BRADLEY LIAISON COMMITTEE PRESENTATION 13 May 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

BRADLEY LIAISON COMMITTEE PRESENTATION

13 May 2019

ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE

(from Liaison meeting in February)

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Christine Hogarth

UK National air quality objectives for the protection of human health

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Pollutant Applies Objective Concentration measured as Date to be achieved by (and maintained thereafter) Particles (PM10) UK 50 µg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 35 times a year 24 hour mean 31 December 2004 UK 40 µg/m3 annual mean 31 December 2004 Particles (PM2.5) Exposure Reduction UK (except Scotland) 25 µg/m3 annual mean 2020

Air Quality There have been no exceedances of the UK’s air quality objectives for PM10 or PM2.5 recorded at the four monitoring locations around the Bradley Surface Mine

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Our Blessed Lady and St Joseph Church Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Feb to May 19 - 24 hour mean values

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Moisture due to foggy conditions

Church Continuous Air Quality Monitoring 28 Feb - 1 Mar 19 hourly mean

Moisture due to foggy conditions

Douglas Terrace Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Feb to May 19- 24 hour mean values

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Moisture due to foggy conditions Moisture due to foggy conditions

Douglas Terrace Continuous Air Quality Monitoring 29 Apr- 30 Apr 19 hourly mean

Moisture due to foggy conditions

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Pont Road Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Feb to May 19- 24 hour mean values

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Pont Road

Total particles (ug/m^3) PM10 particles (ug/m^3) PM2.5 particles (ug/m^3) PM1 particles (ug/m^3)

Moisture due to foggy conditions

Pont Road Continuous Air Quality Monitoring 28 Feb -1 Mar 19- hourly mean

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Moisture due to foggy conditions

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Low Bradley Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Feb to May 19 - 24 hour mean values

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Low Bradley

Total particles (ug/m^3) PM10 particles (ug/m^3) PM2.5 particles (ug/m^3) PM1 particles (ug/m^3)

Moisture due to foggy conditions

Low Bradley Continuous Air Quality Monitoring 19 Apr 19- hourly mean

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Moisture due to foggy conditions

Planning Condition - Site Noise Limits

Condition 32 Noise emitted from operations on the site shall not result in noise levels greater than those listed below, except when temporary

• perations are taking place.

Brooms Farm 55dB LAeq, 1Hr (free field) Pont Road 55dB LAeq, 1Hr (free field) Douglas Terrace 50dB LAeq, 1Hr (free field)

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Noise conditions continued

Condition 33 During periods of temporary operations (soil stripping, the construction and removal of baffle mounds, soil storage mounds and spoil heaps, construction of new permanent landforms and aspects of site road construction and maintenance) the Noise Monitoring Scheme shall provide that the noise emitted from

• perations on the site shall not result in noise levels greater than

70dB LAeq, 1Hr (freefield) as measured at Brooms Farm, Pont Road and Douglas Terrace. The duration of such activities shall not exceed 8 weeks in relation to each of the respective noise monitoring properties in any 12 month period.

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Site noise complies with planning condition noise limits at the Bradley site

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Noise Monitoring Brooms Farm

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DATE TIME TOTAL AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL LAeq dB NORMAL OPERATIONS LAeq dB PLANNING LIMIT NORMAL OPS LAeq dB COMMENTS 28/03/2019 14:10 58.2 55 Total ambient noise level. Road traffic noise dominant and almost constant. Some birdsong. Site not audible. 18/04/2019 15:10 60.6 55 Total ambient noise level. Road traffic dominant & almost constant, birdsong & police siren. Site audible at times in the very few breaks of traffic - 785's tipping sub soil on restoration area.

Brooms Farm ambient sound levels 18 Apr 2019

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Sirens

Ambient Noise Monitoring at Pont Road

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PLANNING LIMIT NORMAL OPS LAeq dB

COMMENTS

28/03/2019 09:34 68 55 Total ambient sound level. Traffic main noise source - incl buses & delivery vans. Some birdsong. Site not audible 16/04/2019 08:50 65.3 51.5 55 Mainly road traffic & birdsong. Site audible as working in Area B - dozer tracks, dump trucks & PC3000 18/04/2019 14:48 65.5 51.8 55 Mainly road traffic, birdsong & resident activity. PC3000 engine and occasional clunk of bucket audible plus occasional dozer tracks.

Noise Monitoring at Pont Road 18 Apr 2019

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Birdsong Road Traffic

Ambient Noise Monitoring at Douglas Terrace

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DATE TIME TOTAL AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL LAeq dB NORMAL OPERATIONS LAeq dB PLANNING LIMIT NORMAL OPS LAeq dB PLANNING LIMIT TEMPORARY OPS LAeq dB NOTES

28/02/2019 10:05 Bttm of bank 45.2 50 70

Total ambient sound. Site audible - mainly engines & occasional dozer track. Some birdsong & constant buzz from electricity cables/pylon.

19/03/2019 10:16 Bttm of bank 50.3 49.3 50 70

Some birdsong & aircraft taken out, unable to take out all birdsong. Site audible - dump truck engines, broad band reversing alarm, occasional dozer tracks. Av wind speed 4m/s affecting reading at times. *Wind speed affected reading at top of bank - tripod fell over

28/03/2019 13:11 Top of bank 49.7 50 70

Total ambient sound including aircraft, road traffic & birdsong. Site audible - dump truck engines,

• ccasional dozer tracks, PC3000 engine at times. Some wind noise on mic

13:18 Bttm of bank 48.2 50 70

Total ambient sound including aircraft, road traffic & birdsong. Site audible - dump truck engines,

• ccasional dozer tracks, PC3000 engine at times. Some wind noise on mic

02/04/2019 08:56 Top of bank 49.8 49.3 50 70

Total ambient sound 49.8 dBA includes birdsong, aircraft & buzz from electricity cables. Aircraft removed giving 49.3 dBA. Site audible - PC3000 on lift 3, occasional dozer tracks & broad band reversing alarms

12/04/2019 15:07 Top of bank 48.5 50 70

Total ambient sound including birdsong, road traffic & resident activity in garden. Site audible - dozer tracks but not constant, PC3000 engines at times & occasional 1st bucket into skip

15:26 Bttm of bank 47.6 50 70

Total ambient sound including birdsong, road traffic & aircraft. Site audible - dozer tracks but not constant, PC3000 engines & broad band reversing alarms

16/04/2019 09:42 Top of bank 47.6 50 70

Total ambient sound including birdsong, aircraft, road traffic & buzz from electricity cables very

• noticeable. Site audible - dozer tracks but not constant & PC3000 engine audible but not dominant

09:48 Bttm of bank 47.1 50 70

Total ambient sound including birdsong, aircraft, road traffic & buzz from electricity cables very

• noticeable. Site audible - dozer tracks but not constant & PC3000 engine audible but not dominant

17/04/2019 10:44 Top of bank 45.7 50 70

Total ambient sound including birdsong, aircraft, occasional road traffic & buzz from electricity cables. Site audible - dozer tracks but not constant & dump trucks working on backfill & subsoil restoration.

10:50 Bttm of bank 45.2 50 70

Total ambient sound including birdsong, aircraft, occasional road traffic & buzz from electricity cables. Site audible - dozer tracks but not constant & dump trucks working on backfill & subsoil restoration.

02/05/2019 14:53 Top of bank 48.2 50 70

Total ambient sound including birdsong, aircraft, some road traffic & buzz from electricity cables. Site audible - dozer tracks & dump trucks working on backfill & subsoil restoration.

14:56 Bttm of bank 42.9 50 70

Total ambient sound including birdsong, aircraft, some road traffic & buzz from electricity cables. Site audible - dozer tracks & dump trucks working on backfill & subsoil restoration plus woks in area B

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Noise Monitoring at Douglas Terrace 19 Mar 2019

Examples of birdsong

Ambient Noise Monitoring Our Blessed Lady and St Joseph Church *

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DATE TIME TOTAL AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL LAeq dB NORMAL OPERATIONS LAeq dB COMMENTS

28/03/2019 09:55 54.2 Total ambient noise level. Traffic noise dominant, birdsong & vehicle passing church. Activity from plant workshop audible at times. 17/04/2019 09:44 50.6 Total ambient noise level. Traffic noise dominant, birdsong & aircraft. Site visible with dump trucks & dozer working on sub soil restoration area but just audible during gaps in road traffic.

Low Bradley Ambient Sound Levels *

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DATE TIME TOTAL AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL LAeq dB NORMAL OPERATIONS LAeq dB COMMENTS

28/03/2019 08:57 47.6 Total ambient noise level. Birdsong & resident activity. Site audible at times - dump truck engines 17/04/2019 09:20 48.1 Total ambient sound level. Birdsong, aircraft, siren, sheep &

• lambs. Site audible - PC3000 in area B, engine audible at times

& tracks when repositioning, dump truck engines audible at times

Complaints:

2 x Dust 1 x Power Outage 1 x Lighting 1 x Blasting 1 x Noise

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SITE PROGRESS

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Jamie Drysdale Site Manager

PROGRESS OF SITE OPERATIONS

Area A

• Overburden Excavation complete. We suspended work on occasions due to

environmental issues such as noise and dust. Coaling for another 2-3 weeks.

• Final Void being filled from Area B Overburden Excavation – Complete in 6-8

weeks.

• Restoration of 3 layers of Soil being inspected by DCC – Expected completion
• f Area A Restoration August/September.

Area B

• Soil Stripping ongoing after Ecological checks – all areas checked by qualified

ecologist and signed off prior to any works commencing.

• Area B Overburden excavation has commenced.
• Blasting commenced from the 15th May. To be continued when required

through section B.

PROGRESS OF SITE OPERATIONS Area A

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Final Coal Operations from cuts 11/12

• ngoing.

Coaling in section A will be complete by the beginning of June.

RESTORATION OF AREA A

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Area A Restoration – 3 Layers of soil being restored and full area expected to be restored and Topsoil cultivated and seeded by August/September.

OPERATIONS IN SECTION B

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Box cut Area B towards Top and Bottom Brassthill seams. Mining Operations expected completion by May 2020. Restoration Expected completion by September 2020.

SITE RESTORATION CONT…

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Tree planting complete in the non-disturbed North/west corner of site. A total of 3500 trees planted over an area of 3.2 hectare. Hedge planting at main gate. A total of 900 plants planted.

HIGHWAYS UPDATE

Steven Hanlon Transport Manager

Site HGV movements comply with planning condition for HGV movement limits at the Bradley site

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Range - 17th August to 5th May 2019

• Total HGV Movements (In & Out) 12294 (11606 - Coal & 688 - Other)
• Distance covered on approved route – 135,234 Miles
• Coal exported – circa. 163935 tonnes
• No. of road traffic accidents – Zero
• DVSA Enforcements - Zero
• No of issues raised - Zero

Traffic Data Analysis

PLANNING UPDATE

Jill Lomax Development Planner