HVO 2009 Annual Environmental Management Report - Final

Coal & Allied – Hunter Valley Operations
1.2 CONSENTS, LEASE AND LICENCES
HVO operates under a number of different approvals including:
Development Consents and approvals issued by the Department of Planning, SSC and Muswellbrook
Shire Council;
Environment Protection Licence issued by the DECCW (see Appendix 13 and Section 1.2.3);
Dangerous Goods Licences issued by WorkCover;
Section 87 and 90 permits issued by the DECCW;
Water Licences issued by NOW (New South Wales Office of Water);
Mining tenements issued by DII;
Mining Operations Plans (MOP) approved by DII; and
Dam Licences issued by the Dam Safety Committee.
The following sections describe the current approvals.
1.2.1 Current Approvals
The status of HVO development consents, licences and relevant approvals are listed in Table 1 to Table 5.
Table 1: HVO Approvals
Approval Number Description Issue Date Expiry Date
HVO North
450-10-2003 West Pit consolidated consent 12/06/2004 12/06/2025
450-10-2003 M1* Modification to HVLP 16/08/2005 12/06/2025
450-10-2003 M2* Carrington Pit extension 25/06/2006 12/06/2025
884/2004 Relocation of Energy Australia access road 02/02/2005 02/02/2010
6/2001 Pikes Gully Creek realignment 28/03/2001 N/A
6/2001 M1*
Amendment to Pikes Gully Creek
realignment consent
05/08/2003 N/A
117/93 Newdell enhancement project 26/11/1993 N/A
420/2000 Lemington Road Realignment Carrington 10/11/2000 N/A
627/2006 Carrington Mine Extended Flood Levees 08/02/2007 N/A
HVO South – Cheshunt and Riverview
PA 06_0261
PA 06_0261 M1*
Hunter Valley Operations – South Coal
Project
Modification 1 to PA 06 – 0261 - Raising
Lake James
24/03/2009 24/03/2030
17/12/2009 24/03/2030
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