Wambo Coal AEMR 2010-2011 - Peabody Energy

aemcWambo Coal Mine, Rail Loop and Coal LoaderIndependent Environmental Audit – Minister’s Condition of Approval(c) the mass of pollutants emitted to the air;at the frequency and using the method and units of measure,specified below for Point 4.Frequency Unit Of Measure Sampling MethodContinuous megalitres per day In line instrumentationM7 HRSTS MonitoringM7.1 The licensee must continuously operate and maintaincommunication equipment which makes the conductivity and flowmeasurements, taken at Point 4 available to the “Service provider”within one hour of those measurements being taken and makesthem available in the format specified in the “Hunter River SalinityTrading Scheme Discharge Point Site Equipment” as published bythe Dept of Land and Water Conservation on 7 May 2002. Site Water Management Plan,2010 Site Water Monitoring Program,Jan 2010YesWCPL Point 4 discharge location has continuous onlineequipment installed for flow and conductivity measurementsduring discharge.Period of flow, volume discharged and conductivity ofdischarged water are available when releases to WollombiBrook occur and results are provided to the DECCW (OEH) inthe annual return for the EPL and HRSTS scheme reporting.Discharge records for Licence No. 0529 to the Hunter Riverbetween July 2005 and 1 June 2011 were:DischargePoint No.DateVolumeDischarged1 4 July 2005 5.0 ML1 5 July 2005 4.4 ML1 2007-2008 Nil4 1 April 2009 35.09 ML4 2 April 2009 22.874 3 April 2009 10.81 ML4 Apr 2009 to 30 Jun2010Nil discharge4 17 Nov 2010 69ML4 18 Nov 2010 34ML4 19 Nov 2010 24MLM7.2 The licensee must ensure that all monitoring data is within amargin of error of 5% for conductivity measurements and 10% fordischarge flow measurement.M7.3 The licensee must mark monitoring point(s) number 4 with a signwhich clearly indicates the name of the licensee, whether themonitoring point is up or down stream of the discharge point(s) andthat it is a monitoring point for the Hunter River Salinity TradingScheme.YesYesCalibration of the conductivity and flow meters is conductedannually to ensure compliance with this requirement.The discharge point 4 has signage and is compliant with thisrequirement.trevor brown & associates 116applied environmental management consultants