Lords Quarry - Upgrade Environmental Effects Report Prepared by: Barry Williams Date: 11 January 2018 Issue Date Recipient Organisation Revision 0 3 January 2018 Mr Malcolm Russell Huon Valley Council Revision 1 8 January 2018 Environment Protection Authority Revision 2 11 January 2018 Environment Protection Authority Final 11 January 2018 Environment Protection Authority Lords Quarry Upgrade – Environmental Effects Report Final This Plan is based entirely on information available to ILMP at the time of its creation. ILMP accepts no liability for any loss or damage, whether direct or indirect, in the event that not all relevant information that the Principal knows or should have known is provided to ILMP prior to the implementation of this Plan. TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents .................................................................................................................................... 2 Figures ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Tables .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Part A proponent information ................................................................................................................ 5 2 Proponent Details ........................................................................................................................... 5 Part B – Proposal description .................................................................................................................. 5 1 Description of proposed activity ..................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Method of operation .............................................................................................................. 6 1.2 Industry standards .................................................................................................................. 7 1.3 Activity timeframe .................................................................................................................. 8 2 Proposal area .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Description of the site ............................................................................................................. 9 2.2 Climate .................................................................................................................................. 10 2.3 Properties adjacent to and surrounding ............................................................................... 11 3 Map and site plan ......................................................................................................................... 12 4 Rationale and alternatives ............................................................................................................ 14 4.1 Economic ............................................................................................................................... 14 4.2 Social ..................................................................................................................................... 14 5 Planning information .................................................................................................................... 14 6 Existing activity.............................................................................................................................. 14 Part C – Potential Environmental Effects .............................................................................................. 16 1 Flora and fauna ............................................................................................................................. 16 1.1 Vegetation clearing ............................................................................................................... 16 1.2 Native vegetation communities ............................................................................................ 16 1.3 Native fauna .......................................................................................................................... 17 1.4 Weeds ................................................................................................................................... 18 2 Aquatic environment and stormwater ......................................................................................... 18 2.1 Existing situation ................................................................................................................... 18 Integrated Land Management and Planning | Table of contents 2 Lords Quarry Upgrade – Environmental Effects Report Final 2.2 Additional infrastructure....................................................................................................... 19 3 Significant areas ............................................................................................................................ 20 4 Air emissions ................................................................................................................................. 21 4.1 Air emission sources ............................................................................................................. 21 4.2 Receptors sensitive to air emissions ..................................................................................... 21 4.3 Mitigation measures to control dust .................................................................................... 21 5 Liquid effluent ............................................................................................................................... 22 6 Solid waste .................................................................................................................................... 22 7 Noise emissions ............................................................................................................................. 23 8 Transport impacts ......................................................................................................................... 24 9 Other Off-site Impacts .................................................................................................................. 25 10 Hazardous Substances .............................................................................................................. 25 11 Site Contamination (Historical) ................................................................................................. 25 12 Climate Change ......................................................................................................................... 26 13 Heritage ..................................................................................................................................... 26 13.1 Historic heritage .................................................................................................................... 26 13.2 Aboriginal heritage ................................................................................................................ 26 14 Sites of high public interest ....................................................................................................... 26 15 Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 26 15.1 Air emissions ......................................................................................................................... 26 15.2 Sediment trap ....................................................................................................................... 26 16 Rehabilitation ............................................................................................................................ 27 16.1 Objective ............................................................................................................................... 27 16.2 Progressive rehabilitation ..................................................................................................... 27 16.3 Decommissioning and rehabilitation .................................................................................... 27 Part D Management commitments ...................................................................................................... 28 Part E – Public and Stakeholder Consultation....................................................................................... 29 17 References ................................................................................................................................ 30 Appendix 1 -Lords Quarry – Noise Assessment, Noise Vibration Consulting ....................................... 31 Integrated Land Management and Planning | Table of contents 3 Lords Quarry Upgrade – Environmental Effects Report Final FIGURES Figure 1: Schematic of process ............................................................................................................... 7 Figure 2: Locality Plan (Extract from TasMap Topographic Huonville 5023) .......................................... 8 Figure 3: Lords Quarry - mining plan .................................................................................................... 12 Figure 4: Section 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