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BRADLEY SURFACE MINE LIAISON COMMITTEE PRESENTATION 24 February 2020

Our Blessed Lady and St Joseph Church Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Nov 17 th to Feb 23 rd - 24 hour mean values Moisture due to early morning fog from 03:00hrs to 12:00hrs, S/NW wind direction, very little breeze 2

Douglas Terrace Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Nov 17 th to Feb 23 rd - 24 hour mean values Graph 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 17/11/2019 27/11/2019 07/12/2019 17/12/2019 27/12/2019 06/01/2020 16/01/2020 26/01/2020 05/02/2020 15/02/2020 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 Total particles (ug/m^3) PM10 particles (ug/m^3) PM2.5 particles (ug/m^3) PM1 particles (ug/m^3) 3

Pont Road Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Nov 17 th to Feb 23 rd - 24 hour mean values Moisture due to early morning fog from 02:00hrs to 13:00hrs, S/NW wind direction, very little breeze Moisture due to early morning fog 01:00hrs to 07:00hrs, SW wind direction Very little breeze 4

Low Bradley Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Nov 27 th to Feb 23 rd - 24 hour mean values Graph 500 450 Moisture due to early morning fog 400 from 02:00hrs to 12:00hrs, S/NW wind direction, very little breeze 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 17/11/2019 27/11/2019 07/12/2019 17/12/2019 27/12/2019 06/01/2020 16/01/2020 26/01/2020 05/02/2020 15/02/2020 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 Total particles (ug/m^3) PM10 particles (ug/m^3) PM2.5 particles (ug/m^3) PM1 particles (ug/m^3) 5

Noise Monitoring Brooms Farm TOTAL AMBIENT NORMAL PLANNING LIMIT PLANNING LIMIT SOUND LEVEL OPERATIONS DATE TIME NORMAL OPS TEMPORARY OPS COMMENTS L Aeq dB L Aeq dB L Aeq dB L Aeq dB 18/11/2019 14:16 61.4 52 55 70 Road traffic dominant noise source. Site audible at times in few breaks in traffic 11/12/2019 14:27 61.4 55 70 Total ambient noise, road traffic dominant noise source. Site operations not audible 17/01/2020 14:30 63 55 70 Total ambient noise, road traffic dominant noise source. Site operations not audible 05/02/2020 15:05 60.6 55 70 Total ambient noise, road traffic dominant noise source. Site operations not audible 6

Ambient Noise Monitoring at Pont Road TOTAL NORMAL AMBIENT PLANNING LIMIT OPERATIONS PLANNING LIMIT DATE TIME SOUND LEVEL NORMAL OPS L Aeq dB COMMENTS L Aeq dB TEMPORARY OPS L Aeq dB L Aeq dB Road traffic main noise source, aircraft. Site operations not 18/11/2019 13:35 65 55 70 audible 11/12/2019 10:16 63.9 55 70 Road traffic main noise source. Site operations not audible 23/01/2020 13:00 62.6 55 70 Road traffic main noise source. Site operations not audible 06/02/2020 09:34 65.8 55 70 Road traffic main noise source. Site operations not audible 7

Ambient Noise Monitoring at Douglas Terrace PLANNING TOTAL AMBIENT NORMAL TEMPORARY PLANNING LIMIT MONITORING SOUND LEVEL OPERATIONS L Aeq OPERATIONS LIMIT NORMAL TEMPORARY DATE TIME DURATION L Aeq dB dB L Aeq dB OPS L Aeq dB OPS L Aeq dB NOTES 18/11/2019 14:50 01:00:01 Bttm of bank 48.2 50 70 Total ambient sound level including road traffic noise. Site audible Road traffic noise, dog barking, conversation. Site audible - dozer 11/12/2019 15:20 01:00:02 Bttm of bank 55 48.9 50 70 tracks & engine, clunk of bucket or skip at times. Total ambient sound level including aircraft. Site audible - dozer 23/01/2020 11:14 01:00:02 Bttm of bank 47.3 50 70 tracks, engines & occasional bucket of material into dump truck Total ambient sound level including aircraft, siren, birdsong . Site 05/02/2020 13:47 01:00:12 Bttm of bank 48.3 50 70 audible - dozer tracks & engines 8

Ambient Noise Monitoring Our Blessed Lady and St Joseph Church * TOTAL NORMAL AMBIENT DATE TIME OPERATIONS L Aeq COMMENTS SOUND LEVEL dB L Aeq dB 18/11/2019 13.55 53 Total ambient noise, mainly road traffic noise. Site audible in gaps of traffic at times - <50dBA 11/12/2019 09:26 50.1 Total ambient noise, mainly road traffic. Site not audible 17/01/2020 14:10 55.9 Total ambient noise, mainly road traffic. Site not audible 06/02/2020 09:12 55.6 Total ambient noise, mainly road traffic. Site not audible 9

Low Bradley Ambient Sound Levels * TOTAL AMBIENT NORMAL OPERATIONS DATE TIME SOUND LEVEL COMMENTS L Aeq dB L Aeq dB 18/11/2019 13:13 46.1 Total ambient sound levels including resident activity. Site operations are audible 11/12/2019 09:52 48.8 Total ambient noise level. Birdsong, sheep bleating, dogs barking. Site operations audible. 17/01/2020 11:30 57.5 Total ambient sound level including tractor working in farm yard. Site operations are audible 06/02/2020 10:20 48.4 Total ambient sound level including farm traffic. Site operations are audible 10

Blasting operations: BRADLEY PPV (MM/S) RESULTS 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Brooms Farm Douglas Terr Pont Road 95%<6mm/s All <12 mm/s

Complaints: 1 x Blasting 1 x Coal stocks 12

SITE PROGRESS 13

PROGRESS OF SITE OPERATIONS • Area B now advanced to cut 6 (cut 18). • Extraction of Top Brass Thill, Bottom Brass Thill and Hutton seams. • Main overburden mound near completion then advancing through Area B at restoration level.

Area B main overburden mound and cut 6 15

Operations in Area B including Hutton extraction Box cut now complete and now advancing cut 3. Soil stripping continuing through September. 16

HIGHWAYS UPDATE Steven Hanlon Transport Manager

HGV Movements (Monday to Friday) 70 60 57 49 50 47 NO. OF HGV MOVEMENTS 44 44 40 36 35 33 31 31 31 30 2627 24 24 24 24 19 19 19 20 14141514 15 1313 13 12 9 10 8 8 4 5 6 6 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WC WC WC WC WC WC WC WC 6/1/20 WC WC WC WC 3/2/20 18/11/19 25/11/19 2/12/19 09/12/201 16/12/19 23/12/19 30/12/19 13/1/20 20/1/20 27/1/20 9 Daily Total 4 Week Average (Actual) 4 Week Average (Planning Permission)

HGV Movements (Saturdays) 16 14 12 NO. OF HGV MOVEMENTS 10 8 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23/11/2019 30/11/2019 07/12/2019 14/12/2019 21/12/2019 28/12/2019 04/01/2020 11/01/2020 18/01/2020 25/01/2020 01/02/2020 08/02/2020 Daily Total 4 Week Average (Actual) 4 Week Average (Planning Permission)

23/1/20 between 1640 hrs and 1710 hours – Two HGVs returning to Bradley were required to follow Police diversion due to issue on A693.

Traffic Data Analysis Range - 17 th August 2018 to 9 th February 2020 • Total HGV Movements (In & Out) 17,666 (16,710 - Coal & 956 - Other) • Distance covered on approved route – 194,326 Miles • Despatched Coal – circa. 233,940 tonnes • No. of road traffic accidents – Zero • DVSA Enforcements - Zero • No of issues raised - Zero