migration has been demonstrated to be via the surface water pathway and only 4% via groundwater. Groundwater will continue to be monitored at the completion of the remedial works and the requirement for groundwater
    remediation will be reassessed periodically