CLARENCE COLLIERY Community Consultative Committee Presentation 2 nd July 2019 www.centennialcoal.com.au
Introduction CCC Reporting Period: 21 st March to 2 nd July 2019 Table 1: Summary of Consents and Licences Table 1 and Table 2 provides a summary of the primary Were all conditions of the relevant approval(s) complied with? Consents and Approvals DA 504-00 YES Mining Lease 1353 YES and compliance Mining Lease 1354 YES performance for the CCC Mining Lease 1583 YES reporting period. Mining Lease 1721 YES Consolidated Coal Lease 705 YES The only non - compliance Exploration Lease 5072 YES recorded for the period was EPL726 NO a minor exceedance of Water Access License 36479 YES water quality discharge Table 2: Non-Compliances values on the EPL in Zinc Relevant Condition Condition summary Comment concentrations in April. Approval EPL726 L2.4 Water quality Exceedance April Zinc (dissolved)
OPERATIONS SUMMARY Table 3: Production Summary Material Approved Limit Previous Year Year to Date Forecast Total and Source (2018 Actual (2019 Tonnes) (2019 Tonnes) (Tonnes) Tonnes) Waste Rock/ N/A 0 0 0 Overburden ROM Coal 3,000,000 1,772,124 805,799 2,547,135 Coarse reject 250,000 87,159 28,061 95,154 Fine reject N/A 0 0 0 (Tailings) Saleable product N/A 1,681,904 776,799 2,453,041 Table 4: Transportation Summary Transport Approved Limit Previous Year Year to Date Forecast Total and Source (2018 Actual (2019 Tonnes) (2019 Tonnes) (Tonnes) Tonnes) Transport (rail) NA 1,614,743 707,511 2,227,512 Transport (road) 200,000 173,052 66,333 187,833
Figure 1: Production for 2019 Shown Monthly
Environmental Performance – Noise and Air Noise Table 4 – Dust Results 2019 • No complaints received Annual Rolling 12 Limit Average (2019) Monthly Average Dust Gauge • No noise monitoring (g/m2/month) (g/m2/month) (g/m2/month) undertaken during the period 1.49 1.34 DDG1 4 DDG2 0.82 1.15 4 DDG3 0.43 1.69 4 Air Quality • Monthly dust deposition results for 2019 (year to date) ranged from 0.43 to 1.49 g/m2/month, well below the annual average air quality criteria of 4 g/m2/month.
Environmental Performance - Water • March - July discharges - ���������� ���������� ��������� Analyte Unit Limit ������ ������� ������� ������� Arsenic (Filtered) mg/L were limited to treated ���� ������ ������ ������ Boron (Filtered) mg/L underground water from ������� �������� �������� �������� Cadmium (Filtered) mg/L ��� ��� ��� ��� Chloride mg/L LDP2 ������ ������� ������� ������� Chromium (Filtered) mg/L ������� ������� ������� ������� Cobalt (Filtered) mg/L • A single exceedance in ������� ������� ������� ������� Copper (Filtered) mg/L dissolved Zinc of ���� ������ ������ ������ Iron (Filtered) mg/L �� ����� ����� ����� Fluoride (Total) mg/L 0.019mg/L compared to a ������� ������� ������� ������� Lead (Filtered) mg/L limit of 0.08mg/L ���� ������ ������ ������ Lithium (Filtered) mg/L ���� ������ ������ ������ Manganese (Filtered) mg/L • Year to date we have only �������� ��������� ��������� ��������� Mercury (Filtered) mg/L ������ ������ ������ ������ Nickel (Filtered) mg/L recorded two ����� ����� ���� ����� Nitrogen (Total) mg/L exceedances ��� ��� ��� ��� Oil & Grease mg/L demonstrating the ������ ���� ���� ���� pH pH Units ����� ������ ����� ������ Phosphorous (Total) mg/L significant WTP ������ �������� �������� �������� Selenium (Filtered) mg/L improvements. Studies �������� ��������� ��������� ��������� Silver (Filtered) mg/L ���� ��� ��� ��� Sulphur Sulphate (Total) mg/L and trials are continuing. ��� ��� ��� ��� TSS mg/L ������ ������ ������ ������ Zinc (Filtered) mg/L ������������� ���� ���� ���� Electrical Conductivity µS/cm
Approvals & Projects Reject Emplacement Area III As detailed in previous meetings a number of approvals have been sought to allow physical works on the site. • The modification to DA consent has been approved by Lithgow City Council, • Amended MOP approved by the DPE, • The Prohibition Notice (s240) has been lifted. • The Final Notice, a Clean Up Notice actions (Section 93 of the POEO Act) is expected to be lifted in coming weeks. Physical works are now expected to commence during the Q3 2019.
Approvals & Projects Reject Emplacement Area 5 (REA 5) • Clearing works are commencing in the first week of July for the leachate dam, providing a detention basin for sediment capture prior to Stage 1 works. • All soils will be scraped and kept for rehabilitation trials and future rehabilitation of REA 3. The operation of REA 5 is now expected to commence in late 2019.
Approvals & Projects Rehabilitation Trials • Preparation for the Rehabilitation trials are continuing with works proposed early to Mid September. • Trials will test different soil treatments, erosion control measures on REA 2 and REA 4 in preparation of final rehabilitation for REA 3
Approvals & Projects 900 North Area Exploration Program • MOP has been updated to include drilling sites, • Awaiting approval of ESF4 applications from the Resource Regulator, Drilling is now planned to commence in Q1 2020. • The Resource Regulator undertook a unannounced audit at Clarence on 18 th June, as part of a statewide compliance operation. The focus was rehabilitation of exploration sites. Feedback was extremely positive on the rehabilitation works with no issues raised.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage A number of Aboriginal cultural heritage inspections were undertaken during the period including pre extraction, post extraction and project related inspections including; 800 Area Post Extraction Inspection • C-OS-4 (45-1-2699) and C-IF-2 (45-1-2704) 900 Drill Program Due Diligence Site Inspection • 45-1-0004 - Not impacted by proposed drilling. 900 Area Pre-extraction • 45-1-0003, 45-1-2691, 45-1-0183 and 45-1- 0130. Clarence to Springvale Pipeline project • Entire corridor inspected Clarence to Sawyer’s Swamp
Complaints and Complaint Management No complaints have been received at Clarence during 2019 and only one complaint was received during 2018 which was a related to a truck on Bells lines of Road, not directly attributable to Clarence Colliery’s operations.
Development Consent or Licence Amendments Consent Title Purpose Approval Status Website link Authority To authorise the removal of REA 3 operation IRM.GE.76 reject, re-profile to final landform LCC Granted N/A and Rehabilitation and rehabilitate REA 3 To increase truck movements to https://www.planningportal Increased Road Public exhibition DA 504-00 DPE allow the transport of Coal to Mt .nsw.gov.au/major- Haulage - MOD 4 -closed Piper projects/project/12341 https://www.planningportal Increased Manning To increase manning levels from DA 504-00 DPE SEE Submitted .nsw.gov.au/major- levels - Mod 5 300 to 400 people. projects/project/14671 Transfer of Clarence Rejects to Consultation Transfer of Clarence Charbon for rehabilitation DA 504-00 DPE with DPE N/A Rejects to Charbon purposes. commenced. Transfer of Treated water from Clarence Pipeline Studies New approval Clarence water Treatment Plant DPE N/A Project commenced to Cox’s river Administrative changes, 5 year Preliminary EPL Amendments EPL 726 review removal of EMP PRP, EPA discussions with N/A removal of LDP01 EPA
Clarence Pipeline Project • Awaiting on feedback from the Department on the approval approach • Environmental assessments continuing including: – Biodiversity (No impacts to EPBC listed species, most threatened flora species can be avoided during detailed design) – Heritage (no significant heritage sites identified during surveys) – Construction noise and traffic – Water 1
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Clarence Pipeline Project • Scoping Report will be submitted when approval pathway is confirmed allowing SEARs to be issued • EIS submission by the end of 2019 in accordance with PRP requirements • Community and stakeholder engagement ongoing 1
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