Coal & Allied Community Newsletter Singleton edition February 2011

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From the GMs
Graham Gageler
Welcome to the first edition
of our Singleton community
newsletter for 2011. This
will be my last column as
general manager operations
for Hunter Valley Operations
as I will soon be moving
across to our Mount Pleasant
Project near Muswellbrook.
Dust suppression trials are
now underway on site and
I am pleased to announce
our involvement in the new
Upper Hunter Air Quality
Monitoring Network which
was launched in December
last year.
This partnership between
the NSW Government and
Upper Hunter coal and
power industries will see
the establishment of a
high quality air monitoring
network across the Hunter,
including the centres of
Singleton and Muswellbrook.
Interested community
members can access air
quality data 24 hours a day,
seven days a week via the
DECCW’s website – www.
environment.nsw.gov.au/
aqms/.
On a safety front we have
started this year remaining
focused on reducing our
incidents and injuries. There
is a lot of work underway
on site and it is important
that we keep our attention
on working safely so we can
all go home as healthy as we
arrive each day.
In this newsletter you
can read about some of
our recent Site Donation
Committee initiatives,
including the Singleton
Hospital emergency
department, and I was also
pleased to continue our
support of the Singleton
Men’s Shed through a $5,500
donation earlier this year.
Cam Halfpenny
Mining has recommenced
at Mount Thorley with
operations progressing west
to Charlton Road. In the
next month we will have
some blasting works which
will affect this road and
we will be working hard to
minimise any disruptions
due to this work. We will
advertise periodic road
closures in local papers and
on our website.
We are also calling for
interested community
members to join our CCC,
find out more on page four
of the newsletter.
In this edition you
can also read more about
our work in the Hunter
“A reminder that our Annual Environmental Management
Report for 2010 is now available to view on our website.”
region including a new
community partnership with
the Newcastle Knights for
Indigenous teenagers 100%
Knights.
On an environmental
front, MTW, Singleton
Council and Thiess Services
will be holding the first of
two E-Waste collection days
for 2011 on Saturday 26
March. The collection will
be held between 9.00am
and 1.00pm at the Singleton
Council Car Park (Civic
Avenue entrance).
These collection days
are a great opportunity for
you to safely dispose of any
electronic items you may
have around your homes. At
our September collection we
collected more than 10,000
tonnes of e-waste, which
would normally end up as
landfill which is a great
achievement.
Also, a reminder that
Coal & Allied’s Annual
Environmental Management
Report for 2010 is now
available to view on our
website as well as at our
shopfronts and at the
Singleton Library. Our
sustainable development
report will also be released
later in April, and will be
both on our website and in
our shopfronts.
Growing our community team in Singleton
Coal & Allied’s Singleton
Community Relations
team has two new faces,
after Community Relations
Specialist Andrew Turner
and Community Relations
Officer Sarah Jarrett joined
the team recently.
Andrew will be based
at the Singleton shopfront
to serve as an important
point of contact for the
local community and near
neighbours of our Hunter
Valley Operations and
Mount Thorley Warkworth
mines. You will also see
Andrew at our future
community activities across
the Upper Hunter.
Sarah started with Coal
& Allied in December
2010. She will also be
based in the Singleton
shopfront and will oversee
Coal & Allied’s school
engagement programme
and the roll-out of a new
stakeholder database.
Community Relations
Manager Jen Bowcock said
Andrew and Sarah have
joined the team to help
Coal & Allied continue to
provide the community
with information about our
activities and partnerships.
“We are committed to
maintaining a strong and
active relationship with
the community and our
new team members will
play an important role in
making sure we remain an
accessible member of the
community,” Jen said.
“While you will see
Andrew and Sarah out and
about in the community,
you can also call into the
Singleton shopfront to
talk with our community
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