Appendix E7 Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy
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Port of Gladstone Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channel Duplication Project Environmental Impact Statement Appendix E7 Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy Port of Gladstone Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channel Duplication – Environmental Impact Statement Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy Gladstone Ports Corporation Reference: 237374 Revision: 3 25 May 2018 Document control record Document prepared by: Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd ABN 54 005 139 873 Level 14, 32 Turbot Street Brisbane QLD 4000 Locked Bag 331 Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia T +61 7 3173 8000 F +61 7 3173 8001 E [email protected] W aurecongroup.com A person using Aurecon documents or data accepts the risk of: a) Using the documents or data in electronic form without requesting and checking them for accuracy against the original hard copy version. b) Using the documents or data for any purpose not agreed to in writing by Aurecon. Document control Report title Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy Document ID Project number 237374 File path C:\Users\zoe.bishopkinlyside\AppData\Roaming\OpenText\OTEdit\cs_au_aurecongroup_com- cs\c185168817\Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy.docx Client Gladstone Ports Corporation Client contact Anil Bhakta Client reference Rev Date Revision details/status Author Reviewer Verifier Approver (if required) 0 16 February 2015 Draft for client review ZBK - DIF SAC 1 19 March 2015 Revised draft for client review ZBK SAC SAC SAC 2 23 March 2018 Final draft for client review ZBK SAC BDP SAC 3 25 May 2018 Final for Project EIS ZBK SAC BDP SAC Current revision 3 Approval Author signature Approver signature Name Zoe Bishop-Kinlyside Name Stephen Cole Title Environmental Planner Title Principal Project 237374 File Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy.docx 25 May 2018 Revision 3 Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Project background.........................................................................................................1 1.2 Purpose ..........................................................................................................................3 1.3 Scope .............................................................................................................................3 1.4 Methodology ...................................................................................................................4 1.5 Assumptions ...................................................................................................................7 1.6 Limitations ......................................................................................................................7 2 Stage one – preliminary concept design and material requirements ..................................9 2.1 Preliminary concept design ............................................................................................9 2.2 Material specifications ....................................................................................................9 3 Stage two – identification of potential borrow source options ......................................... 10 3.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Review of existing Key Resource Areas and commercial quarries ............................. 10 3.3 Stakeholder discussions .............................................................................................. 11 3.4 Desktop geological investigation ................................................................................. 12 3.5 Progression of options ................................................................................................. 13 4 Stage three – assessment of borrow source options and transport scenarios............... 14 4.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................... 14 4.2 Option one – Butlers Yarwun Quarries........................................................................ 15 4.3 Option two – Earth Commodities Gladstone ............................................................... 17 4.4 Option three – GPC Ticor Quarry ................................................................................ 19 4.5 Option four – Capricorn Quarries ................................................................................ 22 4.6 Option five – D&D Quarries ......................................................................................... 24 4.7 Summary of borrow source scenarios ......................................................................... 26 5 Stage four – preferred scenario and recommendations ..................................................... 27 5.1 Progression of options ................................................................................................. 27 5.2 Final preferred borrow source option .......................................................................... 28 6 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 29 Appendices Appendix A Preliminary concept designs Figures Figure 3.1 Esso Australia Resources Ltd land holdings Figure 3.2 Preliminary scoping – potential borrow source options Figure 4.1 Transport scenario 1 – Butlers Yarwun Quarries Figure 4.2 Transport scenario 2 – Earth Commodities Gladstone Figure 4.3 Transport scenarios 3 and 4 – GPC Ticor Quarry Figure 4.4 Transport scenarios 5 and 6 – Capricorn Quarries Figure 4.5 Transport scenarios 7 and 8 – D&D Quarries Project number 237374 File Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy.docx, 25 May 2018 Revision 3 i Tables Table 1.1 Bund wall material sourcing strategy methodology Table 2.1 Material type and volume requirements for the WBE reclamation area outer bund wall Table 3.1 Existing KRAs and commercial quarries within the Gladstone region Table 4.1 Butlers Yarwun Quarries transport scenario Table 4.2 Earth Commodities Gladstone transport scenario Table 4.3 GPC Ticor Quarry transport scenarios Table 4.4 Capricorn Quarries transport scenarios Table 4.5 D&D Quarries transport scenarios Table 4.6 Summary of borrow source scenarios Table 5.1 Shortlisted scenarios for final consideration Project number 237374 File Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy.docx, 25 May 2018 Revision 3 ii Acronyms and abbreviations Abbreviation Explanation AS Australian Standard BWMSS Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy CG Queensland Coordinator-General CSD cutter suction dredger Cth Commonwealth DES Department of Environment and Science DMPOI Dredged Material Placement Options Investigation Study DMTL Dredged material transfer location DoEE Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy DSDIP former Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning now the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning (DSDMIP) EA Environmental Authority EIS Environmental Impact Statement EIS Guidelines Guidelines for an EIS for the Port of Gladstone Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channel Duplication Project EP Act Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) ERA Environmentally Relevant Activity GBRMP Great Barrier Reef Marine Park GBRMP Reg Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1993 (Cth) GBRWHA Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area GPC Gladstone Ports Corporation Ltd GRC Gladstone Regional Council GSDA Gladstone State Development Area kg kilogram KRA Key Resource Area LAT lowest astronomical tide m metres m3 cubic metres Mm3 million cubic metres OUV outstanding universal value Ports Act Sustainable Ports Development Act 2015 (Qld) Project Port of Gladstone Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channel Duplication Project QER Queensland Energy Resources Qld Queensland Reef 2050 Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan SDPWO Act State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Qld) t tonne ToR Port of Gladstone Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channel Duplication Project Terms of Reference for an EIS TSHD trailing suction hopper dredger Project number 237374 File Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy.docx, 25 May 2018 Revision 3 iii Abbreviation Explanation WBDDP Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project WBE reclamation Western Basin Expansion reclamation area area Project number 237374 File Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy.docx, 25 May 2018 Revision 3 iv EXPLANATORY NOTE March 2019 This Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy was finalised in May 2018 to support the Port of Gladstone Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channel Duplication Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This report presents the Project dredging methodology that was relevant and in effect at that time. Between July 2018 and December 2018, the Project dredging methodology was amended to comply with the Sustainable Ports Development Act 2015 (Qld), however there was no change to the preferred dredged material placement area that was included in this report. In this regard, this report has been provided in the Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channel Duplication Project EIS as an assessment of the potential feasible borrow sources and associated transport route options for the material needed to construct the outer bund walls for the Western Basin Expansion reclamation area and barge unloading facility. The preferred borrow source scenario defined in this report