Integrated Rail Network Closure Plan

Report Integrated Rail Network Closure Plan Long Term Mine Planning 7 June 2018 R-PL-EN-0041 Rev 0 CLOSURE GUIDELINE CHECKLIST Report This closure plan addresses the progressive rehabilitation and closure of rail infrastructure projects associated with the Railway and Port (The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd) Agreement Act 2004. In the absence of regulatory guidelines for inland infrastructure projects, this closure plan follows the report structure described within the Guidelines for Preparing Mine Closure Plans May 2015 published by the Government of Western Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum (now the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety) and Environmental Protection Authority. The closure of mining operations, including quarries, is not within the scope of this closure plan. Closure Plan (CP) checklist Y/N Page Comments 1 Has the Checklist been endorsed by a senior Y 2 Report has been endorsed using representative within the tenement holder/operating standard Fortescue processes. company? Public Availability 2 Are you aware that from 2015 all CPs will be made N/A This report is not subject to mine closure publicly available? conditions under the Mining Act. 3 Is there any information in the CP that should not be N publicly available? 4 If “Yes” to Q3, has confidential information been N/A submitted in a separate document/section? Cover Page, Table of Contents 5 Does the CP cover page include: Y 1 This report is provided for information • Project Title only. • Company Name • Contact Details (including telephone numbers and email addresses) • Document ID and version number • Date of submission (needs to match the date of this checklist) Scope and Purpose 6 State why the CP is submitted Y 11 This plan has been provided to support the Eliwana Rail Project Public Environmental Review. Project Overview 7 Does the project summary include: Y 15 • Land ownership details • Location of the project; • Comprehensive site plan(s); • Background information on the history and status of the project. Integrated Rail Network Closure Plan R-PL-EN-0041 Rev 0 Closure Plan (CP) checklist Y/N Page Comments Report Legal Obligations and Commitments 8 Does the CP include a consolidated summary or Y App register of closure obligations and commitments? 1. Stakeholder Engagement 9 Have all stakeholders involved in closure been Y 26 identified? 10 Does the CP include a summary or register of historic Y App stakeholder engagement with details on who has 2 been consulted and the outcomes? 11 Does the CP include a stakeholder consultation Y 21 strategy to be implemented in the future? Post-mining land use(s) and Closure Objectives 12 Does the CP include agreed post-mining land use(s), Y 28 closure objectives and conceptual landform design diagram? 13 Does the CP identify all potential (or pre-existing) Y 54 environmental legacies, which may restrict the post closure land use (including contaminated sites)? 14 Has any soil or groundwater contamination that N occurred, or is suspected to have occurred, during the operation of the asset, been reported to DER as required under the Contaminated Sites Act 2003? Development of Completion Criteria 15 Does the CP include an appropriate set of specific Y 30 completion criteria and closure performance indicators? Collection and Analysis of Closure Data 16 Does the CP include baseline data (including pre- Y 35 mining studies and environmental data)? 17 Has materials characterisation been carried out Y 44 consistent with applicable standards and guidelines (e.g. GARD Guide)? 18 Does the CP identify applicable closure learnings N Benchmarking is not possible as rail from benchmarking against other comparable assets are not regularly closed or assets? decommissioned in Australia. 19 Does the CP identify all key issues impacting closure Y 60 objectives and outcomes (including potential contamination impacts)? 20 Does the CP include information relevant to closure Y 64 for each domain or feature? Identification and Management of Closure Issues 21 Does the CP include a gap analysis/risk assessment Y 57 to determine if further information is required in relation to closure of each domain or feature? 22 Does the CP include the process, methodology, and Y 57 has the rationale been provided to justify identification and management of the issues? Integrated Rail Network Closure Plan R-PL-EN-0041 Rev 0 Closure Plan (CP) checklist Y/N Page Comments Report Closure Implementation 23 Does the CP include a summary of closure Y 62 implementation strategies and activities for the 66 proposed operations or for the whole site? 72 24 Does the CP include a closure work program for each Y 65 domain or feature? 25 Does the CP contain site layout plans to clearly show N/A The rail is not subject to the Mine each type of disturbance as defined in Schedule 1 of Rehabilitation Fund (MRF) the MRF Regulations? 26 Does the CP contain a schedule of research and trial Y 69 Improvement activities have been activities? identified 27 Does the CP contain a schedule of progressive Y 72 rehabilitation activities? 28 Does the CP include details of how unexpected Y 69 closure and care and maintenance will be handled? 29 Does the CP contain a schedule of decommissioning N Decommissioning schedules will be activities? developed if and when closure of the asset is announced. 30 Does the CP contain a schedule of closure Y 70 performance monitoring and maintenance activities? Closure Monitoring and Maintenance 31 Does the CP contain a framework, including Y 70 methodology, quality control and remedial strategy for closure performance monitoring including post- closure monitoring and maintenance? Financial Provisioning for Closure 32 Does the CP include costing methodology, Y 78 assumptions and financial provision to resource closure implementation and monitoring? 33 Does the CP include a process for regular review of Y 78 the financial provision? Management of Information and Data 34 Does the CP contain a description of management Y 79 strategies including systems and processes for the retention of mine records? Integrated Rail Network Closure Plan R-PL-EN-0041 Rev 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Report 1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE .............................................................................................. 11 2. PROJECT SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 15 2.1 Ownership ........................................................................................................ 15 2.2 Description of operation ................................................................................. 15 3. CLOSURE OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS....................................................... 21 3.1 TPI State Agreement ........................................................................................ 21 3.2 SRL L1SA ......................................................................................................... 22 3.3 Ministerial Statements issued under Part IV of the EP Act ........................... 23 3.4 EPBC Act .......................................................................................................... 25 3.5 Traditional owner land access agreements ................................................... 25 4. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ................................................................................ 26 4.1 Key stakeholders ............................................................................................. 26 4.2 Ongoing consultation ...................................................................................... 26 5. POST-CLOSURE LAND USE AND CLOSURE OBJECTIVES .................................... 28 5.1 Post-closure land use ..................................................................................... 28 5.2 Closure objectives ........................................................................................... 28 6. COMPLETION CRITERIA ............................................................................................ 30 6.1 Completion criteria rationale .......................................................................... 30 6.2 Performance indicator and control measures ............................................... 31 7. CLOSURE DATA – BASELINE .................................................................................... 35 7.1 Climate ............................................................................................................. 35 7.2 Land .................................................................................................................. 38 7.2.1 Land systems ....................................................................................... 38 7.2.2 Soil ....................................................................................................... 41 7.2.3 Geology ............................................................................................... 44 7.3 Water ................................................................................................................ 47 Integrated Rail Network Closure Plan R-PL-EN-0041 Rev 0 7.3.1 Surface water ....................................................................................... 47 Report 7.3.2 Groundwater ........................................................................................ 48 7.4 Biodiversity ...................................................................................................... 49 7.4.1 Plants ..................................................................................................

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