CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

Construction Environmental Management Plan2 BACKGROUND2.1 PROJECT SUMMARYThe Project general arrangement is shown on Figure 2. The general arrangement is based on the plannedmaximum coal throughput of 66 Mtpa. The main activities associated with the construction of the full 66 Mtpadevelopment of the Project include:foundation preparation/capping of a rail corridor traversing the existing Kooragang Island WasteEmplacement Facility (KIWEF) for the development of the rail spurs, rail sidings and rail loops;construction of rail spurs, rail sidings and rail loops, rail overpass, train unloading stations and connectingconveyors;re-use of dredged materials from the south arm of the Hunter River as preload and engineering fill forconstruction of the coal storage area, rail corridor and wharf facilities;construction of a coal storage area including coal stockpiles, conveyors, transfer points and combinedstacker/reclaimers;construction of wharf facilities, shiploaders, conveyors and buffer bins;development of water management infrastructure including site drainage works, stormwater settlementponds, primary and secondary settling ponds, site water pond, water tanks and stockpile spray system;installation of electricity reticulation and control systems;development of access roads and internal roads;construction of administration and workshop buildings;construction of a spares storage facility; andother associated minor infrastructure, plant, equipment and activities.A comprehensive description of the construction activities to be undertaken as part of the development of theProject is provided in Sections 2.3 to 2.9 of the Project Environmental Assessment (EA) (NCIG, 2006a) andSection 2 of the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group Coal Export Terminal Rail Flyover ModificationEnvironmental Assessment (NCIG, 2012); a summary of which is provided in Section 2.2.Construction activities with the potential to be audible at surrounding residential areas will be undertaken duringdaytime hours up to seven days per week. The movement of oversize vehicles to and from the Project site maybe undertaken outside of daytime hours to minimise potential impacts on existing traffic flows.The main Project construction management facilities have been established adjacent to the coal storage area.The facilities include the contractors’ site amenities and offices, temporary construction workshops and laydownand pre-fabrication areas. Other minor construction management facilities have also been erected at the trainunloading station and the wharf facilities and shiploader area.2.2 STAGE 2F CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIESNorthern Rail SpurThe approved NCIG rail infrastructure corridors (including the NCIG Northern Rail Spur) traverse portions of theexisting KIWEF. The land manager of the KIWEF, the Hunter Development Corporation (HDC), has surrenderedthe environment protection licence for the site. However, monitoring is still required until capping activities andthe final landform is completed.Similar to the rail infrastructure corridor constructed during Stages 1 and 2AA of the NCIG CET, the Northern RailSpur will be designed and constructed such that it meets the goals of benchmark techniques 28 and 29 inEnvironmental Guidelines: Solid Waste Landfills (EPA, 1996) where it traverses the KIWEF. This will be achievedby the inclusion of the following aspects in the rail infrastructure corridor design:A seal-bearing surface (i.e. prepared sub-grade).A 0.5 metre (m) thick sealing layer with an effective permeability of not greater than 1x10 -8 metres persecond (m/s) (unless otherwise agreed by the Environment Protection Authority [EPA]).6