PEPPERTREE QUARRY COMMUNITY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE September 2019 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

PEPPERTREE QUARRY COMMUNITY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE September 2019

Agenda item 4 – Correspondence (June, July, August 2019) - Department of Planning and Environment - Waste management plan issued to the department and revised based on departments comments - 2 requests for road transport of donated materials - CCC Annual Report issued - EPA - Discussion on future licensing requirements for dust extraction units - G Clark weather data reviews – weather station monthly reviews (May, June, July 2019) - 2

Agenda item 5 – Operations  Safety Zero LTI’s since the last meeting - - Regulatory visits over past few months to review dust - Additional dust monitoring conducted  Overburden - Overburden removal concluded in June 19 - Tree planting, top-soiling and hydro-mulching of these areas has been carried out  Pit update - Mine has progressing south. - Work underway to prepare the next level down ready for access in 2020  Processing - Continuous improvement works have helped deliver a number of production records with 4 out of the last 5 months delivering records - The new store has been constructed and the fit out is well underway which is tidying the site up - Approval has been granted for a new dust extraction plant  People - The workforce has remained relatively stable of the past few months - 3

Agenda Item 6 - Environmental Performance Incidents June 2019 (2 spills) July 2019 (0) August 2019 (0) 4

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Complaints June 2019 (nil) July 2019 (nil) August 2019 (1 - noise) 5

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air Annual Average goal of 4gm2/month not in compliance at the site however majority of insoluble solid is organic Annual average below goal at the boundary 6

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 . 9

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air – Particulate Matter <10 microns – annual average In compliance with the annual average goal 10

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air – Particulate Matter <10 microns – 24 hour criteria All in compliance since last meeting (May 2019) Note criteria is at the nearest residence and not the HVAS. Increase on the 16 th August 2019. winds were predominantly westerly with Peppertree therefore downwind of the HVAS 11

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Air - Total Suspended Particulates TSP below Annual average goal 12

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring July 2019 daytime Receiver Date Site Noise Level Contribution Operational Criteria (dB(A)) EPL ID LAeq, 15 minute (dB(A)) daytime 6/8/2019 R17 20 35 R2 6/8/2019 30 35 6/8/2019 R3 23 35 R8 6/8/2019 22 41 6/8/2019 R4 23 35 7/8/2019 R17 32 35 7/8/2019 R17 31 35 7/8/2019 R2 28 35 7/8/2019 R2 31 35 7/8/2019 R3 27 35 7/8/2019 R3 30 35 7/8/2019 41 R8 29 7/8/2019 41 R8 28 7/8/2019 35 R4 26 7/8/2019 35 R4 26 All in compliance 13

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring July 2019 – evening Receiver Date Site Noise Level Contribution Operational Criteria (dB(A)) EPL ID LAeq, 15 minute (dB(A)) evening 7/8/2019 35 R17 26 7/8/2019 35 R17 26 7/8/2019 35 R3 20 7/8/2019 35 R3 23 7/8/2019 35 R2 31 7/8/2019 35 R2 31 7/8/2019 35 R4 23 7/8/2019 35 R4 22 8/8/2019 35 R8 34 8/8/2019 35 R8 35 8/8/2019 35 R17 29 8/8/2019 35 R17 28 8/8/2019 35 R2 26 8/8/2019 35 R2 25 8/8/2019 35 R3 22 8/8/2019 35 R3 23 8/8/2019 35 R4 22 8/8/2019 35 R4 22 8/8/2019 35 R8 18 8/8/2019 35 All in compliance R8 27 14

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Noise - quarterly noise monitoring July 2019 evening 1min Receiver Date Site Noise Level Contribution Operational Criteria (dB(A)) EPL ID LA1, 1 minute (dB(A)) evening 7/8/2019 R3 23 45 7/8/2019 45 R2 31 7/8/2019 30 45 R2 7/8/2019 23 45 R4 7/8/2019 45 R4 21 8/8/2019 45 R8 39 8/8/2019 45 R8 41 8/8/2019 45 R17 36 8/8/2019 45 R17 31 8/8/2019 45 R2 27 8/8/2019 45 R2 25 8/8/2019 45 R3 22 8/8/2019 45 R3 23 8/8/2019 45 R4 22 8/8/2019 45 R4 22 8/8/2019 45 R8 18 8/8/2019 45 R8 31 All in compliance 15

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Blast monitoring All in compliance 16

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Blast monitoring All in compliance 17

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Surface water Quarterly monitoring round undertaken in June 2019. Next sample round September 2019 Total Nitrogen for T1 is below the trigger. Levels in the dam fluctuate with rain Marulan south creek also fluctuates and may be due upstream pasture management 18

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Surface water Total dissolved solids below trigger Turbidity below trigger for T1 and the dam. 19

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Surface water pH within trigger levels Total phosphorus - T1 and the Dam are below the trigger level. 20

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Ground water  No draw down of ground water from sentinel well .i.e. no impact on local groundwater. 21

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Ground water  Monitoring conducted April and July 2019  Review has been undertaken in regards to the trigger levels  Due to the direction of flow of groundwater towards the pit, trigger levels are not relevant. Ie groundwater flow is very slow and not away from the pit. 22

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Environmental flow 23

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Heritage  Celebration of NAIDOC week - Welcome to country - Rock painting  Regular AHMC meeting established - Pending works - SWOB salvage - Topsoil salvage - Scar tree fencing - Meridian park cultural heritage - Collation of artifacts and return to country 24

Agenda item 6 – Environmental Performance Ecology  20 000m2 area hydro mulched on the southern overburden since the last CCC  Next planting proposed to commence mid September 2019  Plan for future mulching and planting developed 25

Agenda item 6 – Stakeholder Engagement  CCAA 2019 winner of Community Engagement Leadership award for engagement of youth in quarrying  Outward Bound – May 2019  Tallong Apple Day  Kite festival September 2019  CVA program associated with Koala survey in Bungonia national park being planned for September 2019  Marulan Village Plan – footpaths and gazebo over BBQ  Support of Can Assist fund raiser  Support of Tallong Public School fund raiser 26

Agenda item 7 – Plans for the next three months  Safety - Maintain zero harm to our employees and contractors - Communicate the dust monitoring results with the workforce and regulator - Regulator audit on roads due this quarter  Overburden - No further works this quarter  Pit update - Continue to head South across the pit floor and develop the drop cut  Processing - Finish the store fit out and continue vehicle pedestrian management works  People - Find the next Peppertree Quarry Manager 27

Agenda item 8 – General Business  Real Time noise monitoring - Real time noise monitoring is now in place. Waiting for upgrade of the weather station to be able to set triggers for noise 28

Agenda item 8 – General Business  Marulan South Limestone update  RTSE being prepared as per DPE direction. Aim to be submitted this week.  Agency review to be undertaken  IPC Hearing to be arranged assume December or more likely first quarter of 2020 29

Agenda item 8 – General Business  Peppertree Quarry Modification 5 - pending conditions of consent 30

Agenda item 8 – General Business  Next meeting dates – - December 2019 31