Community Consultative Committee April 2017
Agenda item 3 - Correspondence Dept of P&E audit report – audit conducted 9th Dec 2016 identified 3 non compliances schedule 3, condition 17 – gauge exceedance schedule 3, condition 41(a) – waste management tracking schedule 5, condition 10 - AEMR AEMR 2016 DP&E notifications draft and final Management plans issued Comments from EPA, OEH, DPI water on management plans G Clark re weather data reviews – weather station report, 2016 weather data review and monthly reviews (Jan, Feb, March 2017) 2
Agenda item 4 – Operations Safety Achieved zero LTI’s since November. Overburden No further overburden works until July/August 2017 Pit update Mine plan now has pit moving eastward rather than onto the next bench level Processing Continue to increase output Projects in place to further increase plant availability Started to develop the scalpings market People Enterprise Agreement bargaining process has been completed Recruitment for equipment operators currently underway 3
Agenda item 5 – OH&S Performance No loss time injuries Unfortunately a number of injuries 3 in relation to hands, 2 muscle strains – shoulder and leg DPI audit on ground stability 4
Agenda Item 6 - Environmental Performance Incidents (EPL period June 2014 – July 2015) Dec – 5 incidents (kangaroo, 3 fuel spills in bunded areas), 4 notifications to department of planning Jan – 2 incidents - oil from skip / oil from PN Feb – 2 incidents – PN train oil spill / kangaroo 5
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Complaints
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air Annual Average goal of 4gm2/month In compliance 7
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air Annual Average goal of 4gm2/month In compliance 8
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air Annual Average goal of 4gm2/month Not In compliance For January measure 14.17gm2 insoluble - measured 9.83 gms organic material with 4.34 gms of ash. Of the ash 80.90% acid soluble. 9
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air 10
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air – Particulate Matter <10 microns (EPL period July 2016 – July 2017) In compliance with the annual average goal 5 exceedances of the 24hour goal 11
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air - Total Suspended Particulates (EPL period July 2016 – July 2017) TSP below Annual average goal 12
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring October 2016 Receptor ID Description Date Assessment Period Compliance Assessment (LAeq, 15 min) INP Annoying Noise Characteristic Identified? (Y/N) Operational Noise Impact Assessment Criteria Site Noise Level Contribution Comparison to Criteria (Δ Site Contribution – Criteria) Comply with Criteria? R3 Cooper 25/10/16 Daytime 35 27 -8 Yes N R2 Bartolo 31 -4 R17 Myers 23 -12 R4 McClean 22 -13 R8 Pace 41 26 -9 26/10/16 17 -18 15 -20 21 -14 28 -7 30 -5 25 -10 13
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring October 2016 Pace 26/10/16 Daytime 41 28 -7 Yes N R17 Myers Night time 35 26 -9 25 -10 R3 Cooper 27/10/16 R2 Bartolo 31 -4 R4 McClean 24 -11 R173 23 -12 22 -13 14
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring October 2016 Receptor ID Description Operational Noise Impact Assessment Criteria (L1, 1 min) Site Noise Level Contribution (L1, 1 min) Comparison to Criteria (Δ Site Contribution – Criteria) Comply with Criteria INP Annoying Noise Characteristic Identified? (Y/N) R17 Myers 45 26 -19 Yes N 25 -20 R3 Cooper 28 -17 R2 Bartolo 31 -14 R4 McClean R8 Pace 24 -21 34 -11 R173 23 -22 22 -23 15
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring January 2017 Receptor ID Description Date Assessment Period Compliance Assessment (LAeq, 15 min) INP Annoying Noise Characteristic Identified? (Y/N) Operational Noise Impact Assessment Criteria Quarry Noise Level Contribution Comparison to Criteria (Δ Quarry Contribution – Criteria) Comply with Criteria? R8 Pace 09/02/17 Daytime 41 26 -15 Yes N 27 -14 R17 Myers 35 21 20 R4 McClean 10/02/17 Night time -9 -8 23 -12 22 -13 R3 Cooper 28 -7 29 -6 R2 Bartolo 16
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring January 2017 McClean 09/02/17 Daytime 35 22 -13 Yes N 21 -14 R17 Myers Night time 16 -19 17 -18 19 -16 23 -12 24 -11 R3 Cooper 10/02/17 29 -6 30 -5 R2 Bartolo 26 -9 25 -10 17
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring January 2017 Receptor ID Description Operational Noise Impact Assessment Criteria (L1, 1 min) Quarry Noise Level Contribution (L1, 1 min) Comparison to Criteria (Δ Quarry Contribution – Criteria) Comply with Criteria INP Annoying Noise Characteristic Identified? (Y/N) R4 McClean 45 26 -19 Yes N 27 -18 R17 Myers 23 -22 33 -12 34 -11 32 -13 R3 Cooper 35 -10 R2 Bartolo 31 -14 30 -15 18
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Blast monitoring (EPL 2016-2017) All in compliance 19
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Blast monitoring (EPL 2016-2017) All in compliance 20
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Surface water Quarterly monitoring round undertaken in December 2016 and March 2017 For Dec 3 sites were sampled due to rain Only 2 sites sampled for March, even with all the rain no incoming flow from offsite Analyses compared to ADWG (health) guideline value, ADWG (aesthetic)guideline value, ANZECC (ecosystem)guideline value, ANZECC (primary contact)guideline value For Dec, results are in compliance with the exception of fecal coliforms in Tangarang Creek and total nitrogen in both the main dam and the Creek. For March results are in compliance with the exception of total nitrogen in both the main dam and the Creek. Next sample round June 2017 21
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Ground water No draw down of ground water from sentinal well .ie no impact on local groundwater. 22
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Ground water Last round of monitoring conducted January 2017. Exceedances of total nitrogen and total phosphorus at some bores (background levels are higher than guidance standards) Trigger levels have been proposed in the Water Management Plan rather than reliance on the guidelines 23
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Environmental flow 24
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Heritage Heritage salvage work to recommence 1st May Aboriginal Heritage Management Plan reviewed and final version issued Visit from OEH re heritage 25
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Ecology Rehab maintenance work ongoing Planting to occur by end of month / early may Biodiversity and rehabilitation management plan drafted and issued to the DP&E Visit from OEH regarding biodiversity plan Bio bank area to be established 26
Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Ecology 27
Agenda item 6 – Stakeholder Engagement HASP project CVA schools program – Tallong Tallong Apple day Schools visit in May Scholarship program to be announced in May Outward Bound February 2017 Next 3 year plan 28
Agenda item 7 – Plans for the next three months Safety Maintain zero harm to our employees and contractors Overburden Works to commence in July 2017 Pit update Pit expansion to the east Processing Continue to increase output to achieve 2.5 million tonnes per annum Continue to grow the scalpings market People Continuation of training and development of our people recruitment 29
Agenda item 8 – General Business Weather station update 2016 annual review Monthly reviews - Jan, Feb and March 2017 Marulan South Limestone update Still being prepared 30
Agenda item 8 – General Business CCC guidelines Guidelines were issued in early 2016 To be used for new state significant projects Comply Agenda requirements Selection of committee and membership Changes identified… Independent chair to report annually to DP&E on the operation of the committee Independent Chair to produce agenda Draft minutes to be issued to the Cahir who reviews and issues to the committee as a draft to be formalized at the following meeting Should have a Code of Conduct Responses to queries to be within 28 days to all members not at the next meeting Next meeting dates – 12th July 2017, 3pm 31
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