PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: TWEED SAND PLANT (PHASES 3 AND 4), CUDGEN NEW SOUTH WALES PREPARED FOR HANSON CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS – TWEED SAND PLANT DATE MARCH 2019 DOCUMENT CONTROL DOCUMENT 11972_EMS_2018_SM2F.docx TITLE Environmental Management Strategy: Tweed Sand Plant (Phases 3 and 4), Cudgen, New South Wales PROJECT MANAGER Erin Holton AUTHOR(S) Sarah McGhee & Erin Holton CLIENT Hanson Construction Materials Pty Ltd – Tweed Sand Plant CLIENT CONTACT Murray Graham CLIENT REFERENCE EMS SYNOPSIS This amended Environmental Management Strategy (EMS) addresses Schedule 5, Condition 1 of the Tweed Sand Plant (TSP) ‘Notice of Modification’ dated 20 August 2018. Accordingly, this report outlines the strategic context for environmental management of TSP and summarises how environmental performance will be monitored and managed throughout extractive phases 3 and 4 of the operation. This EMS constitutes an updated version of the site’s existing EMS, which has been implemented at the site since July 2006. REVISION HISTORY REVISION # DATE EDITION BY APPROVED BY 1 04/09/2009 E. Holton N. Zurig & L. Varcoe 2 07/12/2009 E. Holton C. Anderson 3 02/02/2010 E. Holton C. Anderson & L. Varcoe 4 28/02/2016 K. Bell C. Anderson & L. Varcoe 5 20/11/2018 S. McGhee E. Holton & L. Varcoe 6 29/03/2019 E. Holton E. Holton DISTRIBUTION REVISION NUMBER Distribution 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hanson Construction Materials 1 1 1 1 1 1 NSW Department of Planning 1 1 1 1 1 1 and Environment G&S (library & file) 2 2 2 2 2 2 www.access.gs SUMMARY Hanson Construction Materials Pty Ltd (Hanson) commissioned Gilbert & Sutherland Pty Ltd (G&S) to prepare an Environmental Management Strategy (EMS) for Hanson’s Tweed Sand Plant (TSP) operation in Cudgen, New South Wales. The EMS is required to satisfy Schedule 5, Condition 1, of the ‘Notice of Modification’ for DA 152-6-2005 issued by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) on 20 August 2018, following an application lodged by Hanson on 7 February 2017 to change the site’s conditions from an annual extraction limit of 150,000 m3 to transporting no more than 500,000 tonnes of product (sand) from the site per financial year. As required under the Notice of Modification, this EMS outlines the strategic framework for environmental management of TSP. It summarises how the environmental performance of the development will be monitored, managed and reported to achieve compliance with the site’s statutory approvals throughout the life of the development. This EMS constitutes an updated version of the site’s existing EMS, which has been implemented at the site since mid 2006. 11972_EMS_2018_SM2F.docx / TWEED SAND PLANT – ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 3 www.access.gs CONTENTS 1 Introduction ....................................................................... 7 1.1 Site description .................................................................. 7 2 Scope of works ................................................................. 8 2.1 Notice of Modification – Relevant Conditions .................... 8 3 Strategic framework .......................................................... 9 3.1 Environmental Policy ......................................................... 9 3.2 Statutory requirements ...................................................... 9 3.3 Consent and licencing ..................................................... 10 3.3.1 Notice of Modification (DA 152-6-2005) ................ 10 3.3.2 Environmental Protection Licence #11453 ........... 10 3.3.3 Groundwater licences ........................................... 10 4 Roles and responsibilities ............................................... 12 4.1 General ............................................................................ 12 4.2 Regional Risk Manager ................................................... 12 4.3 Local environmental manager (Site Manager) ................. 12 4.4 Production and maintenance employees ......................... 12 4.5 Sub-contractors ............................................................... 12 4.6 Accountability ................................................................... 13 5 Procedures ..................................................................... 14 5.1 Community consultation .................................................. 14 5.2 Notification and reporting requirements ........................... 14 5.2.1 Initial notification ................................................... 14 5.2.2 Incident notification, reporting and response ........ 15 5.2.3 Notification of Exceedances .................................. 15 5.2.4 Notification of environmental harm ....................... 15 5.2.5 Annual Review ...................................................... 16 5.2.6 Annual return ........................................................ 16 5.2.7 Independent Environmental Audit ......................... 17 4 AGRICULTURE WATER ENVIRONMENT www.access.gs 5.2.8 Access to information ............................................ 17 5.3 Complaints handling ........................................................ 18 5.3.1 Receipt of complaints ............................................ 18 5.3.2 Response to complaints ........................................ 19 5.3.3 Record of complaints ............................................ 19 5.4 Response to non-compliance .......................................... 20 5.4.1 General response procedure ................................ 20 5.4.2 Cyanobacterial bloom (blue-green algae) notification ............................................................. 20 5.5 Dispute resolution ............................................................ 20 5.5.1 Independent review ............................................... 20 5.6 Emergency response ....................................................... 20 6 Environmental monitoring ............................................... 21 6.1 Traffic monitoring ............................................................. 22 6.2 Noise Monitoring .............................................................. 23 6.3 Air Quality Monitoring ...................................................... 24 6.4 Surface water monitoring ................................................. 26 6.5 Groundwater Monitoring .................................................. 28 6.6 Cyanobacteria Monitoring ................................................ 30 6.7 Acid sulfate soil monitoring .............................................. 32 6.8 Rehabilitation ................................................................... 33 7 Administration of the EMS .............................................. 35 7.1 Review of the EMS .......................................................... 35 8 Limitations of reporting ................................................... 36 9 Appendix 1 – Drawings ................................................... 37 10 Appendix 2 – Modification Notice DA 152-6-2005 .......... 38 11 Appendix 3 – Hanson Environmental Policy ................... 39 12 Appendix 4 – Environmental Protection Licence ............ 40 13 Appendix 5 – Groundwater licences ............................... 41 14 Appendix 6 – TSP Complaint pro-forma ......................... 42 15 Appendix 7 – Operational Traffic management plan ...... 43 11972_EMS_2018_SM2F.docx / TWEED SAND PLANT – ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 5 www.access.gs 16 Appendix 8 – Noise management plan ........................... 44 17 Appendix 9 – Air quality management plan .................... 45 18 Appendix 10 – Soil and water management plan ........... 46 19 Appendix 11 – Rehabilitation and landscaping management plan ........................................................... 47 20 Appendix 12 – Pollution Incident Response Management Plan .......................................................... 48 6 AGRICULTURE WATER ENVIRONMENT www.access.gs The surveyed extraction limits for the site are 1 Introduction shown on Schlencker Surveying (QLD) Drawing 11038-02 dated July 2018 in Appendix 1. Gilbert & Sutherland Pty Ltd (G&S) was commissioned by Hanson Construction Materials Sand extraction has been undertaken on this site Pty Ltd (Hanson) to prepare an Environmental since 1983 with Hanson taking over operation of Management Strategy (EMS) for Hanson’s Tweed the existing site in 2005. TSP is located within the Sand Plant (TSP) operation in Cudgen, NSW. Tweed Valley flood plain and is surrounded by the This EMS was prepared to satisfy Schedule 5, following land uses/receptors: Condition 1, of the Notice of Modification for DA 152-6-2005 issued by the New South Wales • North – Tweed Shire Council’s wastewater Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) treatment facility; the proposed Carbrook on 20 August 2018, following an application Sands Plant isolated residential receptors; lodged by Hanson on 7 February 2017 to change agricultural land (cane, grazing); Pacific the site’s conditions from an annual extraction Motorway and township of Chinderah in the limit of 150,000m3 to transporting no more than distance (approximately 2 km). 500,000 tonnes of product (sand) from the site per • East – Cudgen Lake Sand Plant (Cudgen financial year. Lakes); township of Cudgen (approximately 1 This increase in sand production results in km); Township of Kingscliff in the distance proportional increases in heavy vehicle (approximately 3 km). movements with resulting impacts on dust • South – Residential receptors located along generation and vehicle related noise. The Notice