Bengalla Mining Company Pty Limited - Rio Tinto Coal Australia

Rehabilitation & Landscape
Management Plan
2.0 Environmental Management System
BMC has in place an EMS accredited to the International Standards Organisation (ISO)
14001 standard. The EMS is designed so that BMC can:
• Effectively manage its environmental issues;
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements;
• Continually improve its environmental performance; and
• Satisfy the expectations of stakeholders and the local community.
The EMS forms the basis of environmental management at Bengalla and includes a
procedures, standards and management plans to ensure all regulatory requirements are
met. This RLMP (and any subsequent revisions) will form part of the EMS.
Table 2 lists the standards and procedures associated with the EMS and highlights those
specifically relevant to rehabilitation, final void and mine closure (which are reproduced
in Appendix B).
Table 2
EMS Standards & Procedures
1. EMS
Standard
2. Environmental, Social
and Cultural Impact
Management
Procedures
1.1 Aspects and Impacts
1.2 Objectives and Targets
1.3 Risk Assessments
1.4 Environmental Audits, Inspections and Non-Conformance
Management (includes regulatory audits)
1.5 Environmental Legislative Compliance
1.6 Environmental Training
1.7 Environmental Reporting
1.8 Incident Reporting
1.9 Communications (includes community and complaints
management)
1.10 Monitoring and Measurement*
1.11 Annual Management Review of the EMS
1.12 Document Control
2.1
Cultural Heritage Management (includes European and
Aboriginal heritage)*
3. Property Transaction 3.1 Property Transaction Guidelines (Rio Tinto)*
4. Closure Planning 4.1 Closure Planning Guidelines*
5. Rehabilitation 5.1 Rehabilitation*
6. Waste Management
6.1 Waste Management (includes hazardous and Group A waste)
6.2 Coarse Rejects and Tailings Disposal
Ref: 071025 bmc rehabilitation & landscape mp Page 5