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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 – http://centennialcoal.com.au/Environment/Charbon.aspx 2

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; LDP002 LDP003 LDP004 LDP005 LDP006 Discharges: 1 7 1 16 1 Exceedances: 0 0 0 1 0 • 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. 3

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LDP002 & LDP003 • 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 5

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

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

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

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

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

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 . 11

Depositional Dust – 2015 Results 12

Dust – HVAS 2015 Results 13

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 operations will be carried out in accordance with the relevant noise criteria of Charbon’s Consent and EPL. 14

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. 15

Rehabilitation • 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. 16

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On-going Rehab. October 2014 18

On-going Rehab. Q4 2012

On-going Rehab. June 2013

On-going Rehab. May 2014

On-going Rehab. September 2014

On-going Rehab. September 2014

On-going Rehab. 8 th March 2015 24

On-going Rehab. 20 th August 2015 25

Topsoil 26

On-going Rehab. 27

On-going Rehab. 28

Past Rehab. Areas 2 0 0 6 2 0 1 4

Future Rehab. 30

Community • 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 31

Questions? 32