Extraction Plan - Peabody Energy

Extraction Plan – North Wambo Underground Mine Longwalls 7 and 8Given that the North Wambo Underground Mine operates in accordance with a Development Consent(DA 305-7-2003), DRE does not need to approve the Extraction Plan in consideration of Part 5 of theEP&A Act. Therefore, the Extraction Plan does not include environmental impact assessment that hasalready been addressed by the EIS (WCPL, 2003) and the North Wambo SEE (WCPL, 2005).The requirements of the SMP Guideline and the conditions of the mining leases are summarised inAttachment 1, along with the relevant section of this Extraction Plan where the requirements areaddressed.Other Statutory RequirementsIn addition to the Development Consent (DA 305-7-2003) and mining leases, all activities at or inassociation with the North Wambo Underground Mine will be undertaken in accordance with thefollowing licences, permits and leases:• Underground Mining Operations Plan November 2005 – November 2012 (MOP) approved byunder the conditions of the mining leases, and any approved revision or replacement MOP.• Environment Protection Licence (EPL) 529 issued under the NSW Protection of the EnvironmentOperations Act, 1997, and any subsequent variations.• Approval of the application under section 60 of the NSW Heritage Act, 1977 for longwall miningwithin the curtilage of the Wambo Homestead Complex (WHC).• Consent #2222 issued under section 90 of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974.• Water licences issued under the NSW Water Act, 1912 and water access licences and approvalsissued under the NSW Water Management Act, 2000.• Mining and occupational health and safety related approvals granted by DRE and WorkCoverNSW.1.2 STRUCTURE OF THE EXTRACTION PLANThis Extraction Plan comprises a main text component and supporting management plans andstudies, which include Appendices A through I and Technical Reports 1 through 5. An overview of themain text sections of the Extraction Plan is presented below:Section 1Section 2Section 3Section 4Section 5Section 6Provides an introduction to the Extraction Plan, including the purpose and scope of theExtraction Plan and a summary of the mine plan and design, subsidence predictions,subsidence performance measures and subsidence management approach.Describes the process of development of the Extraction Plan, including: the process ofreviewing and updating the predictions of subsidence effects, subsidence impacts andenvironmental consequences; the risk assessment process for identifying keysubsidence management issues; and consultation undertaken by the mine withaffected agencies and other key stakeholders.Describes the measures that will be implemented to mitigate, manage, remediate andmonitor potential subsidence impacts and environmental consequences on naturaland built features.Addresses key elements of how the plan is going to be implemented, including anadaptive management approach, reporting, regular review and key responsibilities.Lists the documents referred to in Sections 1 to 4 of this Extraction Plan.Defines abbreviations, acronyms and terms used in Sections 1 to 4 of this ExtractionPlan.EP/SMP LW7-8 Rev B December 2012 Page 8