Australian Standards for Earthmoving Machinery Off the Road Wheels, Rims and Tyres – Maintenance and Repair – Tyres A new Australian Standard “AS 4457.2-2008: Earthmoving Machinery – Off-the-Road Wheels, Rims and Tyres – Maintenance and Repair – Tyres” has been…
Native Vegetation Framework Review The VLPA is represented on the working party at DSE for this review. Due to staff changes, the next draft is being prepared by a consultant to DSE. Of particular concern is the need for provisions…
Native Vegetation Management Guidelines On 29th November 2007, the CMPA attended a working group meeting on the Native Vegetation Management Guidelines issue at the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) offices. The purpose of this meeting was to review submissions…
Business tools to manage your transport operations THE tools outlined below have been developed to assist Members in compliance with the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005 and Chain of Responsibility requirements. Transport Contract The CMPA has invested enormous…
Silica Exposure The CMPA recently located two studies on silicosis. Quantitative Relations between Exposure to Respirable Quartz and Risk of Silicosis The purpose of this study was to analyse exposure response data from to gain a more detailed knowledge of…
Annual General Meeting & Conference The VLPA recently held its Annual General Meeting and Conference in Pakenham at which the Committee for 2007/08 was elected. Tom McCann of Geelong Lime was elected as the new Chairman and has taken over…
“History of Victorian Quarries” – Presentation at the CMPA Annual Dinner Early Quarries Ropes over the face were used to support drillers with jack hammers Shot rock was transported to the crushing plant by road or rail Bucket elevator transporting…
Work Plan Expectations by Community One of our Members is in the process of applying for a Work Authority. This has ended up at VCAT and it is interesting to see what sort of things the community (that is the…
Rain Provides Healthy Outlook Continued rain in Victoria, especially during July, is providing a healthy outlook for cropping and pastoral areas and thus a greater requirement for use of agricultural lime than we have seen in recent seasons Protocol for…
Draft Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2007 The CMPA made a submission to Aboriginal Affairs Victoria in May on the draft Aboriginal Heritage Regulations, noting that whilst the draft clarifies a number of gaps apparent in earlier documents, it has still not…