Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01354:body:0:p77
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01354
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 219842–222913

park infrastructure and assets are safe and functional

   •      The quantity of greenhouse gasses produced by park operations

   •      How many safety incidents happen in the park that require an emergency response

   •      How many compliance incidents occur under the EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations

    6.1      Capital works and infrastructure

 Objective—What needs to happen

 Effectively and efficiently maintain and develop the park's infrastructure and assets

 Background

 The park's capital works and infrastructure includes a wide range of assets and facilities such as access   roads and walking tracks, staff housing, bores, radio repeaters, generators, workshops, Park Headquarters, the Cultural Centre and visitor facilities. Infrastructure relating to visitor and commercial tourism use is also referred to in Chapter 5 Tourism experiences and services.

 The Director builds and maintains infrastructure and assets for the park's day-to-day operations (e.g.  offices, a workshop), for visitor use of the park, for Muṯitjulu community purposes (e.g. essential services) and for housing staff. Staff housing is primarily provided within the park at 'Rangerville' near the Muṯitjulu community, with some staff also housed in the community and in Yulara.

 The Director provides the infrastructure and services for water, power and sewage for Rangerville, the Muṯitjulu community, as well as for park buildings. This infrastructure includes diesel generators (located   at Park Headquarters, the Entry Station and Rangerville), as well as a system of treatment ponds near
 Muṯitjulu for processing sewage within the park. Maintaining essential services is a significant ongoing cost for the park. Upholding the park's sealed roads (Uluṟu Road, the Uluṟu Ring Road, and the Kata Tjuṯa Road) is also a major cost and an ongoing management issue.

 The park's workshop complex, headquarters and UHF radio network are also maintained by Parks Australia. The workshop, located in Muṯitjulu, houses park plant and equipment used in the day-to-day running of the park, and to maintain Parks Australia assets. The existing Park Headquarters building was built in 1979, enlarged in the mid-1980s, and expanded again in the mid-1990s. The park's UHF radio network is used during routine operations, patrols, emergency response operations, land management and field survey work. Because Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa block radio signals, repeater stations are strategically located in and near the park to ensure messages are received. Additionally, radio alarms for visitor use are installed at locations around Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa to notify park staff of emergencies.

 Some capital works infrastructure in the park is managed by other agencies or organisations. Examples of this are community infrastructure and housing in Muṯitjulu, bores that provide water to the township of Yulara, and a Telstra optical fibre telecommunications cable.

 The EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations prohibit carrying out excavations, erecting buildings or other structures, or carrying out