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Metropolitan Coal Independent Environmental Audit Condition No. Condition Verification Compliance Comments Mining Projects (Department of Planning, 2007, or its latest version) to the satisfaction of the Director-General. Note: The CCC is an advisory committee. The Department and other relevant agencies are responsible for ensuring that the Proponent complies with this approval. In accordance with the Guideline, the Committee should comprise an independent chair and appropriate representation from the Proponent, affected councils, recognised environmental groups and the general community in Helensburgh and the area of the project. REPORTING Incident 7/6 The Proponent shall notify the Director-General and any other relevant agencies of any incident associated with the project as soon as practicable after the Proponent becomes aware of the incident. Within 7 days of the date of the incident, the Proponent shall provide the Director-General and any relevant agencies with a detailed report on the incident. Regular 7/7 The Proponent shall provide regular reporting on the environmental performance of the project on its website, in accordance with the reporting arrangements in any plans or programs approved under the conditions of this approval, and to the satisfaction of the Director- General. INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT 7/8 Note: This audit team must be led by a suitably qualified auditor and include experts in any fields specified by the Director-General. By end of December 2011, and every 3 years thereafter, unless the Director-General directs otherwise, the Proponent shall commission and pay the full cost of an Independent Environmental Audit of the project. This audit must: (a) (a)be conducted by suitably qualified, experienced and independent team of experts whose appointment has been endorsed by the Director-General; (b) (b) include consultation with the relevant agencies; (c) (c) assess the environmental performance of the project and assess whether it is complying with the relevant requirements in this approval and any relevant EPL or Mining Lease (including any CCC Meeting Minutes: Dec 2011 May 2011 February 2011 Dec 2010 Oct 2010 Jul 2010 May 2010 Letter to DP&I re Incident , 22 Aug 2011 Community Newsletter: Dec 2011 Jul 2011 Feb 2011 Oct 2010 The CCC Meeting is conducted generally in accordance with the Guidelines for Establishing and Operating Community Consultative Committees for Mining Projects, and is chaired by Ms Margaret MacDonald-Hill. Minutes of the CCC Meetings are taken by Metropolitan Coal, distributed to the CCC Members and placed on the Company website. C Incident Report submitted to DP&I and OEH on 22 August 2011: Water run-off from a Virgin Excavated Natural Material stockpile in the drift construction area at the Colliery drained via an on-site clean water drain to Helensburgh Creek Culvert and subsequently into Camp Creek. C C C The Peabody Energy website provides copies of regular reports and environmental performance of the project: http://www.peabodyenergy.com.au/nsw/metropolitanenvironment-community-information The website is updated regularly as new documents or amended documents become part of the plans or programs approved under the conditions of approval. The audit review and inspections were commenced in December 2011 by Trevor Brown. (a) The audit team experts were endorsed by the Director-General on . The Surface Water Audit was undertaken in January 2011 following delays in gaining access to SCA area due to wet weather. The Biodiversity audit was conducted on 1 February 2012 following delays in gaining access to SCA area due to wet weather. Subsidence audit was conducted by Steve xxx | Metropolitan Coal Project Approval, Environment Protection License and Consolidated Mining Lease
Metropolitan Coal Independent Environmental Audit Condition No. Condition Verification Compliance Comments assessment, plan or program required under these approvals); (d) (d) review the adequacy of strategies, plans or programs required under these approvals; and, if appropriate; and (e) (e) recommend measures or actions to improve the environmental performance and/or any assessment, plan or program required under these approvals. 7/9 Within 6 weeks of the completing of this audit, or as otherwise agreed by the Director-General, the Proponent shall submit a copy of the audit report to the Director-General, together with its response to any recommendations contained in the audit report. ACCESS TO INFORMATION 7/10 From the end of 2009, the Proponent shall make the following information publicly available on its website: (a) a copy of all current statutory approvals; (b) a copy of the current environmental management strategy and associated plans and programs; (c) a summary of the monitoring results of the project, which have been reported in accordance with the various plans and programs approved under the conditions of this approval; (d) a complaints register, which is to be updated on a monthly basis; (e) a copy of the minutes of CCC meetings; (f) a copy of any Annual Reviews (over the last 5 years); (g) a copy of any Independent Environmental Audit, and the Proponent’s response to the recommendations in any audit; and (h) any other matter required by the Director-General. C C C C Noted C Ditton of DgS on 30 January 2012, following delays in gaining access to SCA area due to wet weather. Noise audit conducted by J Wasserman of Wilkinson Murray on 3 March 2012. (b) No specific requests for matters to be included in the audit were received from relevant agencies in response to email contact. (c) Environmental performance and compliance have been assessed by the audit team. (d) strategies, plans and programs required by the relevant approvals were assessed for adequacy. (e) suggestions and recommend measures or actions to improve environmental performance have been provided where relevant. All statutory approvals, relevant plans and programs listed under the Project Approval have been uploaded on the project website: http://www.peabodyenergy.com.au/nsw/metropolitanenvironment-community-information A summary of surface water monitoring is provided for both the mine area and surrounds and the surface facilities area. These summaries only include data from 2010. Complaints, CCC Minutes and Community Newsletters, have been uploaded for 2009 to 2011. The Annual Reviews, which include a summary of surface water monitoring, have been uploaded to the project website. xxxi | Metropolitan Coal Project Approval, Environment Protection License and Consolidated Mining Lease
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