00:00UNLAWFULLY BUILT U.S. MILITARY FUEL TANKS ON DARWIN HARBOR
00:07STILL WITH MAJOR ISSUES, DESPITE BEING APPROVED FOR OPERATION LAST MONTH
00:12BY MINISTER JOSH BURGOIN.
00:14THE NT MINISTER, I THINK, HAS A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO.
00:18A DAY BEFORE THE TANKS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATION EXEMPTION
00:21AND SUBSEQUENT SIGN-OFF,
00:23EVIDENCE WAS PROVIDED TO THE MINISTER AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATOR
00:27SHOWING GROUNDWATER LEAKING INTO WHAT IS MEANT TO BE
00:31AN IMPERMEABLE SAFETY LINER UNDERNEATH THE TANKS.
00:34WE RAISED IT DIRECTLY WITH BOTH PARTIES
00:37AND THE NEXT DAY AN EXEMPTION WAS GIVEN.
00:40IF GROUNDWATER IS STILL LEAKING INTO THE TANKS
00:43THERE'S A VERY REAL CONCERN THAT THE TANKS CAN THEN LEAK INTO THE GROUNDWATER.
00:47THE NT'S ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATOR RESPONDING TO THE CONCERNS
00:51WEEKS AFTER THE APPROVAL, DISCLOSING IT IS
00:55AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH INGRESS OF GROUNDWATER
00:58THROUGH THE RELEASE PREVENTION BARRIERS
01:00AND THAT OWNER OPERATOR CROWLEY
01:02IS UNDERTAKING REPAIR WORKS
01:04IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REPAIR DESIGN.
01:06JUST DAYS AFTER THE REGULATOR DISCLOSED THE REPAIR WORKS,
01:10MINISTER BURGOINE ANNOUNCED SOME TANKS HAD BEEN FILLED.
01:14A NUMBER, NOT ALL OF THEM,
01:15BUT THERE ARE SOME TANKS THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH FUEL.
01:17AND HAVE SOME NOT BEEN FILLED WITH FUEL BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL
01:21REPAIRS HAPPENING?
01:22THAT'S NOT THE INFORMATION I HAVE TO HAND.
01:24WE HAD AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEER CERTIFY THOSE TANKS.
01:28IF IT'S THE CASE THAT MINISTER BURGOINE HAS MISLED THE PUBLIC
01:33ABOUT THE INTEGRITY AND SAFETY OF THESE TANKS,
01:36THEN WE CONSIDER THAT TO BE A VERY SERIOUS MATTER INDEED.
01:39JOSH BURGOINE REFERRED THE ABC'S QUESTIONS ON TO CROWLEY,
01:43THE OPERATOR OF THE TANKS.
01:45IT'S SAID FOUR OF THE 11 TANKS HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH FUEL
01:48AND THE REMAINING SEVEN WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL IN STAGES.
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