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METROPOLITAN COAL PROJECT INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
3.2 Environment Protection Licence 747
Environment Protection Licence No. 767 was issued to Illawarra Coal for the Metropolitan Colliery
project on 9 October 2001 under section 55 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
1997. Recent Variations to the EPL have been granted by the EPA as outlined in Table 1.
Table 1: Recent Variations to EPL 767
Date of Variation
Variation Components
19 December 2011 Notice amends the EPL to include Pollution Reduction Program 13 that
requires the licensee to carry out site specific determination of best practice
particulate matter control.
1 November 2011 Notice incorporates new licence issued under the new EPA software.
2 October 2009 EPL varied as an outcome of the licence review conducted by the EPA under
s.78 of the Act.
5 December 2007 Notice required investigation and identification of noise reduction measures to
meet the proposed noise levels at the sensitive receiver locations.
12 December 2006 Licence variation added a water discharge point in condition P1.3 upstream
of the current discharge point to Camp Creek and installation of a dust
monitor to the south of the colliery (Point 5).
3.3 Consolidated Coal Lease 703
The mining operations at the Metropolitan Colliery are conducted under Consolidated Coal Lease
703, renewed 26 January 2003 until 26 January 2024. The area of the CCL is approximately
51.95km 2 . The Metropolitan Coal mining operations are conducted under an approved Mining
Operations Plan.
Refer to Attachment C for environmental conditions attached to CCL 703.
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