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Metropolitan Coal Independent Environmental Audit
Condition
No.
2/6 The Proponent shall not:
(a) extract more than 3.2 million tonnes of ROM coal from the
mining area in a calendar year, or
(b) transport more than 2.8 million tonnes of product coal from
the site in a calendar year.
2/7 The Proponent shall not export any coal reject from the site after 2021
without the written approval of the D-G.
2/8 The Proponent shall not emplace coal reject on the surface of the site
without the written approval of the D-G.
Note: This condition applies to the Camp Gully Emplacement Area, as
well as to the rest of the surface of the site. It does not apply to the
proposed additional coal reject stockpile shown in Appendix 4.
STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY
2/9 The Proponent shall ensure that all new buildings and structures, and
any alterations or additions to existing buildings and structure, are
constructed in accordance with:
(a)
(b)
Notes:
Condition Verification Compliance Comments
the relevant requirements of the BCA; and
any additional requirements of the MSB in areas where
subsidence effects are likely to occur.
Under Part 4A of the EP&A Act, the Proponent is required to
obtain construction and occupation certificates for the proposed
building works.
Part 8 of the EP&A Regulation sets out the requirements for the
certification of the project.
DEMOLITION
2/10 The Proponent shall ensure that all demolition work is carried out in
accordance with Australian Standard AS 2601-2001: The Demolition
of Structures, or its latest version.
Letter from Planning re
Surface Facilities Works at
Mine Mangers Residence, 21
Apr 2010
Demolition Safety Plan
Metropolitan Colliery Partial
Demolition of the
Maintenance and Bag House
Sheds, 30 Aug 2010
Inspection and Test Record
Partial Demolition of Sheds,
World Wide Demolitions Pty
C (a) The ROM coal production from the
Metropolitan Coal operations has complied
with the condition.
Production
Period
2011 2010 2009
Noted
C
C
C
ROM coal
(mtpa)
Product Coal
(mtpa)
(b)
1,849,163 1,640,723
1,534,585 1,375,208
Product coal transported from the site has
not exceeded 2.8mtpa.
No coal reject emplacement occurs on the surface,
at the Metropolitan Mine site.
Renovations have been completed to the former
Mine Manager’s residence at the Major Surface
Facilities Area for use as Metropolitan Coal
administration offices. All works were conducted in
accordance with Building Code of Australia
requirements and fully landscaped cognisant of the
residential surrounds.
Planning considered that the works carried out to the
Mine Manager’s residence were exempt
development under the State Environmental
Planning Policy (Mining, Petroleum Production and
Extraction Industries) 2007.
Partial demolition of the maintenance and bag house
sheds occurred in 2010 in accordance with the
Demolition Safety Plan. The demolition was
undertaken by World Wide Demolitions Pty Ltd and
Inspection and Test Records were completed by
World Wide Demolitions.
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