Metro Mining Appendix H2 - Metro Mining Community and Metro Mining Metro Mining Social Responsibility Policy Chapter 17 - Transport Bauxite Hills Project Environmental Impact Statement Environmental Impact Statement Table of Contents 17 Transport.............................................................................................................................................. 17-1 17.1 Project Overview ................................................................................................................................. 17-1 17.2 Regulatory Framework .................................................................................................................... 17-2 17.2.2 Air ........................................................................................................................................................ 17-2 17.2.3 Land .................................................................................................................................................... 17-3 17.2.4 Sea ....................................................................................................................................................... 17-3 17.3 Objectives and Performance Outcomes .................................................................................... 17-9 17.3.1 Protection Objectives.................................................................................................................. 17-9 17.3.2 Performance Outcomes ............................................................................................................. 17-9 17.4 Air ............................................................................................................................................................ 17-10 17.4.1 Assessment Methodology ....................................................................................................... 17-10 17.4.2 Existing and Planned Air Transport Operations .......................................................... 17-10 17.4.3 Assessment of Regional Airports ........................................................................................ 17-12 17.4.4 Potential Impacts Air Transport .......................................................................................... 17-13 17.4.5 Potential Cumulative Impacts on Air Transport........................................................... 17-13 17.4.6 Management and Mitigation Measures ............................................................................ 17-14 17.5 Land ........................................................................................................................................................ 17-14 17.5.1 Assessment Method .................................................................................................................. 17-14 17.5.2 Existing Public Road Infrastructure and Use ................................................................. 17-14 17.5.3 Potential Impacts Road Transport...................................................................................... 17-17 17.5.4 Potential Cumulative Impacts on Road Transport ...................................................... 17-18 17.6 Sea ........................................................................................................................................................... 17-18 17.6.1 Assessment Method .................................................................................................................. 17-18 17.6.2 Existing Shipping and Maritime Activities ...................................................................... 17-18 17.6.3 Proposed Barging and Shipping Activities ...................................................................... 17-28 17.6.4 Potential Shipping Impacts .................................................................................................... 17-44 17.6.5 Potential Cumulative Impacts on Barging and Shipping .......................................... 17-53 17.6.6 Management and Mitigation Measures ............................................................................ 17-55 17.7 Qualitative Risk Assessment ........................................................................................................ 17-60 17.8 Summary............................................................................................................................................... 17-64 17.9 Commitments ..................................................................................................................................... 17-65 17.10 ToR Cross-reference ........................................................................................................................ 17-67 List of Figures Figure 17-1 Port Area of Skardon River and pilotage area ............................................................................ 17-8 Figure 17-2 Site access ................................................................................................................................. 17-16 Figure 17-3 Ports in the eastern Gulf of Carpentaria ................................................................................... 17-20 Figure 17-4 Australia’s shipping lanes.......................................................................................................... 17-21 Figure 17-5 West Cape York Commonwealth marine reserve ..................................................................... 17-22 Figure 17-6 Proposed anchorage locations in relation to Marine Reserve .................................................. 17-24 Figure 17-7 Northern Prawn Fishery ............................................................................................................ 17-26 Figure 17-8 Indicative barge specifications for year 1 operations ............................................................... 17-28 Figure 17-9 Indicative barge specifications for year 2 to 12 operations ...................................................... 17-29 Figure 17-10 Vessel speeds .......................................................................................................................... 17-33 Figure 17-11 Schematic of mooring and barge ............................................................................................ 17-34 Figure 17-12 Indicative barge and crane barge mooring area ..................................................................... 17-35 i Bauxite Hills Project Transport Figure 17-13 Indicative barge mooring arrangement .................................................................................. 17-36 Figure 17-14 Indicative day mooring design ................................................................................................ 17-37 Figure 17-15 Indicative general arrangement of a double skinned barge ................................................... 17-43 Figure 17-16 Summary of routine and unavoidable discharges and emissions from ships ......................... 17-44 List of Tables Table 17-1 OGV class specifications ............................................................................................................. 17-39 Table 17-2 Ship loading activities over the life of the Project ..................................................................... 17-41 Table 17-3 Comparison of in-water sound source levels ............................................................................. 17-49 Table 17-4 Functional hearing ranges of marine animals (potentially) in the Skardon River region ........... 17-49 Table 17-5 Qualitative risk assessment – transport (air, land and sea) ....................................................... 17-61 Table 17-6 Commitments – transport (air, land and sea) ............................................................................ 17-65 Table 17-7 ToR cross-reference – transport ................................................................................................ 17-67 List of Plates Plate 17-1 Skardon River Airport runway .................................................................................................... 17-11 Plate 17-2 Typical shallow draft tugboat that will be used during barge operations .................................. 17-30 Plate 17-3 Example of a typical floating crane that would be use to transfer bauxite to the OGV ............. 17-31 Plate 17-4 Shallow draft work boat ............................................................................................................. 17-31 Plate 17-5 Supramax Class OGV ................................................................................................................... 17-39 Plate 17-6 Ultramax Class OGV .................................................................................................................... 17-39 Plate 17-7 Panamax Class OGV .................................................................................................................... 17-40 Plate 17-8 Minicape Class OGV .................................................................................................................... 17-40 Plate 17-9 Logistics barge loaded with construction materials ................................................................... 17-41 Plate 17-10 Logistics barge loaded with mining equipment ........................................................................ 17-42 ii 17 Transport This chapter provides details on the proposed methods to transport site personnel,