Dendrobium Mine – Plan for the Future: Coal for Steelmaking – Environmental Impact Statement
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SECTION 1 Introduction Dendrobium Mine – Plan for the Future: Coal for Steelmaking – Environmental Impact Statement TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 LIST OF FIGURES 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW 1-1 1.1.1 Purpose of this Report 1-1 Figure 1-1a Regional Location 1.1.2 Background 1-1 Figure 1-1b Regional Location Inclusive of Historical Mine Workings 1.1.3 Project Objectives 1-6 Figure 1-2 General Arrangement of the 1.1.4 Project Summary 1-6 Approved Dendrobium Mine 1.1.5 Site Location and Tenure 1-7 Figure 1-3 General Arrangement of the Project 1.1.6 Applicant 1-7 Figure 1-4 Relevant Land Tenure 1.1.7 Interaction with the Figure 1-5 Approved Dendrobium Mine Approved Dendrobium Mine 1-7 Figure 1-6 Interaction of Existing and Proposed Approvals 1.1.8 Interaction with the Approved Bulli Seam Figure 1-7 Other Mining Operations and Major Operations 1-10 Developments in the Vicinity of the 1.1.9 Interaction with Project BlueScope Steelworks 1-14 1.1.10 Interaction with Port Kembla Coal Terminal 1-14 1.2 POTENTIAL CUMULATIVE INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER PROJECTS 1-14 1.3 SECRETARY’S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS 1-17 1.4 PROJECT CONSULTANTS 1-17 1.5 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE 1-20 LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1 Summary Comparison of the Approved Dendrobium Mine and the Project Table 1-2 Interaction of Existing and Proposed Approvals Table 1-3 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements – Reference Summary Table 1-4 Content Requirements of an EIS – Clause 7 of Schedule 2 of the EP&A Regulation Section 1 1-i Dendrobium Mine – Plan for the Future: Coal for Steelmaking – Environmental Impact Statement 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.2 Background The Dendrobium Mine is an underground coal mine The Dendrobium Mine currently extracts coal from situated in the Southern Coalfield of New South the Wongawilli Seam within CCL 768 using Wales (NSW) approximately 8 kilometres (km) west underground longwall mining methods. The of Wollongong (Figures 1-1a and 1-1b). Dendrobium Mine primarily produces hard coking coal for steelmaking and has an approved Illawarra Coal Holdings Pty Ltd (Illawarra Coal), a operational capacity of up to 5.2 million tonnes per wholly owned subsidiary of South32 Limited annum (Mtpa) of run-of-mine (ROM) coal until (South32), is the owner and operator of the 31 December 2030 under Development Consent Dendrobium Mine1. DA 60-03-2001. This document is an Environmental Impact Key surface facilities at the Dendrobium Mine Statement (EIS) for the Dendrobium Mine – Plan for include the: the Future: Coal for Steelmaking (the Project). • Dendrobium Nos 1, 2 and 3 Shafts The Project proposes the extraction of additional (i.e. ventilation shafts); coal reserves within Consolidated Coal Lease • Dendrobium Pit Top; (CCL) 768. The extraction of additional Project coal reserves would be supported by the development of • Kemira Valley Coal Loading Facility; supporting infrastructure and the use and augmentation of existing surface facilities at the • Kemira Valley Rail Line; Dendrobium Mine. • Dendrobium Coal Preparation Plant (CPP) located at Port Kembla; and 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW • West Cliff Stage 3 Coal Wash Emplacement. 1.1.1 Purpose of this Report The general arrangement of the approved Dendrobium Mine is shown on Figure 1-2. This EIS has been prepared to accompany a Development Application made for the Project, in The Project includes the extraction of additional coal accordance with Part 4 of the NSW Environmental in the Wongawilli and Bulli Seams in two proposed Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (EP&A Act). underground mining areas, namely Areas 5 and 6 (Figure 1-3). The Project would provide continued This EIS considers the potential environmental employment for the existing Dendrobium Mine impacts of the Project in accordance with clauses 6 workforce, with some increase in employment and 7 of Schedule 2 of the NSW Environmental during Project construction and during additional Planning and Assessment Regulation, 2000 underground development. (EP&A Regulation) and the Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) The Cordeaux Pit Top was used for personnel and issued by the NSW Department of Planning and materials access for the Cordeaux Colliery, which is Environment (DPE) (Attachment 1). now in care and maintenance (Figures 1-1a and 1-1b). The Project is seeking development The SEARs were issued in accordance with the consent for use of the Cordeaux Pit Top for mining requirements of clause 3 of Schedule 2 of the support activities for the Project and Project mine EP&A Regulation. A summary of the SEARs is access. provided in Section 1.3. South32 is seeking development consent for development application SSD 16_8194 under Division 4.7 of Part 4 of the EP&A Act for the Project. 1 Throughout this Environmental Impact Statement Illawarra Coal is referred to as South32. Section 1 1-1 CAMDEN LGA Campbelltown NSW Camden y ilwa Ra R Project Area E Sydney n CAMPBELLTOWN V r I e R h LGA t u S o E S G VER I R n R i O a E G M d a Menangle o R Waterfall d a n o w R o R t E l l Holsworthy V Royal e I b Military R National Park p m N Area a A A C - E R n i P O p Woronora E p N A N O Special Area Helensburgh R gle O L an IV en W R M Douglas y a w Park H r A o T t A o R M C Appin A A Dharawal National Park y W a w T e A West Cliff re F R Appin East e A m C Coal Wash u T Pit Top H Emplacement A Appin West p p Pit Top in Appin North Stanwell Park R I Pit Top V Illawarra E R Escarpment SCA WOLLONDILLY s e c LGA y n R i o w ad r P H s e CATARACT c in DAM r P C P Metropolitan O i cto R n Special Area D E A Legend U WOLLONGONG Upper Nepean X LGA Surface Locations SCA Thirroul Highways R I Main Roads V Cordeaux E R Pit Top Railway Lines Dendrobium Mining Lease WINGECARRIBEE y Local Government Areas a LGA w h g ADF Military Reserve i CCL 768 R H o a Urban Areas M CORDEAUX d a ld DAM National Park o s n e - D c o n Nature Reserve i South m r b P a PacificState Conservation Area r t o AVON n Ocean R Declared Catchment Area DAM a il C o r r i d o Kemira Valley r Coal Loading K Facility em Wollongong ir Dendrobium Pit Top a V a Mount l Port Kembla l e Kembla y Coal Terminal Illawarra Escarpment Ra il SCA Li Metropolitan ne Dendrobium y Special Area a w CPP il y a a w R il a a Port err R nd Kembla a n U t - s e a l o a C V h DENDROBIUM MINE s t s u o o S M Figure: 1-1a LAKE Regional Location ILLAWARRA Version 3 23 March 2019 0 2 4 6 8 Kilometres CAMDEN LGA Campbelltown NSW Camden y ilwa Ra R Project Area E Sydney n V r CAMPBELLTOWN I e R h t LGA u S o E S G VER I R n R i O a E G M d a Menangle o R Waterfall d n a o w R o R t E l l Holsworthy V Royal e I b R National Park p Military m N a Area A A C - E R n i P O p Woronora E p N A N O Special Area Helensburgh R e O L ngl IV na W R e Douglas y M a w Park H r A o T t A o R M C Appin A A Dharawal National Park y W a w T e A West Cliff re F R Appin East e A m C Coal Wash u T Pit Top H Emplacement A Appin West p p Pit Top in Appin North Stanwell Park R I Pit Top V Illawarra E R Escarpment SCA WOLLONDILLY s e c LGA n y i R w oad r P H s e CATARACT c in DAM r P C Metropolitan O P ict R on Special Area D E Legend A U WOLLONGONG Upper Nepean X Surface Locations LGA SCA Highways Area Thirroul R Main Roads I Cordeaux V 6 E R Pit Top Railway Lines Project Longwall Mining Areas y Dendrobium Mining Lease a w h Local Government Areas g i Area 5 CCL 768 H R o ADF Military Reserve a M CORDEAUX d a ld DAM Historical Mine Workings o s n e - D c Urban Areas o n i South m r b P National Park a Pacific r t o AVON n OceanNature Reserve R DAM a il C State Conservation Area o r r i Declared Catchment Area d o Kemira Valley WINGECARRIBEE r LGA Coal Loading K Facility em ir Dendrobium Pit Top a Wollongong V a Mount l Port Kembla l e Kembla y Coal Terminal Illawarra Escarpment Ra il SCA Li Metropolitan ne Dendrobium y Special Area a w CPP il y a a w R il a a Port err R nd Kembla a n U t - s e a l o a C V h s t DENDROBIUM MINE s u o o S M Figure: 1-1b LAKE Regional Location Inclusive ILLAWARRA of Historical Mine Workings Version 4 28 April 2019 0 2 4 6 8 Kilometres Upper Nepean Cordeaux SCA Pit Top Cataract P Dam ic t on Cordeaux Dam R o a d Area 3C CCL768 Illawarra Area 3B Dendrobium Escarpment Area 3A Nos 2 & 3 Shafts SCA Avon Dam Area 2 Area 1 Dendrobium No 1 Shaft Kemira Valley Coal Loading Facility Wollongong Dendrobium Pit Top K em ira Va lle y Legend R a Port Kembla Highways i l L Coal Terminal Main Roads ine Railway Lines DSC Notification Areas DENDROBIUM MINE Figure: 1-2 Surface Locations General Arrangement of the Approved Dendrobium Mine Dendrobium Mine Mining Areas Dendrobium Dendrobium Mining Lease CPP Version 5 21 April 2019 0 1 2 3 4 5 State Conservation Area Kilometres Upper Nepean SCA Area 6 Cordeaux Pit Top Cataract Dam P ic t Shaft Site on No.