Southern Cross Operations Annual Environmental Report 2008 - 2009

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2009 Annual Environmental ReportSouthern Cross OperationsSpecifically this related to the following:• W4(a) - Some poor maintenance of hydrocarbon collection facilities wasnoted during the year.No data was collected during the year to ascertain compliance against condition W11as the one bore in attachment 1 (EP Act Licence 4597/12) was dry for the entire year(please refer to section 7.3).8.3 Department of WaterAs previously reported, SXO amalgamated its eleven groundwater abstraction licencesinto three, and is required to submit an annual Groundwater Licence Review to theDepartment of Water (DoW). This requirement is detailed in the Operating Strategy forGroundwater Well Licence 59227 and 153325. A request to postpone the annualgroundwater licence review for 2007/2008 til September 2009 was accepted by DoWand a bi-annual groundwater report has since been submitted in accordance with theoperating strategy.8.4 Department of Mines and PetroleumSite VisitMs Rosemarie De Bari and Mr Owen Wilson conducted an inspection of SouthernCross Operations 24 November 2008 to verify information contained in the 2007/08Annual Environmental Report.Rosemarie De Bari also conducted a visit on 18 June 2009 for a review ofenvironmental performance bonds at SXO.8.5 Technical ReportsDuring the year, the following technical reports were prepared to assist decisionmaking or environmental management activities at SXO:• Annual Tailings Storage Audit and Management Review – External auditconducted by Coffey Mining;• Construction Report – Raising of TSF2 Cell 1 by 2.5m to RL1037.5m;• Axehandle Achilles Vegetation Survey – flora survey prior to explorationactivities in the Cornishman belt;62
2009 Annual Environmental ReportSouthern Cross Operations• Edwards Find Vegetation Survey – survey of remnant bushland prior toexploration activities and Edwards Find;• Kurrajong Vegetation Survey – Priority Flora survey of the Kurrajongmining area;• Short-Range Endemics (SRE) Survey of Southern Cross Operations –systematic and opportunistic survey of invertebrate fauna;• Heritage Significance of the Edwards Reward Leases – review ofEuropean heritage sites at Edwards Find; and• Southern Cross Operations Closure Plan – regional assessment of closureliabilities in the Southern Cross region.63
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