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Charbon Community Consultative Committee Environment and Community Update 21 st March 2016 www.centennialcoal.com.au Websites Centennial Coal Home Page http://centennialcoal.com.au/ Charbon Environment Page

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www.centennialcoal.com.au

Charbon Community Consultative Committee Environment and Community Update

21st March 2016

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Websites

  • Centennial Coal Home Page

– http://centennialcoal.com.au/

  • Charbon Environment Page

– http://centennialcoal.com.au/Environment/Charbon.aspx

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Water Management

  • 6 Licenced Discharge Points (LDPs):

– Require frequent inspections & sampling during discharge; – Submitted application to EPA September 2013 to add 3 new LDPs to EPL 528;

  • Charbon required to undertake additional water quality monitoring & submit to EPA;
  • November 2014 received a revised EPL with 3 additional LDPs.
  • Since last CCC meeting (24/8/2015 – 21/3/2016) = 536.4mm rainfall
  • YTD = 231.8mm
  • Long-term annual average ≈ 684 mm – from BoM station at Rylstone;
  • There has been 1 exceedances of EPL528 for water since the last

CCC meeting. Water quality will continue to be monitored into the future as per EPL528 Conditions.

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LDP002 LDP003 LDP004 LDP005 LDP006 Discharges: 1 7 1 16 1 Exceedances: 1

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Water Management

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LDP002 & LDP003

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  • LDP002:
  • OC & UG workshops;
  • 8-Trunk stockpile area;
  • LDP003:
  • SOC;
  • 8-Trunk OC;
  • “Roche Pad” stockpile

area;

  • LDP004:
  • CHPP
  • LDP005:
  • 2/3 Trunk Coal Handling

Area

  • LDP006:
  • Haystack
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LDP002

Results:

  • pH (6.5-8.5): Min: 7.1 Max: 8.2
  • TSS (50mg/L): Min: 26 Max: 29
  • Turbidity (50NTU): Min: 36.9 Max: 38.1
  • Oil & Grease (10mg/L): <1
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LDP003

Results:

  • pH (6.5-8.5): Min: 7.7 Max: 8.1
  • TSS (50mg/L): Min: 6 Max: 33
  • Turbidity (50NTU): Min: 2.3 Max: 43.7
  • Oil & Grease (10mg/L): <1
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LDP004

Results:

  • pH (6.5-8.5):

Min: 8 Max: 8

  • TSS (50mg/L):

Min: 3 Max: 3

  • Turbidity (50NTU):

Min: 1.6 Max: 1.6

  • Oil & Grease (10mg/L): <1
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LDP005

12 Sep 2014

Results:

  • pH (6.5-8.5):

Min: 7 Max: 7.9

  • TSS (50mg/L):

Min: 1 Max: 29

  • Turbidity (50NTU):

Min: 1.2 Max: 57.1

  • Oil & Grease (10mg/L): <1
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LDP006

Results:

  • pH (6.5-8.5): Min: 7.2 Max: 7.2
  • TSS (50mg/L): Min: 23 Max: 23
  • Turbidity (50NTU): Min: 29.2 Max: 29.2
  • Oil & Grease (10mg/L): <1
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Environmental Management

  • Monitoring: data for dust has shown that the mine has been in

compliance consistently for > 12 months:

  • HVAS 2015 – 2016: *Compliant.
  • Depositional Dust 2015 - 2016: *Compliant
  • All 2015 results to date have been in compliance.

– Air Quality Monitoring will continue as per 2010 Consent Conditions until rehabilitation works have been completed.

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Depositional Dust – 2015 Results

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Dust – HVAS 2015 Results

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Environmental Management

  • Noise Management:

– Quarterly noise monitoring conducted during Sep (Q3) and December (Q4) 2015, showed the mine to be in compliance. Noise monitoring for Q1 2016 is scheduled for the week beginning 21/3/2016. – Subsequent to further approvals, mining operations have now been completed at Charbon. Rehabilitation works will continue periodically at Charbon for a number of years. All future mining/rehabilitation/closure

  • perations will be carried out in accordance with the relevant noise criteria of

Charbon’s Consent and EPL.

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Environmental Management

  • Subsidence management – on-going (Final Surveys);
  • Land management, including:

– Seeding of Southern Open-cut rehabilitation (Stony Creek) – Weed Spraying – Feral animal control – Pigs, Goats;

  • Review of Site Management Plans, on-going;
  • Aquatic Ecology Monitoring completed in Spring 2015 and Autumn 2016;
  • EPBC Approval Conditions – on-site Compensatory Habitat;

– Positive Covenant placed over on-site Compensatory Habitat Areas; – Gifted land to NSW NPWS as a SCA; – Compensatory Habitat Monitoring conducted in Oct 2015 by EcoLogical Australia.

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Rehabilitation

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  • On-going Rehab – Blue;
  • Blue area requires further

shaping and cover with clay and top-soil;

  • Final landform modelling

currently being completed by ‘Earth Technologies’;

  • Drainage designs currently

being completed by ‘GHD’;

  • Seeding of 2016 rehabilitation

areas is expected to take place in October.

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On-going Rehab.

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October 2014

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On-going Rehab.

Q4 2012

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On-going Rehab.

June 2013

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On-going Rehab.

May 2014

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On-going Rehab.

September 2014

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On-going Rehab.

September 2014

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On-going Rehab.

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8th March 2015

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On-going Rehab.

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20th August 2015

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Topsoil

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On-going Rehab.

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On-going Rehab.

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Past Rehab. Areas

2 6 2 1 4

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Future Rehab.

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  • Since last CCC meeting there has been two (2) complaints; all complaints were

from one landholder and in relation to weed management and rehab status.

Sponsorship

  • Various community groups, facilities and events, including:

– Charity Golf days; – Kandos/Rylstone Show (major sponsor); – Kandos Street Machine; – Local schools and sporting clubs; – Men's Shed; – Rylstone Street-feast; – Rylstone/Kandos Show; – Wild dog association.

Partnerships

  • Central Tablelands Local Land Services (formally HNCMA);
  • Lithgow Community Nursery

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Community

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Questions?

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