Wambo Coal AEMR 2010-2011 - Peabody Energy

aemcWambo Coal Mine, Rail Loop and Coal LoaderIndependent Environmental Audit – Minister’s Condition of ApprovalANNUAL REPORTING4 Within 1 year of the date of this consent, and annually thereafter, theApplicant shall submit an AEMR on the development to the Director-General and relevant agencies. This report must:(a) identify the standards and performance measures that apply to thedevelopment;(b) include a summary of the complaints received during the last year,and compare this to the complaints received in previous years;(c) include a summary of the monitoring results on the developmentduring the last year;(d) include an accurate record of the amount of product coaltransported on the development over the last year on a weekly basis;(e) include an analysis of these monitoring results against therelevant: impact assessment criteria; monitoring results from previous years; and predictions in the SEE;(f) identify any trends in the monitoring over the life of thedevelopment;(g) identify any non-compliance during the last year; and, if necessary,(h) describe what actions were, or are being taken, to ensurecompliance. AEMR 2004-2005, AEMR‟s 2006-2010Yes(a)Yes(b)Yes(c)Yes(d)Yes(e)Yes(f)Yes(g)Yes(h)YesAn initial AEMR describing the construction phase of the railproject was prepared for the Wambo Rail Development byHansen Consulting in August 2005.The monitoring of the rail development operations has beenreported in the Wambo Coal AEMR‟s since 2006.(a) The air quality standards and performance criteriaare shown in MCoA 14;(b) No complaints related to air quality issues with therail loop and coal loading have been received;(c) Monitoring results are reported annually in theAEMR‟s section 3.2;(d) Appendix A of the AEMR provides coal transport.(e) Section 3.0 provides monitoring compliance;(f) Trends are provided in the AEMR(g)(h)See (e) and (f) above;Management actions for emissions from the coalloader activities are summarised as required undereach section of the AEMR.trevor brown & associates 106applied environmental management consultants