HVO 2009 Annual Environmental Management Report - Final

Coal & Allied – Hunter Valley Operations
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: HVO Approvals...................................................................................................................................... 5
Table 2: HVO Licences and Permits ................................................................................................................... 8
Table 3: HVO Water Licences ........................................................................................................................... 10
Table 4: HVO Mining Tenements ...................................................................................................................... 18
Table 5: HVO Other Approvals.......................................................................................................................... 20
Table 6: Actions Required After Annual Environmental Inspection................................................................... 25
Table 7: HVO Mining Equipment Used in 2009................................................................................................. 30
Table 8: Total Product Coal at HVO in 2009 ..................................................................................................... 31
Table 9: Production and Waste Summary for HVO 2009.................................................................................. 32
Table 10: Tailings Storage Facilities.................................................................................................................. 35
Table 11: Stockpile Capacities .......................................................................................................................... 37
Table 12: Coal Transported at HVO during 2009.............................................................................................. 38
Table 13: 2009 HVO Water Balance ................................................................................................................. 39
Table 14: Modelled or Measured Groundwater Contribution from Connected Hunter River Alluvium.............. 42
Table 15: Summary of Environmental Impacts Risk Register........................................................................... 51
Table 16: Rainfall Summary for 2009 ................................................................................................................ 52
Table 17: Annual Average Insoluble Matter Deposition Rates at HVO Dust Gauges 2007 to 2009................. 59
Table 18: Selected High Results in 2009 .......................................................................................................... 59
Table 19: TSP Monitoring Results for HVO in 2009.......................................................................................... 63
Table 20: Annual Average HVAS PM 10 Results 2007 to 2009.......................................................................... 65
Table 21: PM 10 Maximum Over 24 Hour Against Acquisition Criteria ............................................................... 66
Table 22: HVO South Project Environmental Assessment Cumulative Predictions for 2006 and 2010 against
2009 Annual Averages for TSP Data ................................................................................................ 69
Table 23: HVO South Environmental Assessment Cumulative Predictions for 2006 and 2010 against 2009
Annual Averages for PM 10 Data ........................................................................................................ 69
Table 24: HVO South Environmental Assessment Cumulative Predictions for 2006 and 2012 against 2009
Annual Averages for Dust Deposition Data....................................................................................... 70
Table 25: HVO Surface Water Monitoring Data Recovery for 2009.................................................................. 73
Table 26: Surface Water Results from Hunter River Sites for 2009.................................................................. 75
Table 27: Surface Water Results from Wollombi Brook Sites for 2009............................................................. 78
Table 28: Surface Water Results from Other Tributaries Sites for 2009........................................................... 81
Table 29: Surface Water Results from HVO Site Dams for 2009...................................................................... 83
Table 30: Water Quality during Discharge from Lake James............................................................................ 86
Table 31: Discharge Record for Lake James .................................................................................................... 87
Table 32: Representative Water Quality for West Pit........................................................................................ 88
Table 33: HVO Ground Water Monitoring Data Recovery for 2009 .................................................................. 92
Table 34: Ground Water Results from HVO Carrington Groundwater’s for 2009 ............................................. 96
Table 35: Groundwater Results from North Pit & Alluvial Lands for 2009 ...................................................... 100
Table 36: Groundwater Results from Hobden’s Gully and South Facilities for 2009 ...................................... 102
AEMR 2009
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