PORT Stephens MP Kate Washington was set to question state departments about the potentially contaminated water at Williamtown and Fullerton Cove in Parliament on Tuesday.
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Ms Washington told the Examiner on Monday that she was "deeply concerned" about the matter and would place written questions on notice in an effort to find out when departments now investigating the contamination had first learned about it and what they were doing to fix the problem.
"It appears state and federal agencies had known about potential contamination for some time and the community that it affects is the very last to know," Ms Washington said.
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Ministers have up to 35 days to respond to the questions.
Ms Washington said she asked the Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, in parliament on Tuesday why the community was only informed last week about the potential contamination.
"I asked the Minister for the Environment why our community was only informed last week of potential contamination when Hunter Water had been informed in 2012," she said.
"The Minister answered with a scripted response which still didn't explain the delay."
NSW Environment and Protection Authority chairman and chief executive Barry Buffier was questioned about the contamination by Penny Sharpe MLC in Parliament on Friday.
Mr Buffier said the EPA was first told about the contamination at Williamtown RAAF Base in May 2012, but it was not able to do anything as it was confined to the base, which is Commonwealth land.
A report by the Department of Defence, which the EPA received in March 2013, stated there was no contamination found off the base but recommended a stage-two assessment.
Mr Buffier said the EPA had only learned from the Department of Defence that the contaminating chemicals had been found in water off the base in the middle of August.