Section 1 Introduction

SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW 1-1 1.1.1 Purpose of this Report 1-1 1.1.2 Background 1-2 1.1.3 Project Summary 1-2 1.1.4 Site Location and Tenure 1-9 1.1.5 Interaction with Other Operations and Projects in the Vicinity of the Site 1-9 1.1.6 Proponent 1-13 1.2 SECRETARY’S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS 1-13 1.3 PROJECT CONSULTANTS 1-16 1.4 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE 1-16

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1-1 Project Summary Table 1-2 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements – Reference Summary Table 1-3 Content Requirements of an EIS – Clause 7 of Schedule 2 of the EP&A Regulation Table 1-4 EPBC Act Controlling Provisions – Reference Summary

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1-1 Regional Location Figure 1-2 Project Location Figure 1-3 Aerial Photograph of the Wilpinjong Coal Mine and Surrounds Figure 1-4 Project General Arrangement Figure 1-5a Relevant Land Ownership Plan Figure 1-5b Relevant Land Ownership Plan Wollar Inset Figure 1-5c Relevant Landholder List

LIST OF PLATES

Plate 1-1 Wilpinjong Coal Mine Plate 1-2 Front End Loader Handling Coal

Wilpinjong Extension Project Environmental Impact Statement Section 1 - Introduction Document Number: 00659084 Version: A 1-i

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW

This document is an Environmental Impact 1.1.1 Purpose of this Report Statement (EIS) for the Wilpinjong Extension Project (the Project). The Project would involve the This EIS has been prepared to accompany a continuation and extension of open cut mining Development Application made for the Project, in operations at the Wilpinjong Coal Mine (Plate 1-1). accordance with Part 4 of the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (EP&A Act). The Wilpinjong Coal Mine is located approximately 40 kilometres (km) north-east of Mudgee, near the This EIS considers the potential environmental Village of Wollar, within the Mid-Western Regional impacts of the Project in accordance with the Local Government Area (LGA), in central New Secretary’s Environmental Assessment South Wales (NSW). Requirements (SEARs) issued by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DP&E) The Wilpinjong Coal Mine is owned and operated by on 9 December 2014 (Attachment 1), the Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd (WCPL), a wholly owned supplementary SEARs issued by the DP&E on subsidiary of Peabody Energy Australia Pty Limited 22 June 2015 (Attachment 1) and clauses 6 and 7 (Peabody Energy). of Schedule 2 of the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation, 2000 (EP&A Regulation).

The SEARs were issued in accordance with the requirements of clause 3 of Schedule 2 of the EP&A Regulation. A summary of the SEARs is provided in Section 1.2.

Plate 1-1: Wilpinjong Coal Mine

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1.1.2 Background A summary indicating where the supplementary SEARs have been addressed in the EIS is provided The Wilpinjong Coal Mine extracts run-of-mine in Attachment 2. (ROM) coal that is either processed on site at the Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) or 1.1.3 Project Summary bypassed directly to product stockpiles.

The proposed life of the Project is approximately Coal products are transported by rail on the existing 17 years and would extend the life of the approved Sandy Hollow Gulgong Railway to local energy Wilpinjong Coal Mine by approximately seven years generators and to the Port of Newcastle for export. (i.e. from approximately 2026 to 2033).

The location of the existing Wilpinjong Coal Mine is The main activities associated with the Project shown on Figures 1-1 and 1-2, and Figure 1-3 would include: provides an aerial photograph of the existing mine.

A description of the existing mining operations and • open cut mining of ROM coal from the Ulan history of approvals is provided in Sections 2.1 and Coal Seam and Moolarben Coal Member in 2.2, respectively. Mining Lease (ML) 1573 and in new Mining

Lease Application (MLA) areas in Exploration WCPL is seeking approval from the NSW Minister Licence (EL) 6169 and EL 7091; for Planning for Development Consent under Division 4.1 of Part 4 of the EP&A Act for the • approximately 800 hectares (ha) of open cut Project, which would replace the existing Wilpinjong extensions, including (Figure 1-4): Coal Mine Project Approval (Project - approximately 500 ha of incremental Approval 05-0021). extensions to the existing open cut pits in

areas of ML 1573 and EL 6169; and The approved Wilpinjong Coal Project was referred to the Department of the Environment and Heritage - development of a new open cut pit of in 2005, and was determined as not a controlled approximately 300 ha in EL 7091 (Pit 8); action (EPBC 2005/2309). The proposed action to • continued production of up to 16 million tonnes extend open cut coal mining and processing per annum (Mtpa) of ROM coal (Plate 1-2); operations at the Wilpinjong Coal Mine was referred to the Commonwealth Minister in February 2015 • continued use of the approved Wilpinjong Coal (EPBC 2015/7431) (the proposed action). Mine CHPP and general coal handling and rail loading facilities and other existing and A delegate of the Commonwealth Minister approved supporting mine infrastructure; determined on 12 March 2015 that the proposed • rail transport of approximately 13 Mtpa of action is a ‘controlled action’ and therefore the thermal product coal to domestic and export action also requires approval under the customers (within existing maximum and Commonwealth Environment Protection and annual average daily rail limits); Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999 (EPBC Act). • relocation of a section of the TransGrid Wollar The proposed action is to be assessed pursuant to to Wellington 330 kilovolt (kV) electricity the assessment bilateral agreement with the NSW transmission line (ETL) to facilitate mining in Government. Therefore, this EIS provides an Pit 8; assessment of potential impacts (in accordance with • the supplementary SEARs) to the following various local infrastructure relocations to controlling provisions considered by the facilitate the mining extensions Commonwealth Minster to be relevant to the action: (e.g. realignment of Ulan-Wollar Road and associated rail level crossing, relocation of • EPBC Act listed threatened species and local ETLs and services); communities; and • construction and operation of additional mine • water resources. access roads to service new mining facilities located in Pits 5 and 8;

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• construction and operation of new ancillary It should be noted that the action that requires infrastructure in support of mining including: assessment under the EPBC Act relates to those mine infrastructure areas, ROM pads, haul aspects of the proposed Project that would include roads, electricity supply, communications extension of open cut mining operations and installations, light vehicle roads, access tracks, consequent additional disturbance areas, and remote crib huts, up-catchment diversions, associated surface infrastructure that is necessary dams, pipelines and other water management to support the extension of open cut mining. structures; The action does not include the approved • extension of the approved mine life by Wilpinjong Coal Mine that has either been approximately seven years (i.e. from previously referred and determined not to be a approximately 2026 to 2033); Controlled Action or previously determined not to • a peak operational workforce of approximately require referral under the EPBC Act but has 625 people; received all relevant State approvals. In addition, the elements of the Project which require EPBC Act • ongoing exploration activities; and approval exclude the continuation of mining • other associated minor infrastructure, plant operations in the open cut pits and associated and activities. activities which are currently authorised by existing approvals (including modifications and exploration Table 1-1 provides a summary comparison of the activities). approved Wilpinjong Coal Mine and Project components.

Plate 1-2: Front End Loader Handling Coal

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Table 1-1 Project Summary

Project Summary of Existing/Approved Wilpinjong Coal Mine Summary of the Project Component

Mining Method • Open cut mining operation extracting ROM coal. • Unchanged.

Open Cut • Seven1 contiguous open cut pits and associated contained • Eight open cut pits, including a new Extent infrastructure area comprising approximately 1,990 ha. open cut pit in Slate Gully (Pit 8). • Approximately 800 ha of open cut extensions.

Annual ROM • 16 Mtpa of ROM coal. • Unchanged. Coal Production

Waste Rock • Waste rock is placed predominantly within mine voids. • Unchanged. Management

Annual Waste • Annual waste rock production of approximately 34.1 million • Approximately 43 Mbcm. Rock bank cubic metres (Mbcm). Production

Coal Washing • Beneficiation of ROM coal in the CHPP. • Unchanged. and Handling • Facilities for the handling and stockpiling of both washed and unwashed (bypass) coal.

Product Coal • Approximately 12.6 Mtpa of thermal product coal for • Approximately 13 Mtpa. domestic electricity generation and export.

Coal • An average of six and a maximum of 10 laden trains per day • Unchanged (WCPL intends to retain Transport leaving the mine. current daily train movement limits but remove the current annual limit for total product coal railed [Section 2.9]).

• Transport via the Sandy Hollow Gulgong Railway. • Unchanged.

Coal Rejects • Coal rejects placed predominantly within mine voids. • Unchanged. (tailings and • coarse rejects) Tailings filter press to allow co-disposal of the tailings with coarse rejects.

Water Supply • Make-up water demand to be met from runoff recovered • No change to key sources of water from mine operational areas, recovery from tailings, open supply. cut dewatering, advanced dewatering of pit areas and supply from a borefield. • Recovery of water from tailings via tailings filter press.

Water • Mine water treated in a reverse osmosis plant/water • No change to key aspects of water Disposal treatment facility and discharged to Wilpinjong Creek in disposal. accordance with Environment Protection Licence (EPL) 12425.

Mine Life • 21 years (from the date of grant of ML 1573). • 28 years (seven year extension).

Hours of • Open cut mining, handling and processing of ROM coal at • Unchanged. Operation the CHPP and train loading at the Wilpinjong Coal Mine is currently undertaken 24 hours per day, seven days per week.

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Table 1-1 (Continued) Project Summary

Project Summary of Existing/Approved Wilpinjong Coal Mine Summary of the Project Component

General • Access roads, electricity supply and distribution, rail loop, • Continued use of existing approved Infrastructure CHPP, train loading infrastructure, ROM coal stockpiles, infrastructure and coal handling equipment, diesel storage, administration, modifications/extensions to support the workshop, ablution buildings, stores, heavy vehicle Project as required. workshop, and parking and washdown facilities. • Realignment of a 330 kV ETL, Ulan-Wollar Road and associated rail level crossing and local ETLs and services.

Operational • Approximately 550 people. • Approximately 625 people at peak. Workforce

1 Note that for the purposes of WCPL internal mine planning, Pit 3 has been divided into two separate pits (Pit 3 in the north and Pit 7 in the south) (Figure 1-3).

1.1.4 Site Location and Tenure 1.1.5 Interaction with Other Operations and Projects in the Vicinity of the Site Operations at the approved Wilpinjong Coal Mine are covered by the existing ML 1573. Exploration Existing and proposed mining and processing activities for future operations are covered under operations and exploration activities in the vicinity of EL 6169 and EL 7091. The Project would extend the Project that may potentially interact with the into three new MLA areas within both EL 6169 and Project comprise: EL 7091 (Figure 1-4). • The Ulan Mine Complex, operated by Ulan WCPL has lodged MLAs with the Division of Coal Mines Limited (UCML). Resources and Energy (DRE) (within the NSW • Department of Industry, Skills and Regional The Moolarben Coal Complex, operated by Development [NSW Department of Industry]) for Moolarben Coal Operations Pty Ltd on behalf Project development areas outside of the of the Moolarben Joint Venture (Moolarben existing ML. WCPL will also renew existing ELs and Coal Mines Pty Ltd, Sojitz Moolarben ML 1573 as required. Resources Pty Ltd and a consortium of Korean power companies). For ease of reference in Relevant land ownership information for land this EIS, Moolarben Coal Operations Pty Ltd parcels within the immediate vicinity of the Project is and Moolarben Coal Mines Pty Ltd will be provided on Figures 1-5a, 1-5b and 1-5c. The collectively referred to as Moolarben Coal. Project Development Application area (Figure 1-5a) Moolarben Coal Operations Pty Ltd and includes those lands listed in the real property Moolarben Coal Mines Pty Ltd are wholly descriptions provided in support of the Development owned subsidiaries of Yancoal Australia Application submitted to the DP&E (Attachment 3). Limited. • The Bowdens Silver Project, proposed by The Project Development Application area is within Kingsgate Bowdens Pty Limited. the Mid-Western Regional LGA. A description of the land zoning under the Mid-Western Regional • The Bylong Coal Project, proposed by KEPCO Council (MWRC) Local Environmental Plan (LEP) Bylong Australia Pty Ltd (KEPCO). 2012 in the Development Application area is • The approved Cobbora Coal Project, owned provided in Section 6.2. by Cobbora Holding Company Pty Limited.

Descriptions of potential Project interactions and cumulative impacts with these other developments are provided in Section 2.5, and where relevant, Section 4 and supporting appendices.

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1.1.6 Proponent 1.2 SECRETARY’S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS The Project is being developed by WCPL (ABN: 87 104 594 694), a wholly owned subsidiary The SEARs for the Project were issued by the of Peabody Energy. DP&E on 9 December 2014 and 22 June 2015 (Attachment 1). The registered office for Peabody is: A summary of the SEARs is provided in Tables 1-2 Peabody Energy Australia Pty Ltd and 1-3, as well as the relevant section of the EIS 100 Melbourne Street where the SEARs are addressed. SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101 In addition, a summary indicating where controlling provisions under the EPBC Act have been addressed in the EIS is provided in Table 1-4, and a summary indicating where the supplementary SEARs have been addressed in the EIS is provided in Attachment 2.

Table 1-2 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements – Reference Summary1

Summary of EIS Requirements EIS Reference

General Requirements

The EIS must include:

• Form requirements in clause 6 of Schedule 2 of the EP&A Regulation. Front of EIS and Attachment 3

• Content requirements in clause 7 of Schedule 2 of the EP&A Regulation. Refer to Table 1-3

• Description of the Project, including staging of the Project. Section 2

• Plans of proposed surface infrastructure and facilities. Section 2

• A waste management strategy. Sections 2.10 and 2.15

• A water management strategy. Section 2.12

• A rehabilitation strategy. Section 5

• Interaction of the Project with existing, approved and proposed mining Section 2.5 operations.

• A list of approvals that must be obtained before the development may Section 6 and Attachments 5 and 6 commence.

• A description of the existing environment. Section 4

• Assessment of the potential environmental impacts of all stages of the Project, Section 4 including cumulative impacts.

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Table 1-2 (Continued) Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements – Reference Summary1

Summary of EIS Requirements EIS Reference

• A description of the measures that would be implemented to mitigate and/or Sections 4, 5 and 7 offset the potential impacts of the Project including: - whether the measures are consistent with industry best practice and represent the full range of reasonable and feasible mitigation measures; - the likely effectiveness of the measures; and - contingency plans.

• A description of the measures that would be implemented to monitor and Sections 4, 5 and 7 report on the environmental performance of the Project.

• A consolidated summary of all proposed environmental management and Section 7 monitoring measures.

• Consideration of relevant environmental planning instruments. Section 6 and Attachments 5 and 6

• Project justification. Section 6.7

• An estimate of the capital investment value of the Project. Attachment 7

• An estimate of the jobs that would be created during each stage of the Project. Sections 2.17 and 4.16

Specific Issues

• Noise. Sections 4.3, 4.5 and 4.14 and Appendix A

• Air. Sections 4.4, 4.6 and 4.18 and Appendix B

• Water. Sections 4.7 and 4.8 and Appendices C and D

• Biodiversity. Section 4.9 and Appendices E and F

• Heritage. Sections 4.10 and 4.11 and Appendices G and H

• Land. Section 4.12, Appendices I, K, and L and Attachment 8

• Transport. Section 4.13 and Appendix J

• Visual. Section 4.15 and Appendix O

• Social and Economic. Sections 4.16 and 4.17 and Appendices M and N

• Public Safety. Section 4.19 and Appendices P and Q

Consultation

• Describe the consultation that was carried out, identify issues raised during Section 3 this consultation, and explain how these issues have been addressed in the EIS.

1 The complete version of the SEARs is presented in Attachment 1.

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Table 1-3 Content Requirements of an EIS – Clause 7 of Schedule 2 of the EP&A Regulation

Summary of Clause 7 of Schedule 2 of the EP&A Regulation EIS Reference

The EIS must include:

• Summary of the EIS. Executive Summary

• Objectives of the Project. Section 6.7.1

• Analysis of any feasible alternatives to the Project, including the consequences of not Section 6.7 carrying out the Project.

• Description of the Project. Section 2

• Description of the environment likely to be affected by the Project. Section 4

• The likely impact on the environment of the Project. Section 4

• Description of the measures proposed to mitigate any adverse effects of the Project on the Sections 4, 5 and 7 environment.

• A list of any approvals that must be obtained under any other Act or law before the Project Section 6.4 may lawfully be carried out.

• Compilation (in a single section of the EIS) of the measures proposed to mitigate any Section 7 adverse effects of the Project on the environment.

• Justification of the Project, having regard to biophysical, economic and social Section 6.7 considerations, including the principles of ecologically sustainable development (ESD).

Table 1-4 EPBC Act Controlling Provisions – Reference Summary

EPBC Act Controlling Provisions1 EIS Reference

Threatened species and ecological communities, including:

• White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland (Box-Gum Woodland).

• Anthochaera phrygia (Regent Honeyeater).

• Ozothamnus tesselatus. • Section 4.9 and Lathamus discolor (Swift Parrot). Appendix E • Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll: south-eastern mainland population).

• Chalinolobus dwyeri (Large-eared Pied Bat, Large Pied Bat).

• Nyctophilus corbeni (South-eastern Long-eared Bat).

Water resources:

• Impacts to the surface water quality and/or hydrology of Wollar, Wilpinjong and Cumbo Section 4.8 and Creek. Appendix D

• Impacts to Groundwater, Groundwater Users and Groundwater Dependant Ecosystems Sections 4.7 and 4.9 and (GDEs). Appendices C and E

• Sections 4.7 and 4.8 and Cumulative impacts on water resources. Appendices C and D 1 Refer to Attachment 1.

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1.3 PROJECT CONSULTANTS • Deloitte Access Economics (economic assessment); This EIS was prepared by Resource Strategies Pty • Elliott Whiteing (social impact assessment); Ltd with specialist input provided by the following organisations: • Marc & Co (visual simulations);

• • Palaris (mine scheduling, sequencing and final Safe Productions Solutions (environmental risk landform); assessment); and • • WCPL (project design, alternatives and McCullough Robertson (legal review). justification, preliminary hazard analysis, background data, resource economics, In addition to the above, peer review was consultation, rehabilitation and environmental undertaken by the following specialists monitoring and management); (Attachment 4):

• SLR Consulting (noise and blasting • Mr Richard Heggie (noise and blasting); assessment); • Mr Nigel Holmes (air quality); • Todoroski Air Sciences (air quality and • greenhouse gas assessment); Dr Frans Kalf (groundwater); • • HydroSimulations (groundwater assessment); Emeritus Professor Thomas McMahon (surface water); and • Groundwater Imaging Pty Ltd (transient • electromagnetic [TEM] survey); Dr Brian Fisher (economics).

• Groundwater Exploration Services (groundwater investigations); 1.4 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE

• WRM Water & Environment (surface water This EIS comprises a main text component and assessment); supporting studies, which includes Appendices A • Hunter Eco (terrestrial flora baseline report through Q. An overview of the main text is [development site], terrestrial flora baseline presented below: report [potential offset areas] and biodiversity assessment report and biodiversity offset Section 1 Provides an introduction to the strategy); Project and the EIS. • Biodiversity Monitoring Services (terrestrial Section 2 Describes the various components fauna baseline report [development site], and stages of the Project. terrestrial fauna baseline report [potential Section 3 Describes the consultation offset areas]); undertaken in relation to the EIS and • Bio-Analysis (aquatic ecology assessment); ongoing community involvement. • South East Archaeology (Aboriginal cultural Section 4 Details the environmental heritage assessment); assessment for the Project including a description of the existing • Niche Environment and Heritage (Niche) environment, an assessment of (historical heritage assessment); potential impacts and a description of • McKenzie Soil Management (land and soil measures that would be implemented assessment); to avoid, minimise, mitigate, offset, manage and/or monitor the potential • GTA Consultants (road transport assessment); impacts of the Project. • Geo-Environmental Management Section 5 Describes the rehabilitation strategy (geochemistry assessment); for the Project. • Lloyd Consulting (land contamination Section 6 Outlines the statutory provisions assessment); relevant to the Project, describes the alternatives considered and provides a Project justification.

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Section 7 Provides a summary of the proposed Appendices A to Q contain supporting environmental management, documentation, including a number of specialist mitigation, monitoring and reporting in reports: relation to the Project. Appendix A Noise and Blasting Assessment. Section 8 Lists documents referenced in Sections 1 to 7 of this EIS. Appendix B Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Assessment. Section 9 Defines abbreviations, acronyms and terms used in Sections 1 to 7 of this Appendix C Groundwater Assessment. EIS. Appendix D Surface Water Assessment.

Attachments to the main text are also provided as Appendix E Biodiversity Assessment Report follows: and Biodiversity Offset Strategy.

Appendix F Aquatic Ecology Assessment. Attachment 1 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements. Appendix G Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment. Attachment 2 Matters of National Environmental Significance Cross Reference Appendix H Historical Heritage Assessment. Table. Appendix I Land and Soil Assessment. Attachment 3 Development Application Area and Real Property Descriptions. Appendix J Road Transport Assessment. Attachment 4 Peer Review Letters. Appendix K Geochemistry Assessment. Attachment 5 Planning Instruments Addendum. Appendix L Land Contamination Assessment. Attachment 6 Aquifer Interference Policy Appendix M Economic Assessment. Considerations and Water Appendix N Social Impact Assessment. Licensing Addendum. Appendix O Visual Assessment. Attachment 7 Capital Investment Value Estimate Report. Appendix P Environmental Risk Assessment. Attachment 8 Geotechnical Advice. Appendix Q Preliminary Hazard Analysis. Attachment 9 Community Information. Attachment 10 Site Verification Certificate. Attachment 11 Relevant Division of Resources and Energy Correspondence. Attachment 12 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Additional Assessment Information.

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