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Extraction Plan - Peabody Energy

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<strong>Extraction</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> – North Wambo Underground Mine Longwalls 7 and 8Table A1-4 (Continued)Mining Lease RequirementsConditionNumberConsolidated Coal Lease 743Condition7 Disturbed land must be rehabilitated to a sustainable/agreed end land use to the satisfaction of theDirector-General.8 (a) The lease holder shall prepare a Subsidence Management <strong>Plan</strong> prior to commencing anyunderground mining operations which will potentially lead to subsidence of the land surface.(b)(c)(d)(e)Underground mining operations which will potentially lead to subsidence include secondary extractionpanels such as longwalls or miniwalls, associated first workings (gateroads, installation road andassociated main headings, etc), and pillar extractions, and are otherwise defined by the Applicationsfor Subsidence Management <strong>Plan</strong> Approvals guidelines (EDG17)The lease holder must not commence or undertake underground mining operations that will potentiallylead to subsidence other than in accordance with a Subsidence Management <strong>Plan</strong> approved by theDirector-General, an approval under the Mine Health & Safety Act, 2004, or the document NewSubsidence Management <strong>Plan</strong> Approval Process – Transitional Provision (EDP09).Subsidence Management <strong>Plan</strong>s are to be prepared in accordance with the Guideline for Applicationsfor Subsidence Management <strong>Plan</strong> Approvals.Subsidence Management <strong>Plan</strong>s as approved shall form part of the Mining Operations <strong>Plan</strong> requiredunder Condition 2 and will be subject to the Annual Environmental Management Report process as setout under Condition 4. The SMP is also subject to the requirements for subsidence monitoring andreporting set out in the document New Approval Process for Management of Coal Mining Subsidence– Policy.16 Operations must be carried out in a manner that ensures the safety of persons or stock in the vicinity of theoperations. All drill holes shafts and excavations must be appropriately protected, to the satisfaction of theDirector-General, to ensure that access to them by persons and stock is restricted. Abandoned shafts andexcavations opened up or used by the lease landholder must be filled in or otherwise rendered safe to astandard acceptable to the Director-General.18 Operations must be carried out in a manner that does not cause or aggravate air pollution, water pollution(including sedimentation) or soil contamination or erosion, unless otherwise authorised by a relevantapproval, and in accordance with an accepted Mining Operations <strong>Plan</strong>. For the purpose of this condition,water shall be taken to include any watercourse, waterbody or groundwaters. The lease holder mustobserve and perform any instructions given by the Director-General in this regard.Document Reference/CommentAppendix I (Rehabilitation Management <strong>Plan</strong>)This ApplicationWorkings the subject of this application areshown on the SMP Approved <strong>Plan</strong> ofAppendix G.WCPL will undertake Longwalls 7 and 8 inaccordance with this <strong>Extraction</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>, onceapproved.Table A1-3 of this Attachment.Subsidence monitoring is described inSection 3.8 and Appendix H (SubsidenceMonitoring Program).Reporting requirements are described inSection 4.Appendix F (Public Safety Management <strong>Plan</strong>)Appendix A (Water Management <strong>Plan</strong>) andAppendix B (Land Management <strong>Plan</strong>)EP/SMP LW7-8 Rev B December 2012 Page A1-19

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