January 2006 (PDF 2.9 MB) - Barrick Gold Corporation

Cowal Gold Project – Cyanide Management Plan
2 DEVELOPMENT CONSENT, MINING LEASE AND EPL CONDITIONS
Development Consent, Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) and ML 1535 conditions relevant to
this CMP are outlined below. A summary of the relevant legislative regime is included as Appendix A.
A summary of the relevant codes of practice, Australian Standards and other guidelines is included as
Appendix B.
2.1 DEVELOPMENT CONSENT CONDITIONS
Further to Consent Conditions 5.3(b) and 8.2(b) outlined in Section 1.1, additional consent conditions
of relevance to the CMP include:
• Consent Condition 2.1 which requires the preparation of a MOP. This is referred to in Section 3.2.
• Consent Condition 3.2 which requires the preparation and review of particular environmental
management plans including the CMP. This is referred to in the Preface and Section 10.3.
• Consent Condition 3.4 which includes wildlife management measures in respect of cyanide and
the requirement to provide contingency measures for reducing cyanide levels in the tailings
storages in the event it is established that fauna deaths are occurring from cyanide. This
condition is addressed in Sections 5 and 7.3.
• Consent Condition 4.1/4.2 which includes the preparation of a Site Water Management Plan
(SWMP). This condition is referred to in Section 3.2.
• Consent Condition 5.2 which requires the tailings storages to be constructed in accordance with
the requirements of relevant regulatory authorities. This condition is addressed in Section 4.2.3.
• Consent Condition 5.3(a) which requires cyanide levels of the aqueous component of the tailings
slurry stream to not exceed 20 mg/L CNWAD (90 percentile over six months) and 30 mg/L CNWAD
(maximum permissible limit at any time), at the discharge point to the tailings storages. This
condition is addressed in Section 4.2.2.
• Consent Condition 5.3(c) which requires a review of cyanide levels in the event of wildlife deaths
occurring due to cyanide. This condition is addressed in Section 7.4.
• Consent Condition 5.4 which requires the preparation of a Fire Safety Study, Hazard and
Operability (HAZOP) Study, Final Hazard Analysis, Transport of Hazardous Materials Study,
Emergency Plan and Safety Management System, and the conduct of a Hazard Audit. This
condition is discussed in Section 3.3.
• Consent Condition 5.4(d) which requires Barrick to maintain a register of accidents, incidents and
potential incidents. This condition is addressed in Section 9.2.
• Consent Condition 5.7 which requires the preparation of a Hazardous Waste and Chemical
Management Plan (HWCMP). The HWCMP is discussed in Sections 3.2 and 4.
• Consent Condition 8 which requires the cyanide monitoring programme to be revised/updated
annually. This condition is addressed in Section 10.3.
• Consent Condition 8.2(a)(v) which requires the preparation of a Monitoring Programme for
Detection of Movement of Lake Protection Bund, Water Storage and Tailings Structures and
Pit/Void Walls. This condition is discussed in Sections 3.2 and 4.2.3.4.
• Consent Condition 8.7 which requires the establishment of a Community Environmental
Monitoring and Consultative Committee (CEMCC). This condition is addressed in Section 8.1.
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