Wambo Coal AEMR 2010-2011 - Peabody Energy

2010-2011 AEMR1.3 Consents, Leases andLicences1.3.1 Development ConsentsMining and rail activities at WCPL operate undervarious development consents granted by the NSWDepartment of Planning & Infrastructure (DoPI),formally the Department of Planning (DoP), andSSC. The continued development of open cut andunderground mining activities commenced underDA 305-7-2003 in November 2004. The constructionof the rail spur, rail loop and train loadout areacommenced under DA 177-8-2004 in January 2005.1.3.2 Mining Leases andAuthorisationsWCPL’s current mining leases and authorisationsare listed below in Table 1.2 and shown in Figure1.2.Table 1.0 outlines the Annual Reportingrequirements from DA305-7-2003 and DA177-8-2004 and where the requirement is addressed in theAEMR. Table 1.1 outlines the active developmentconsents applicable to WCPL.During the reporting period WCPL sought to modifyDA 305-7-2003 in accordance with Section 75(W) ofthe Environmental Planning and Assessment Act1979 (EP&A Act), to prepare an Extraction Plan forplanned longwall mining activities. The 75(W)application to modify the consent was approved byDoPI in February 2011.An additional modification to DA 305-7-2003 inaccordance with Section 75(W) of the EP&A Actwas also lodged by WCPL towards the end of thereporting period. The proposed modificationconsists of an additional three longwall panels andunderground mine related surface facilities, whichwill be located to the north west of the existingapproved Underground mine. At the time ofpreparing the AEMR no decision had been made bythe DoPI, regarding this modification.During April 2011, an application to modify DA177-8-2004 in accordance with Section 75(W) of theEP&A Act was lodged by WCPL for theestablishment of a small locomotive refuellingstation adjacent to the WCPL rail loadout facility. Atthe time of preparing the AEMR, no decision hadbeen made by the DoPI regarding this modification.All other development consents, except DA 108/91granted by SSC, were surrendered by WCPL inNovember 2005.Page 2