EPBC 2011/5965 2020 Report Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Status Effective: [Effective Date] (Office)] Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Version Review: [Planned Review Date] (Office)] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Project Milestones 3. Contact Details – 2020 Activities 4. 2020 Activities Undertaken 5. Feed Budget 6. EPBC 2011/5965 Compliance 7. EA EPML00370013 Table K1 Status Appendix A - Meteor Downs/ Mount Kelman 2020 BioCondition Monitoring Report Appendix B - Wildhorse 2020 BioCondition Monitoring Report Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 1 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 1. Introduction The purpose of this report is for Rolleston Open Cut (ROC) to provide the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments with an update of compliance performance to Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 approval conditions – EPBC 2011/5965 and Schedule K of Environmental Authority EPML00370013 – issued July 2019. Submission of this report to the Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE) specifically meets Condition 11 as listed in Table 6-1. The primary objective of EPBC 2011/5175 is to ensure ROC is being managed in a way that protects and maintains regional biodiversity and ecological health. This report provides an annual reconciliation of progress against each approval condition and Biodiversity Offset Management Plan (BOMP). To meet the State and Federal Offset requirements, various Biodiversity Offsets have been established and are being managed on properties referred to as Meteor Downs (Lot 9, 10 and 11 RP617702, Lot 12, RP616044, Lot 1 SP164068, Lot 2 RP616045, Lot 2 RP618664), Mount Kelman (Lot 5055 SP276918) and Wildhorse (Lot 3 SP100437). The Meteor Downs and Mount Kelman properties are owned and operated by Glencore. The Management Plans for these offsets were approved in October 2018. Certification by the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (Qld) of the Meteor Downs and Mount Kelman offset voluntary declarations (VDEC’s) under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 were received in April 2019. The Wildhorse offset VDEC was recived in July 2019. In September 2020, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) approved an administrative admendment to the Meteor Downs/ Mount Kelman and Wildhorse BOMPs. The admended Plans are currently before the Department of Environment and Science for approval. The monthly rainfall for ROC has been below average for the past 12 months, except for slight above average rainfall in January and higher rainfall in February, refer to Figure 1-1. The February rainfall filled the Wildhorse wetland, which was dry throughout 2019. 180.0 Rainfall 2020 - Rolleston Open Cut 160.0 162.4 140.0 120.0 100.0 80.0 107.4 Rainfall (mm) 60.0 40.0 39.4 20.0 23.6 6.6 26.2 0.6 6.2 4.0 6.4 20.0 0.0 0.4 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Monthly Rainfall Monthly Long Term Average Rainfall (121 years 1889-2010) MTD Figure 1-1 –2020 Rainfall for Rolleston Open Cut Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 2 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 2. Project Milestones May- •Referral of Proposed Actions Submitted to the Department of Environment 11 •Commonwealth Government approval granted Mar- 16 •Managment plans approved by the Qld Environment Depatment. Oct-17 •Action commenced and the Commonwealth Department of Environment notified •Biodiversity Offset Managment Plans for Wildhorse & Meteor Downs/ Mount Kelman submitted to the Dec-17 Commonwealth Department of Environment •Offset Management plans - Wildhorse V.5 & Meteor Downs/ Mount Kelman V.4 Approved by the Oct-18 Queensland & Commonwealth Envionmental Departments •Fences and firebreaks installed for Meteor Downs/ Mount Kelman Offsets. 2018 •Voluntary Decaration (Qld Vegetation Management Act 1999) was certified for the Meteor Downs/ Apr-19 Mount Kelman Offsets. •Voluntary Decaration (Qld Vegetation Management Act 1999) was certified for the Wildhorse Offset. Jul-19 Figure 2-1 – EPBC 2011/5965 Project Milestones 3. Contact Details – 2020 Activities Offset Contact Details Meteor Downs/ Rolleston Open Cut Mount Kelman Ken Dixon, [email protected] Environment & & Wildhorse Community Manager Meteor Downs/ Landline Consulting Mount Kelman Mike Gilbert, [email protected] conducted the Year 3 & Wildhorse monitoring Meteor Downs/ Colinta Holdings Property Robert Graham, [email protected] Mount Kelman Manager Graeme McDonald, [email protected] Wildhorse Property Owners Nick McDonald, [email protected] Table 3-1 – Contact details Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 3 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 Figure 3-1 - Map of Mining Leases 70307, 70415, 70416 & 70458, showing the areas of impact to date on MNES for EPBC 2011/5965 Stage 1. Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 4 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 Figure 3-2 Map of Mining Leases 70307, 70415, 70416 & 70458, showing the areas of impact to date on MSES for EPML00370013 Schedule K (Stage 1). Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 5 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 Figure 3-3 RCEP Stage 1 Offsets Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 6 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 4. 2020 Activities Undertaken Offset Cattle grazing feed budget completed in April (refer to section Meteor 5) Downs/ Completed Year 3 monitoring completed in Mar-20 (refer to Appendix A) Mount Kelman Chemical spraying of weeds Quarterly Inspections Year 3 monitoring completed in Mar-19 (refer to Appendix B) Mechanical control of Parkinsonia (refer to Figure 4-1) Completed Routine inspections Wildhorse Feral animal control May – June (74 Pigs and 2 cats) Works not The last 50m of new stock fences completed Cattle grazing feed budget Satellite imagery has confirmed the SEVT offset on Mount Kelman was not burnt in December-18. Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 7 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 Figure 4-1 Parkinsonia Machinal Weed Control on the Wildhorse Offset Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 8 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 5. Feed Budget Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 9 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 Number: ROLOC-1743501962-47 Status: [Document Effective: [Effective Date] Status (Office)] Page 10 of 20 Owner: [Owner (Office)] Version: [Document Review: [Planned Version (Office)] Review Date] Uncontrolled unless viewed on the intranet Rolleston Open Cut 2020 Report EPBC 2011/5965 6. EPBC 2011/5965 Compliance In accordance with Commonwealth Approval conditions (2011/5965), for the reporting period (2020), ROC has met the full requirements of the following Conditions: Condition Status Rolleston Open Cut Comment 1 Project area Compliant Figure 3-1 illustrates the areas of Matters of National The Person taking the action must not clear outside of the project area shown in Appendix Environmental Significance for the RCEP Stage 1 area A. and the areas cleared on Mining Lease 70307, 70415, 70416, 70418 and 70458. 2 Disturbance limits Compliant a) Brigalow: To date none of the 12ha of Stage 1 To protect EPBC Act listed threatened species and communities within the project area, Brigalow vegetation community has been cleared. the maximum/ whole of project disturbance limits in table 1 apply to the project. The b) Natural Grasslands: To date none of the 67ha of the person taking the action must not exceed these maximum disturbance limits. Stage 1 Natural grasslands vegetation community has Table 1 Project stages and maximum disturbance limits for impacts on habitat for listed been cleared. threatened species and ecological communities