HUNTER VALLEY OPERATIONS West Pit Extension and Minor Modifications

environmental impact statement figures

4 October 2003 Hunter Valley Operations Prepared by West Pit Extension and Minor Modifications Environmental Resources Management Australia Pty Ltd Building C, 33 Saunders Street, Pyrmont 2009 Australia Environmental Impact Statement Figures

Locked Bag 24 Broadway New South Wales 2007 for Australia Coal & Allied Operations Telephone 02 8584 8888 Facsimile 02 8584 8800 Web www.erm.com October 2003 ISBN 1-875673-08-3

Hunter Valley Operations West Pit Extension and Minor Modifications

Volume 1 Environmental Impact Statement (Part A-E)

Volume 2 Technical Reports (Part F-H)

Volume 3 Technical Reports (Part I-L)

Volume 4 Environmental Impact Statement Figures environmental impact statement FIGURE LIST

HUNTER VALLEY OPERATIONS West Pit Extension and Minor Modifications

1 location of HVO and west pit in their regional setting 2 location of HVO and west pit in their local setting 3 flowchart of existing operations 4 approved coal movements 5 overview of existing approvals with proposed west pit extension 6 flowchart of proposed operations 7 mine plan year 1 8 mine plan year 3 9 mine plan year 8 10 mine plan year 14 11 mine plan year 20 12 proposed coal movements 13 proposed haulage routes 14 generalised schematic of west pit mine water management system 15 generalised schematic of HVO north mine water management system 16 short term vegetation types - year 10 17 medium term vegetation types - year 20 18 long term vegetation types - year 30 19 final land form 20 final land capability 21 approvals process 22 development application area 23 singleton super group nomenclature 24 land ownership 25 study area for ecology and archaeology 26 west pit extension flora and fauna survey locations 27 1958 aerial photograph of west pit 28 1967 aerial photograph of west pit 29 1982 aerial photograph of west pit 30 1993 aerial photograph of west pit 31 vegetation of the subject site 32 threatened fauna in the study area 33 existing mine water elements

34 all years annual average PM10 35 all years annual average TSP 36 all years annual average dust deposition

37 all years day time Leq 15 minute operational SI weather dB(A)

38 all years night time Leq 15 minute operational INP weather dB(A) 39 location of all previously recorded archaeological sites 40 status of aboriginal sites 41 photographs 42 viewshed and viewer locations 43 road network Werris Creek

Spring Ridge Bowling Alley Point Caroona

Nundle

Hanging Rock Pine Ridge Quirindi Nowendoc Wallabadah

Braefield Barry

Blackville Willow Tree

Murrurundi Timor Blandford Ellerston

Wingen Kars Springs

Upper Bowman

Parkville Belltrees Rawdon Vale Copeland Gundy Gloucester

Borambil Bunnan Scone Faulkland

Stratford Upper Rouchel Merriwa Dangarfield Craven Aberdeen Davis Creek

Wards River Kayuga McCullys Gap Chichester

Castle Rock Muswellbrook Eccleston Gungal Main Creek Carrow Brook Mount Rivers Sandy Hollow Fosterton Hebden Allynbrook Baerami Denman Dungog Bylong Stroud Kerrabee East Gresford Mirannie Marshdale Ravensworth Wiragulla Booral Martindale Camberwell Jerry Plains Brookfield Glen Gallic Glendon Brook Widden NEW ENGLANDENGLA HIGHWAY Vacy Allworth Warkworth Singleton Hunter Valley Operations Clarence Town ND HIGHWAY Elderslie Paterson

Bulga Branxton Karuah Seaham Woodville Lochinvar

Maitland Broke Medowie

Raymond Terrace Salt Ash Pokolbin Williamtown Kurri Kurri Olinda Howes Valley Cessnock

Millfield Kitchener Port Waratah Mulbring Wallsend Ellalong Killingworth NEWCASTLE Wollombi Cardiff Bogee Putty Stockton

Awaba Toronto

Glen Alice Martinsville Dora Creek Belmont Swansea Glen Davis Morisset

Newnes Wyee

Ben Bullen Kulnura Budgewoi

St. Albans Cullen Bullen Mangrove Mountain Wyong

Portland Angus Place Somersby The Entrance Ourimbah Colo Heights Wisemans Ferry Pacific Ocean Wallerawang Upper Colo GOSFORD Marrangaroo Terrigal

Woy Woy Mount Wilson Bilpin Kilcare

Kurrajong Wilberforce Key Brooklyn Richmond Palm Beach West Pit Windsor Agnes Banks HVO lease area NPWS estate GALSTON State forest Mona Vale Faulconbridge HORNSBY

0 20 40 FIGURE 1 Kilometres Location of HVO and West Pit in their Regional Setting NEW

mE mE mE mE

000 000 000 1 420 000 mE 1 420 000 mE

300 000 mE 305 000 000 mE 290 000 mE 295 000 mE

Drayton

ENGLAND ENGLAND

Lake Liddell Liddell Power Liddell Station

1 415 000 mE HIGHWAY 1 415 000 mE

NCPP/NLP Bayswater MUSWELLBROOK LGA LGA HVLP SINGLETON LGA

RCT

NEW Road Cumnock No. 1 Pikes Gully Road Colliery

WPCPP

ENGLAND 1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Ravensworth/Narama

Saltwater Creek HIGHWAY Lemington Road HVCPP

Hunter River Ashton

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE Hunter RiverRiver Carrington

North Pit Jerrys Plains

Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

1 400 000 mE 1 400 000 mE

Riverview

LCPP

United

Wambo

1 395 000 mE Lemington South 1 395 000 mE Warkworth Key

mE mE HVO lease boundary mE mE Local government area boundary

300 000 000 mE 305 000 000 mE 290 000 000 mE 295 000 000 mE

0 5 FIGURE 2 Kilometres Location of HVO and West Pit in their Local Setting Coal Mining Areas (Carrington, West Pit, North Pit, Alluvial Lands and HVO south of the Hunter River)

ROM coal

Dump hoppers Coal Preparation (HVCPP and WPCPP)

Crushers

ROM Coal Stockpile Emergency ROM coal stockpiles ( if required ) ROM Coal Stockpile

Surge bin

Rotary breakers Coarse reject

Internal haul roads

Tailings dams Fine reject

Decanted water

Product Coal Stockpile

Bayswater Power Station Product Coal Stockpile

Coal Loading and Transportation (HVLP and NLP)

Product Coal Stockpile Product Coal Stockpile

Product Coal Stockpile Product Coal Stockpile

NLP HVLP

Key

Road haulage Conveyor To Port Waratah (Newcastle) Pipeline

FIGURE 3

Flowchart of Existing Operations mE

Liddell Power Station

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE

Lake Liddell

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP 5.3 Mtpa

Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP 4000 tph

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY

1500 tph 2.5 Mtpa 2000 tph

Road

Pikes Gully Road

3 Mtpa

2000 tph WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 2000 tph 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir

West Pit 12 Mpta

8 Mtpa 3 Mtpa

Lemington Road HVCPP 13 Mtpa

6 Mtpa 1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

6 Mtpa Carrington Hunter RiverRiver

Hunter River

4.6 Mtpa

Jerrys Plains

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

North Pit Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

Key

Haul road 8 Mtpa Conveyor Railway

mE

mE HVO lease boundary Riverview HVO South 1 400 000 mE

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 4 Kilometres Approved Coal Movements mE

mE

000

000

300 000 mE 295 000 mE Lake Liddell

DA 6/2001 1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP DA 80/10118*

HIGHWAY

DA 77/20

DA 78/10909

Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir

West Pit

DA 89/158 - 7 mtpa ROM

DA 79/50 - 4 mtpa ROM DA 85/27

DA 9/96 M1

HVCPP

DA 78/40* DA 695/99

DA 9/96 - 12 mtpa ROM 1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington DA 78/54 - 1.5 mtpa ROM Hunter RiverRiver

Hunter River

DA 106-6-99 - 6 mtpa ROM North Pit

Jerrys Plains

GOLDEN HIGHWAY DA 88/5

DA 7/93 Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 400 000 mE 1 400 000 mE D114-12-98

Key

mE Proposed extension of West Pit Riverview

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 5 Kilometres Overview of Existing Approvals with Proposed West Pit Extension Coal Mining Areas (Carrington, West Pit, North Pit, Alluvial Lands and HVO south of the Hunter River)

ROM coal

Dump hoppers Coal Preparation (HVCPP and WPCPP)

Crushers

ROM Coal Stockpile Emergency ROM coal stockpiles ( if required ) ROM Coal Stockpile

Surge bin

Rotary breakers Coarse reject

Internal haul roads

Tailings dams Fine reject

Decanted water

Product Coal Stockpile

Bayswater Power Station Product Coal Stockpile

Coal Loading and Transportation (HVLP, NLP and RCT)

Product Coal Stockpile Product Coal Stockpile Product Coal Stockpile

(if constructed) Product Coal Stockpile Product Coal Stockpile Product Coal Stockpile

NLP HVLP RCT

Key

Road haulage Intermittent road haulage Conveyor To Port Waratah (Newcastle) Pipeline

FIGURE 6

Flowchart of Proposed Operations mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery

Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains

North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE Key

HVO lease boundary Active mining Rehabilitation Mine water dam Sediment dam

mE Tailings dam

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 7 Kilometres Mine Plan Year 1 mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery

Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains

North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE Key

HVO lease boundary Active mining Rehabilitation Mine water dam Sediment dam

mE Tailings dam

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 8 Kilometres Mine Plan Year 3 mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery

Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains

North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE Key

HVO lease boundary Active mining Rehabilitation Mine water dam Sediment dam

mE Tailings dam

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 9 Kilometres Mine Plan Year 8 mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery

Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains

North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410Key 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE HVO lease boundary Active mining Rehabilitation Mine water dam Sediment dam Tailings dam

mE Final void

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 10 Kilometres Mine Plan Year 14 mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery

Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains

North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410Key 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE HVO lease boundary Active mining Rehabilitation Mine water dam Sediment dam Tailings dam

mE Final void

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 11 Kilometres Mine Plan Year 20 mE

Liddell Power Station

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE

Lake Liddell

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP 5.3 Mtpa

Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND 25 000 tpd HVLP 4000 tph

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY

RCT

15 000 tpd Port of Newcastle 2.5 Mtpa 2,500 tph

Road

Pikes Gully Road 25 000 tpd

2000 tph WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir

West Pit 12 Mpta

Lemington Road HVCPP 20 Mtpa

1 405 000 mE 10 Mtpa 1 405 000 mE

10 Mtpa Carrington Hunter RiverRiver

Hunter River

Jerrys Plains

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

North Pit

Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

Key

Haul road Conveyor 16 Mtpa Railway Intermittent road haulage

mE

mE HVO lease boundary Riverview HVO South 1 400 000 mE

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 12 Kilometres Proposed Coal Movements mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE

Loading/unloading point

NLP

Road

Pikes Gully Road

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

HVLP

MUSWELLBROOK LGA LGA SINGLETON LGA

Loading/ unloading point Liddell Station Road Station Road

Loading/unloading point

RCT

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery

1 400 000 mE

Key

Haulage route between HVLP and NLP

Haulage route between HVLP and RCT Belt Line Road

Haulage route between HVCPP and HVLP mE Local government area boundary to HVCPP

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 500 FIGURE 13 Metres Proposed Haulage Routes Tailings slurry UD3 WPCPP Dam 13 - Liddell

Dam 1W - 15ML HS1 RH1b

UD2 Tailings Dam Dams 8a/8b - 14ML Dam 6W - 50ML

Dam 3W - 45ML

RH2 UD1 RH1a

Via contour drain

Dam 5W - 42ML Dam 4W - 40ML

Dam 18W - 110ML

Dam 2W - 14ML

HRSTS discharge

Turkeys Nest

Parnells Dam - 750ML Truck Fill

RH3 UD4

SS3 US3 SB3 SS1 US1 SB1 US4 SS2 US2 SB2

Dam 15W - 25ML

Wilton Pit Sump Wilton Pit Wilton Pit Wilton Pit South Sump Centre Sump North Sump

Parnells Creek

Hunter River Dam 9N - HV North Key

Pump

FIGURE 14

Generalised Schematic of West Pit Mine Water Management System Pipeline to Parnells Dam

Gravity

Fire Fighting 2x 13ML Dams

Dam 9N - 40ML

2x 17ML Dams

Carrington

Eastern Dam

Wash Pad

Alluvials HVO South RP2 DA2

Gravity

Dam 19N - 10ML HVCPP Gravity

DA1

Dam 11N - 80ML Dam 16N - 25ML

RP1 UD1 DA3 DA4 HRSTS Discharge

Hunter River

Dam 15N - 55ML

Key

Pump

FIGURE 15

Generalised Schematic of North Pit & Carrington Mine Water Management System mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Lemington Road

Jerrys Plains North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands Key

Synoptic plan regional corridor Development consent boundary Final void/dam/active mining area Cropping land 1 410Regenerated 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE Woodland (biodiverstiy) Woodland (grazing) Grassland (grazing) Rehabilitated Woodland (biodiverstiy)

Woodland (grazing) mE Grassland (grazing/cropping)

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 16 Kilometres Short Term Vegetation Types - Year 10 mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Lemington Road

Jerrys Plains North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands Key

Synoptic plan regional corridor Development consent boundary Final void/dam/active mining area Cropping land 1 410Regenerated 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE Woodland (biodiverstiy) Woodland (grazing) Grassland (grazing) Rehabilitated Woodland (biodiverstiy)

Woodland (grazing) mE Grassland (grazing/cropping)

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 17 Kilometres Medium Term Vegetation Types - Year 20 mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Lemington Road

Jerrys Plains North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands Key

Synoptic plan regional corridor Development consent boundary Final void/dam/active mining area Cropping land 1 410Regenerated 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE Woodland (biodiverstiy) Woodland (grazing) Grassland (grazing) Rehabilitated Woodland (biodiverstiy)

Woodland (grazing) mE Grassland (grazing/cropping)

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 18 Kilometres Long Term Vegetation Types - Year 30 mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery

Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains

North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE

Key

HVO lease boundary Rehabilitation Dams

mE Final void

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 19 Kilometres Final Land Form mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

North Pit

Cheshunt Alluvials

Key

HVO lease boundary Final void 1 410Land 000 capability mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE

Class I Capable of being regularly cultivated Class II Capable of being regularly cultivated Class IV Not capable of being regularly cultivated but suitable for grazing Class V Not capable of being regularly cultivated but suitable for grazing Class VII Not capable of being cultivated or for agriculture

mE Class VIII Not capable of being cultivated or for agriculture

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 20 Kilometres Final Land Capability Proposal permissible with development consent under Singleton and Muswellbrook LEPs DA required

Proposal is State Significant Development under SEPP 34 Minister for Infrastructure and Planning is consent authority

Proposal is Designated Development under Schedule 3 of EP&A Regulation EIS required

Proposal is integrated development under EP&A Act Other approvals required

DA lodged with DIPNR accompanied by EIS

DIPNR refers DA, including EIS placed on DA to relevant approval bodies public exhibition submissions sought

Approval bodies may request DIPNR considers submissions additional information

Approval bodies decide whether DIPNR may request modification to grant general terms of approval to proposal

Assessment report prepared by officers from DIPNR

NO YES Development consent cannot General terms of approval be granted unless dispute forwarded to DIPNR is settled by Premier Minister for Infrastructure and Planning considers report and determines whether to grant development consent

YES NO Development consent DA refused granted with conditions

FIGURE 21

Approvals Process mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Bayswater Power Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road HVCPP Road

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains North Pit

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE

Key

mE Development application boundary

300 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 22 Kilometres Development Application Area Greigs Creek Coal

Redmanvale Creek Formation

Glen Gallic Subgroup Hillsdale Coal Member Dights Creek Coal Nalleen Tuff Hobden Gully Coal Member Waterfall Gully Formation Doyles Creek Subgroup Hambleton Hill Sandstone Pinegrove Formation Wylies Flat Coal Member Glenrowan Shale Wollombi Coal Eyriebower Coal Member Measures Longford Creek Siltstone Lucernia Coal Rombo Coal Member Hillsdale Claystone Horseshoe Creek Subgroup Carramere Coal Member Strathmore Formation Alcheringa Coal Clifford Formation

Stafford Coal Member Charlton Formation Apple Tree Flat Subgroup Monkey Place Creek Tuff Abbey Green Coal Watts Sandstone Denman Formation Singleton Mount Leonard Formation Whybrow Seam Super Althorpe Formation Redbank Creek Seam Group Wambo Seam Malabar Formation Whynot Seam Blakefield Seam Saxonvale Member Mount Ogilvie Formation Glen Munro Seam Jerrys Plains Subgroup Woodlands Hill Seam Milbrodale Formation

Arrowfield Seam Mount Thorley Formation Bowfield Seam Wittingham Coal Warkworth Seam Measures Fairford Formation Mount Arthur Seam Piercefield Seam Burnamwood Formation Vaux Seam Broonie Seam Bayswater Seam Archerfield Sandstone Bulga Formation Lemington Seam Pikes Gully Seam Vane Subgroup Foybrook Formation Arties Seam Liddell Seam Barrett Seam Hebden Seam Saltwater Creek Formation

FIGURE 23

Singleton Super Group Nomenclature NEW

mE mE mE mE

000 Property No. Last name or Company000 name First name Property No. Last name or Company000 name First name Property No. Last name or Company name First name Property No. Last name or Company name First name 1 420 000 mE 1 420 000 mE

300 000 mE 305 000 000 mE 1 Hayes 290 000 mE RJ 18 Bennet 295 000 mE K 35 Exxon C&M 52 Old 2 Skinner DR 19 Biralee Feeds 36 Garland 53 Shortland Electricity MR 3 Elisnore 20 Bowman E 37 Hall J 54 Skinner 4 Muller 21 Burley PR & CM 38 Henderson H 55 St Phillips Church 5 Bowman E 22 Burley/Bushfire Brigade T 39 Kannar H 56 Tansil Pty Ltd 6 Moxey EA&MM 23 Cec M Hawkes Pty Ltd 40 Kannar H 57 Wambo Mining Corporation Pty Ltd 7 Stapleton N 24 Clifton & Edwards JV & JS 41 Kannar H 58 Wambo Mining Corporation Pty Ltd 8 Holz N&L 25 Coal & Allied 42 Kannar H 59 Wambo Mining Corporation Pty Ltd 9 Dallas G 26 Coal & Allied 43 Kannar (Abandoned House) HJ, WH & H 60 Witchard BH & CJ

10 Moses RJ 27 Coal & Allied 44 Kauter, Bowman & Wright WM&L 61 Wyoming Holstiens ENGLAND 11 Fisher C 28 Coal & Allied ENGLAND 45 Kelly CI 62 Wyoming Holstiens 12 Barry E 29 Coal & Allied 46 Maskey EA & MM 63 Wyoming Holstiens 13 Jerrys Plains Centre * 30 Coal & Allied 47 Moxey EA & MM 64 Wyoming Holstiens 14 Jerrys Plains North * 31 Cooper 48 Moxey EA & MM 65 Wyoming Holstiens 15 Adamson KJ & CP 32 Curlewis Pastoral Company 49 Moxey NR & GJ 66 Xstrata Coal Pty Ltd 16 Algie RJ & CY 33 Edward & Haynes K&LF 50 NelsonLake Liddell 17 Algie RJ & CY 34 Ernst GJ&JG 51 Nicholls TP&CM * General property location in village of Jerrys Plains used for noise modelling purposes only

1 415 000 mE HIGHWAY 1 415 000 mE

Bayswater Power NLP Station

Liddell StationHVLP Road

RCT

Cumnock No. 1 NEW Road Colliery

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

ENGLAND 1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

West Pit

Ravensworth/Narama

HIGHWAY Lemington Road HVCPP

Hunter River

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE GOLDEN HIGHWAY Hunter RiverRiver Carrington 8

14

Jerrys Plains 13 9 7

18 1 10 51

52 30 54 North Pit 2 12 3 Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

19

31 49 36 48 6 1 400 000 mE 4 47 1 400 000 mE 65 64 62 21 11 63 15 20 60 61 46 28 5 44 53 Riverview 56 24 17 50 34 LCPP 32

26 16 United Key

Private residence 25 Wambo Mine CNA owned land Private land subject to CNA zone of affectation 57 Private land subject to other mine's zone of 29 27 affectation 39 66 40 1 395 000 mE Private land 1 395 000 mE 58 41 43 Lemington South National park 22 59 35 37 45 33 Crown land 55 Crown land subject to perpetual lease 42 Land owned by other mining companies

mE mE mE mE 38 HVO lease boundary 23

300 000 000 mE 305 000 000 mE 290 000 000 mE 295 000 000 mE

0 5 FIGURE 24 Kilometres Land Ownership mE

mE

mE

mE

299 000 000 mE

298 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE mE

296 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

1 411 000 mE 1 411 000 mE

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Emu Creek

West Pit

1 409 000 mE 1 409 000 mE

Belt Line Road

1 408 000 mE 1 408 000 mE

Farrells Creek Lemington Road

1 407 000 mE 1 407 000 mE

HVCPP

1 406 000 mE 1 406 000 mE

Carrington

1 405Key 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Archaeology study area Ecology study area

mE

mE Approved West PitmE disturbance boundary Extension of West Pit Lemington Road

299 000 000 mE mE

298 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE mE

296 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

0 1 FIGURE 25 Kilometres Study Area for Ecology and Archaeology mE

mE

mE

mE

299 000 000 mE

298 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE mE

296 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

1 411 000 mE 1 411 000 mE

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Emu Creek

West Pit

1 409 000 mE 1 409 000 mE

Belt Line Road

1 408 000 mE 1 408 000 mE

Farrells Creek Lemington Road

1 407 000 mE 1 407 000 mE

HVCPP

1 406 000 mE 1 406 000 mE

Key HVO lease boundary Ecology study area Carrington Subject site Anabat location Owl call playback site Ground / tree Elliot trap and hair funnels Bird transect 1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE Reptile and amphibian searches Vegetation quadrat locations

November 2002

mE

mE December 2002 mE Lemington Road January 2003

299 000 000 mE mE

298 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE mE

296 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

0 1 FIGURE 26 Kilometres West Pit Extension Flora and Fauna Survey Locations mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

000

000

000

000

000

000

295 000 000 mE mE

296 000 mE

297 000 000 mE

298 000 mE

299 000 000 mE

300 000 mE

301 000 000 mE mE

302 000 mE

303 000 mE

304 000 000 mE mE

305 000 mE

1 411 000 mN

1 410 000 mN

1 409 000 mN

1 408 000 mN

1 407 000 mN

1 406 000 mN

1 405 000 mN

1 404 000 mN 1 404 000 mN

1 403 000 mN 1 403 000 mN

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE 1 402 000 mN 1 402 000 mN

296 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE

298 000 000 mE

299 000 000 mE

300 000 000 mE

301 000 000 mE

302 000 000 mE

303 000 000 mE

304 000 000 mE

Key

Current extent of West Pit Extension of West Pit

0 2 FIGURE 27 Kilometres 1958 Aerial Photograph of West Pit mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

000

000

000

000

300 000 mE

299 000 mE

298 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

297 000 mE

294 000 000 mE

296 000 000 mE 1 412 000 mN 1 412 000 mN

1 411 000 mN 1 411 000 mN

1 410 000 mN 1 410 000 mN

1 409 000 mN 1 409 000 mN

1 408 000 mN 1 408 000 mN

1 407 000 mN 1 407 000 mN

1 406 000 mN 1 406 000 mN

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

300 000 000 mE

299 000 000 mE

298 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE

294 000 000 mE

296 000 000 mE

Key

Current extent of West Pit Extension of West Pit

0 1 FIGURE 28 Kilometres 1967 Aerial Photograph of West Pit mE

mE

mE

mE

000

000

000

301 000 mE

300 000 000 mE

299 000 000 mE mE

298 000 mE

297 000 mE

296 000 000 mE mE

1 411 000 mN 1 411 000 mN

1 410 000 mN 1 410 000 mN

1 409 000 mN 1 409 000 mN

1 408 000 mN 1 408 000 mN

1 407 000 mN 1 407 000 mN

1 406 000 mN 1 406 000 mN

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE mE

301 000 000 mE

300 000 000 mE

299 000 000 mE

298 000 000 mE

296 000 000 mE 297 000 000 mE

Key

Current extent of West Pit Extension of West Pit

0 1 FIGURE 29 Kilometres 1982 Aerial Photograph of West Pit mE

mE

mE

mE

000 mE

000

000

000 mE

302 000 mE

301 000 mE

300 000 000 mE

299 000 mE

298 000 000 mE

297 000 mE

1 411 000 mN 1 411 000 mN

1 410 000 mN 1 410 000 mN

1 409 000 mN 1 409 000 mN

1 408 000 mN 1 408 000 mN

1 407 000 mN 1 407 000 mN

1 406 000 mN 1 406 000 mN

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

mE

302 000 000 mE

301 000 000 mE

300 000 000 mE

299 000 000 mE

298 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE

Key

Current extent of West Pit Extension of West Pit

0 1 FIGURE 30 Kilometres 1993 Aerial Photograph of West Pit mE

mE

mE

mE

299 000 000 mE

298 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE mE

296 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

1 411 000 mE 1 411 000 mE

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Emu Creek

West Pit

1 409 000 mE 1 409 000 mE

Belt Line Road

1 408 000 mE 1 408 000 mE

Farrells Creek Lemington Road

1 407 000 mE 1 407 000 mE

HVCPP

1 406 000 mE 1 406 000 mE

Key

HVO lease boundary Ecology study area Carrington Subject site Bulloak woodland (regrowth)

Narrow-leaved Ironbark/Grey Box woodland Narrow-leaved Ironbark/Grey Box woodland (regrowth) 1 405 000 mE Narrow-leaved Ironbark/ 1 405 000 mE Kurrajong woodland Native pasture Rough-barked Apple/Narrow-

mE

mE leaved Ironbark woodlandmE

Lemington Road Swamp Oak woodland

299 000 000 mE mE

298 000 000 mE

297 000 000 mE mE

296 000 000 mE

295 000 000 mE

0 1 FIGURE 31 Kilometres Vegetation of the Subject Site 299 000 000 mE mE

298 000 000 mE mE

297 000 000 mE mE

296 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE mE

1 411 000 mE 1 411 000 mE

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Emu Creek

West Pit

1 409 000 mE 1 409 000 mE

Belt Line Road

1 408 000 mE 1 408 000 mE

Farrells Creek Lemington Road

1 407 000 mE 1 407 000 mE

HVCPP

1 406 000 mE 1 406 000 mE

Key

HVO lease boundary Ecology study area Carrington Subject site Eastern freetail-bat (Mormopterus norfolkensis)

Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis 1 405 000 mE temporalis) 1 405 000 mE Grey-crowned Babbler nest

Large Bentwing-bat (Miniopterus shreibersii oceanensis)

Lemington Road Speckled Warbler

299 000 000 mE mE

298 000 000 mE mE

297 000 000 mE mE

296 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE mE

FIGURE 32 0 1

Kilometres Threatened Fauna in the Study Area mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

NLP Dam 14W Bayswater Power Dam 13 Station ENGLAND HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Road

Pikes Gully Road

Dam 1W Dam 2W

Dam 3W WPCPP Dam 4W

Dam 5W Dam 8W 1 410 000 mE Tailings Dam 1 410 000 mE Dam 6W Dam 15W Bobs Dump Tailings Dam Dam 12W Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Dam 18W

Parnells Dam Dam 11W 17W Dam 10W WP sump

16W Dam 16N 2x17ML Dams Lemington Road 2x13ML Dams HVCPP Road Dam 15N Dam 1N Dam 19N Dam 2N

Dam 24N Dam 5N Dam 4N Dam 3N

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE Dam 25N Centre Tailings Dam Carrington Dam 10N River Hunter River Dam 11N Hunter River Dam 9N Dam 6N

Dam 12N Eastern Jerrys Plains TailingsTailings Dam Eastern Dam North Pit Dam 13N GOLDEN HIGHWAY Dam 14N Dam 20N North Pit Tailings Storage

Sump Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE

Key

HVO lease boundary Mine water dam Sediment dam Tailings dam

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 33 Kilometres Existing Mine Water Elements NEW

mE

000 mE 000 000 mE 1 420 000 mE 1 420 000 mE

300 000 mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 mE 295 000 mE

ENGLAND ENGLAND

Liddell Power Lake Liddell Station

Limit of contours

1 415 000 mE HIGHWAY 1 415 000 mE

Bayswater Power NLP Station

Liddell StationHVLP Road RCT

NEW Road Cumnock No. 1 Colliery 30 Pikes Gully Road

50 WPCPP

ENGLAND 1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

100 200 Plashett 400 Reservoir West Pit 10

30

50 Ravensworth/Narama Saltwater Creek HIGHWAY 400 Lemington Road HVCPP 400

Hunter River 50 400 100

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE GOLDEN HIGHWAY Hunter RiverRiver 400 Carrington 8

14 200 Jerrys Plains 13 9 100 7

30 50 18 1 10 51 100 52 30 54 North Pit 12 30 2 200 50 3 Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

19 200

31 49 36 48 6 1 400 000 mE 4 47 1 400 000 mE 65 64 62 21 11 63 15 20 60 61 46 28 5 44 53 Riverview 56 24 17 200 50 100 34 LCPP 32

26 16 50

30 100

200 Key 400 25 Private residence 10 Wambo Mine Private residence subject to CNA zone of 10 affectation 57 29 27 Private residence subject to other mine's zone 39 66 40 1 395 000 mE of affectation 1 395 000 mE 58 41 43 Lemington South Residence on CNA owned land 22 59 35 37 45 33 Residence on other mine owned land, 55 commercial club, church 42

38 All years annual average PM10 HVO lease boundary 23

300 000 000 mE mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 000 mE mE 295 000 000 mE mE

0 5 FIGURE 34 Kilometres All Years Annual Average PM10 NEW

mE

000 mE 000 000 mE 1 420 000 mE 1 420 000 mE

300 000 mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 mE 295 000 mE

ENGLAND ENGLAND

Liddell Power Lake Liddell Station

Limit of contours

1 415 000 mE HIGHWAY 1 415 000 mE

Bayswater Power NLP Station

Liddell StationHVLP Road

RCT

NEW Road Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Pikes Gully Road

30

WPCPP

100

ENGLAND 1 410 000 mE 200 10 1 410 000 mE 50 400 700 Plashett 1000 Reservoir 100 West Pit

200 Ravensworth/Narama 30

Saltwater Creek HIGHWAY Lemington Road 200 50

700

Hunter River 100 200 700

400 1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE GOLDEN HIGHWAY 400 Hunter RiverRiver 700 Carrington 200 8

14 100 50

Jerrys Plains 30 North Pit 13 9 7

18 1 10 51 100 52 30 54 50 200 2 12 3 Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

19 50 400

31 700 49 36 48 100 1000 6 1 400 000 mE 4 47 1 400 000 mE 65 64 62 21 11 63 15 20 60 61 46 200 30 28 5 44 53 Riverview 10 56 24 17 50 34 50 LCPP 32

26 16

30 100 200 400 Key 10 700 25 Private residence Wambo Mine 1000 Private residence subject to CNA zone of affectation 57 29 27 Private residence subject to other mine's zone 39 66 40 1 395 000 mE of affectation 1 395 000 mE 58 41 43 Lemington South Residence on CNA owned land 22 59 35 37 45 33 Residence on other mine owned land, 55 commercial club, church 42

All years annual average TSP 38 HVO lease boundary 23

300 000 000 mE mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 000 mE mE 295 000 000 mE mE

0 5 FIGURE 35 Kilometres All Years Annual Average TSP NEW

mE

000 mE 000 000 mE 1 420 000 mE 1 420 000 mE

300 000 mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 mE 295 000 mE

ENGLAND ENGLAND

Liddell Power Lake Liddell Station

1 415 000 mE HIGHWAY 1 415 000 mE

Bayswater Power NLP Limit of contours Station

Liddell StationHVLP Road RCT

NEW Road Cumnock No. 1 Pikes Gully Road Colliery

1

5 WPCPP 5 10

ENGLAND 1 410 000 mE 10 1 410 000 mE 20 40

Plashett 100 Reservoir

West Pit 5 1 10 Ravensworth/Narama 20 5

Saltwater Creek 10 HIGHWAY 40 Lemington Road HVCPP 5 40

Hunter River 5 5 10

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE GOLDEN HIGHWAY Hunter RiverRiver Carrington 8 40 14

Jerrys Plains 13 9 North Pit 7

18 1 10 51 5

52 30 54 10 2 12 3 Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

19 20 31 40 49 36 48 6 1 400 000 mE 4 5 47 1 400 000 mE 65 64 62 21 11 10 63 15 20 60 61 46 28 5 44 53 Riverview 56 20 24 17 50 1 34 LCPP 32

26 16

5 10 20 40 Key 100 25 Private residence Wambo Mine Private residence subject to CNA zone of affectation 57 29 27 Private residence subject to other mine's zone 39 66 40 1 395 000 mE of affectation 1 395 000 mE 58 41 43 Lemington South Residence on CNA owned land 22 59 35 37 45 33 Residence on other mine owned land, 55 commercial club, church 42

All years annual average dust deposition 38 HVO lease boundary 23

300 000 000 mE mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 000 mE mE 295 000 000 mE mE

0 5 FIGURE 36 Kilometres All Years Annual Average Dust Deposition NEW

mE

000 mE 000 000 mE 1 420 000 mE 1 420 000 mE

300 000 mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 mE 295 000 mE

ENGLAND ENGLAND

Liddell Power Lake Liddell Station

1 415 000 mE HIGHWAY 1 415 000 mE

Bayswater Power NLP Station

Liddell StationHVLP Road RCT

NEW Road Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

ENGLAND 1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir 35 West Pit 40

45 40 35

45 Ravensworth/Narama

Saltwater Creek HIGHWAY Lemington Road HVCPP

Hunter River

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE GOLDEN HIGHWAY Hunter RiverRiver Carrington 8

14

Jerrys Plains North Pit 13 9 7

18 1 10 51

52 30 54 2 12 3 Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

19

31 49 36 48 6 1 400 000 mE 4 47 1 400 000 mE 65 64 62 21 11 63 15 20 60 61 46 28 5 44 53 Riverview 56 24 17 50 34 LCPP 32

26 16 Key

Private residence Private residence subject to CNA zone of 25 affectation Wambo Mine Private residence subject to other mine's zone of affectation 57 29 27 39 Residence on CNA owned land 66 40 1 395 000 mE 1 395 000 mE Residence on other mine owned land, 58 41 43 Lemington South commercial club, church 22 59 35 37 45 33 35 dB(A) 55 42 40 dB(A) 45 dB(A) 38 HVO lease boundary 23

300 000 000 mE mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 000 mE mE 295 000 000 mE mE

0 5 FIGURE 37 Kilometres All Years Day Time Leq , 15 Minute Operational SI Weather dB(A) NEW

mE

000 mE 000 000 mE 1 420 000 mE 1 420 000 mE

300 000 mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 mE 295 000 mE

ENGLAND ENGLAND

Liddell Power Lake Liddell Station

1 415 000 mE HIGHWAY 1 415 000 mE

Bayswater Power NLP Station

Liddell StationHVLP Road RCT

NEW Road Cumnock No. 1 Pikes Gully Road Colliery

35 WPCPP 40

ENGLAND 1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

45

Plashett Reservoir

West Pit 45 40 40

35

Ravensworth/Narama

Saltwater Creek HIGHWAY Lemington Road HVCPP

Hunter River

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE GOLDEN HIGHWAY Hunter RiverRiver Carrington 8

14

Jerrys Plains 13 9 7

18 1 10 51

52 30 54 North Pit 2 12 3 Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

19

31 49 36 48 6 1 400 000 mE 4 47 1 400 000 mE 65 64 62 21 11 63 15 20 60 61 46 28 5 44 53 Riverview 56 24 17 50 34 LCPP 32

26 16 Key

Private residence Private residence subject to CNA zone of 25 affectation Wambo Mine Private residence subject to other mine's zone of affectation 57 29 27 39 Residence on CNA owned land 66 40 1 395 000 mE 1 395 000 mE Residence on other mine owned land, 58 41 43 Lemington South commercial club, church 22 59 35 37 45 33 35 dB(A) 55 42 40 dB(A) 45 dB(A) 38 HVO lease boundary 23

300 000 000 mE mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 000 mE mE 295 000 000 mE mE

0 5 FIGURE 38 Kilometres All Years Night Time Leq , 15 Minute Operational INP Weather dB(A) mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

Bayswater Power NLP Station ENGLAND

HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Rd HVCPP

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

North Pit

Jerrys Plains

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Key

HVO North lease boundary

Archaeological sites Cheshunt Scarred tree Alluvial Lands Isolated artefact Artefact scatter and scarred tree Artefact scatter Unknown HVO heritage survey areas

AMBS 2002 1 410 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE Brayshaw 1985 ERM 1997 & 1999 H. Brayshaw 1989 H. Brayshaw 1981 H. Brayshaw 1983 H. Webber 1999 Haglund and Rich 1992 N. Curran 1995

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 39 Kilometres Location of all Previously Recorded Archaeological Sites mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

Bayswater Power NLP Station ENGLAND

HVLP

Liddell Station Road HIGHWAY RCT

Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Road

Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

WPE5 CUM-2 CUM-3 CUM-1 1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

WPE 8 WPE 2 HEE3 TD UPPER EMU CREEK Plashett Reservoir West Pit EMU CREEK LOWER EMU CREEK WPE 7

WPE 10 WPE 4 HEE4 WPE 9

HEE2 WPE 11 SITE K TG SITE L WPE 3 WPE 6 HEE1 TH T/L3 IF1 Ponds Creek WPE 1 SITE O SITE N SITE M FARRELLS CREEK HC3 HC1 Lemington Rd HC2 SITE P FARRELLS CREEK HC4 HC5 HVCPP HC6 SITE Q HC9 HC7 HC19 HC100 & HC23 HC8 HC17 HC10 HC13 HC20 HC11 HC12 HC16 HC14 HC18 HC15

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington MD2 River Hunter River CM56 Hunter River CM55 CM-CD1 CM32 CM19 CM1 North Pit

Jerrys Plains

GOLDEN HIGHWAY

Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

1 410Key 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE HVO North lease boundary Approved West Pit disturbance boundary Extant Extant/fenced

Note See table 13.5 Duplicate recordings and sites destroyed or salvaged under previous consents are not shown

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 40 Kilometres Status of Aboriginal Sites View from property number 11 toward Carrington toward West Pit

Lemington Road, viewer location 4 looking toward the proposed extension area

Lemington Road, viewer location 5 looking toward the proposed extension area

FIGURE 41

Photographs NEW

mE

000 mE 000 000 mE 1 420 000 mE 1 420 000 mE

300 000 mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 mE 295 000 mE

Drayton

ENGLAND ENGLAND

Lake Liddell Liddell Power Liddell Station

1 415 000 mE HIGHWAY 1 415 000 mE

Bayswater Power NLP Station

Liddell StationHVLP Road 2 RCT

NEW Road Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Pikes Gully Road

WPCPP

ENGLAND 1 410 000 mE 6 1 410 000 mE

Plashett 3 Reservoir West Pit

4 Ravensworth/Narama

Saltwater Ck Lemington Road HIGHWAY 5 HVCPP

Hunter River

Ashton

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE GOLDEN HIGHWAY Hunter RiverRiver Carrington 7 8

Jerrys Plains 9 7

1 10

North Pit 2 12 3 Alluvial Lands Cheshunt

6 1 400 000 mE 4 1 400 000 mE

11

5 Riverview 1

LCPP

United

Wambo Mine

Key

HVO lease boundary 1 395 000 mE 1 395 000 mE Private residence Lemington South Viewpoints Warkworth Location 3 viewshed Location 4 viewshed Location 5 viewshed Location 6 viewshed

300 000 000 mE mE 305 000 000 mE mE 290 000 000 mE mE 295 000 000 mE mE

0 5 FIGURE 42 Kilometres Viewshed and Viewer Locations mE Lake Liddell

000

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 mE

1 415 000 mE 1 415 000 mE NEW

OLD NLP

Bayswater Power NEW Station ENGLAND HVLP

ENGLAND

Liddell Station Road

HIGHWAY

RCT HIGHWAY West Pit access road

Road Cumnock No. 1 Pikes Gully Road Colliery

WPCPP

Road

Belt Line Road 1 410 000 mE 1 410 000 mE

Plashett Reservoir West Pit

Lemington Road

HVCPP

1 405 000 mE 1 405 000 mE

Carrington River Hunter River Hunter River

Jerrys Plains GOLDEN HIGHWAY

North Pit

Cheshunt Alluvial Lands

1 410 000 mE Riverview 1 400 000 mE Key HVO lease boundary Public road Private road Proposed relocation of Lemington Road Traffic count location

300 000 000 mE mE

295 000 000 mE mE

0 2.5 FIGURE 43 Kilometres Road Network HUNTER VALLEY OPERATIONS West Pit Extension and Minor Modifications

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