Abattoir Solids Waste Management Plans    more info

The professional team at FSA Consulting has a wealth of experience in managing and reusing organic solid wastes from abattoirs including paunch and sludge that not only meet the requirements of regulators but are tailored to suit your abattoir.

Environmental Management Plan    more info

An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a documented approach for managing the impacts of an organisation's activities on the environment. It provides a structured approach to planning and implementing environment protection measures. An EMS may reduce the cost of environmental management and improve productivity.

FSA Consulting has qualified staff with the resources to create, implement and maintain an EMS for your business.

Composting Services    more info

The professional team at FSA Consulting has a significant amount of experience in establishing composting operations from site selection and compliance to composting processes and staff training. Our services include:

• Site appraisal and compost pad design

• Compost facility licensing (where required)

• Determination of the correct ratios of materials for composting

• Training of staff in managing and operating a composting facility

• Identification of any specific design or management practices needed to protect the environment

• A description of suggested ongoing monitoring that will lead to improved performance and a consistent product.

MEDLI Modelling    more info

Environmental Protection Agencies demand that effluent treatment and irrigation systems be designed for environmental sustainability. This is a complex problem with a multitude of variables and solutions. FSA Consulting uses the MEDLI model to provide alternative solutions.

MEDLI is a daily-time-step hydrological and nutrient simulation model that estimates the quantity and quality of effluent produced by piggeries, sewage treatment plants, abattoirs, food factories, tanneries etc. It then simulates, over extended periods, the hydrological and nutrient balance of connected effluent treatment ponds and irrigation systems. Local daily climatic data (for up to 100 years), effluent stream data and site-specific soils information are input data for the model. MEDLI consists of validated sub-models of crop growth; nutrient, salt and water movement in soils; and groundwater recharge.

Environmental Assessment    more info

Industry and intensive livestock operators face significant pressure to conduct business in an environmentally sustainable way. Environmental assessment and monitoring can ensure that your business is meeting its environmental license requirements.

Environmental services we can provide include:

• Site assessment
• Soil, water, effluent and solid by-product testing and analyses
• MEDLI modelling of sustainable effluent by-product reuse to land
• Sizing of effluent holding ponds
• Sizing of sustainable effluent and solid utilisation areas
• Communication with Regulators

Environmental Monitoring    more info

FSA Consulting has qualified and experienced staff that know what sampling and testing is required to meet your Environmental Licence conditions. We will provide the results in a professionally bound document for presentation to the relevant authority. We can also assist you with addressing any environmental problems that may be revealed from the testing.

Effluent Reuse Management Plan    more info

The professional team at FSA Consulting has a significant amount of experience in establishing composting operations from site selection and compliance to composting processes and staff training. Our services include:

• Site appraisal and compost pad design

• Compost facility licensing (where required)

• Determination of the correct ratios of materials for composting

• Training of staff in managing and operating a composting facility

• Identification of any specific design or management practices needed to protect the environment

• A description of suggested ongoing monitoring that will lead to improved performance and a consistent product.

Solid Waste Management Plan    more info

The professional team at FSA Consulting has a wealth of experience in managing reuse of solid organic by-products. Whether you’re looking to improve the markets for your solid by-products or improve the efficiency of reuse.

Weather Station Services    more info

An Automatic Weather Station is a stand alone, self powered device that provides site-specific, accurate and continuous monitoring of environmental parameters. Automatic Weather Stations have a number of advantages over conventional manual recording. FSA Consulting provides a range of services in relation to Automatic Weather Stations. This includes the design of an appropriate system, equipment selection, equipment installation, staff training and support. Annual maintenance visits, emergency response callouts, data analysis and interpretation and data file backup can also be undertaken.

Nutrient Management Plan    more info

A nutrient management plan describes how a property intends to manage the amount, source, form, location and timing of the application of nutrients and soil amendments.

The purpose of a nutrient management plan is to:
• Adequately supply nutrients for maximum plant production
• Appropriately manage animal manure or organic by-products as a plant nutrient source
• Minimise loss of nutrients to maximise investment
• Minimise nutrient contamination of surface and ground water resources
• Maintain or improve the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil

Development Applications in Queensland    more info

Any changes on your property that constitutes a material change of use (MCU) must be assessed through the Integrated Development Assessment System (IDAS). Examples of MCU’s are:

• New or expanding feedlots or piggeries
• A composting facility
• Saleyards complex
• Changes to existing irrigation structures/overland flow catchments in some areas of QLD.

FSA Consulting has a sound working understanding of the IDAS process and can assist you with getting your application through the process.

NPI Returns    more info

The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) is a public Internet database that displays information about the emissions from industrial facilities and diffuse sources of 90 different substances to air, land and water.

Does your intensive livestock enterprise exceed specific thresholds for NPI listed substances in a reporting year?

Then FSA Consulting can assist you by:

• Determining if the appropriate threshold is exceeded.
• Estimating the emissions from your facility for substances whose threshold is exceeded.

• NPI Emission reports and interpretation can be prepared ready for submission to the relevant environmental authority if required.
• Liaising with the relevant environmental authority with respect to checking and confirming reported emission levels.