Extraction Plan - Peabody Energy

Extraction Plan – North Wambo Underground Mine Longwalls 7 and 8Table 14Biodiversity Management Issues Associated with the Extraction of Longwalls 7 and 8•Issue Approved Impact Revised Impact Monitoring ManagementFlora • Ponding of surface water in Impacts resulting from • Monitoring of• The Vegetation Clearance Protocoldepressions form. 1and 8 will be consistent accordance with the The VCP has been developed to• A change in flora specieswith those presented in the Subsidence Monitoring minimise impacts on threatened floracomposition and structureEIS and the North Wambo Program (Appendix H). and fauna and is applicable across allexpected to occur as a result SEE.• Monitoring inWCPL managed land, including theof increased ponding, which isaccordance with theLongwalls 7 and 8 Application Area.likely to occur along andFFMP. This monitoring • The Threatened Speciesadjacent to lower reaches ofincludes two mainManagement Protocol (TSMP),North Wambo Creek andWambo Creek. 1components:described in the FFMP.– monitoring ofThe TSMP has been developed to• Impacts are unlikely to placerevegetation ofminimise impacts on threatened floraany threatened flora species,disturbance areas and fauna and is applicable across allpopulations, ecological(including areasWCPL managed land, including thecommunities, or their habitatsat risk of extinction. 1 subject toLongwalls 7 and 8 Application Area.subsidence from• The RWEP, described in the FFMP.Fauna • Impacts are unlikely to affect • Impacts resulting from the underground mining);areas where isolatedtheextraction of Longwalls 7 subsidence in(VCP), described in the FFMP.to the extent of undermining and 8 will be consistent – monitoring of thewithin the Longwalls 7 and 8the viability of a localwith those presented in the Remnant WoodlandApplication Area. The RWEPpopulation of that species. 1 EIS and the North Wambo Enhancementincludes a monitoring program toSEE.Program (RWEP)assess potential impacts due toareas.subsidence.Aquatic • Alterations to aquatic habitat • Impacts resulting from theany threatened fauna species extraction of Longwalls 7 andThere are no RWEP areas locatedand Stony Creek. 1Ecosystems due to the approvedextraction of Longwalls 7 • Visual inspections as • The Rehabilitation Program,operations are unlikely toand 8 will be consistent described in Section 3.8 described in the FFMP.significantly alter thewith those presented in theand the Subsidencemacroinvertebrate or fishEIS and the North WamboThe Rehabilitation Program will applyMonitoring Programcommunity composition, or the SEE.to the Longwalls 7 and 8 Applicationconservation values of North(Appendix H).Area where applicable.Wambo Creek, Wambo Creek1 After the EIS (WCPL, 2003).EP/SMP LW7-8 Rev B December 2012 Page 39