Multiquip Quarries ABN: 44 101 930 714 Ardmore Park Quarry via Bungonia, NSW Response to Submissions for PA 07_0155 MOD3 Prepared by: R.W. CORKERY & CO. PTY. LIMITED 1 November 2018 This page has intentionally been left blank Multiquip Quarries ABN: 44 101 930 714 Ardmore Park Quarry via Bungonia, NSW Response to Submissions for PA 07_0155 MOD3 Prepared for: CEAL Limited t/as Multiquip Quarries Telephone: (02) 9606 9011 ABN: 44 101 930 714 Facsimile: (02) 9606 0557 PO Box 4 Email: [email protected] AUSTRAL NSW 2171 Website: www.mqquarry.com.au Prepared by: R.W. Corkery & Co. Pty. Limited Geological & Environmental Consultants ABN: 31 002 033 712 Brooklyn Office: Orange Office: Brisbane Office: 1st Floor, 12 Dangar Road 62 Hill Street Suite 5, Building 3 PO Box 239 ORANGE NSW 2800 Pine Rivers Office Park BROOKLYN NSW 2083 205 Leitchs Road BRENDALE QLD 4500 Telephone: (02) 9985 8511 Telephone: (02) 6362 5411 Telephone: (07) 3205 5400 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ref No. 625/25 1 November 2018 MULTIQUIP QUARRIES RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS Ardmore Park Quarry PA 07_0155 MOD3 Report No. 625/25 This Copyright is included for the protection of this document COPYRIGHT © R.W. Corkery & Co. Pty Limited 2018 and © Multiquip Quarries 2018 All intellectual property and copyright reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1968, no part of this report may be reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or adapted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to R.W. Corkery & Co. Pty Limited. ii RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS MULTIQUIP QUARRIES PA 07_0155 MOD3 Ardmore Park Quarry Report No. 625/25 CONTENTS Page LIST OF ACRONYMS ...................................... VII 2.12 VOLUNTARY PLANNING AGREEMENT................................ 34 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................... 9 2.13 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .............................. 36 2. ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIONS, INVESTIGATIONS AND OTHER 2.13.1 Overview........................... 36 INFORMATION ....................................... 10 2.13.2 Objectives ......................... 37 2.1 INTRODUCTION .......................... 10 2.13.3 Methods ............................ 37 2.13.4 The Social Baseline .......... 47 2.2 EXISTING TRAFFIC VOLUMES..................................... 11 2.13.5 Social Impact Assessment Outcomes .... 60 2.3 UPDATED QUARRY 2.13.6 Conclusion ........................ 76 TRANSPORT SCHEDULE ........... 11 2.4 PERFORMANCE BASED 3. COMPLIANCE HISTORY AND SCHEME VEHICLE MANAGEMENT ...................................... 77 APPROVAL AND PERMIT ........... 13 3.1 INTRODUCTION ........................... 77 2.5 PAVEMENT REMAINING LIFE 3.2 COMPLIANCE HISTORY ............. 77 ANALYSIS..................................... 15 3.2.1 Incidents, Notices and 2.6 SUPPLEMENTARY ROUTE Other Records .................. 77 SUITABILITY ASSESSMENTS .... 16 3.2.2 Environmental Audits ....... 80 2.6.1 Product Delivery Route Culverts and Bridges ........ 16 3.3 COMMUNITY CONCERNS (PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS) ............. 82 2.6.2 Intersection Performance Analysis ...... 16 3.3.1 Overview........................... 82 2.6.3 Turning Path Analyses ..... 17 3.3.2 Compliance with Original Consent 2.7 ROAD SAFETY AUDITS .............. 17 Conditions [OC] ................ 82 2.7.1 Construction Phase 3.3.3 Breaches of Current Road Safety Audit ............ 17 Consent Conditions 2.7.2 Post Construction [BC] ................................... 83 (Existing Road) Road 3.3.4 Bungonia By-pass Safety Audit ...................... 17 Road Construction [BB] .... 85 2.8 HYDROGEOLOGICAL 3.3.5 Compliance with Noise INVESTIGATION – INVERARY Monitoring Consent PARK SPRING FLOW .................. 18 Condition [NM] .................. 86 2.9 ABORIGINAL CULTURAL 3.3.6 Bungonia By-pass HERITAGE FIELD Road Traffic [TB] .............. 86 INSPECTION ................................ 23 3.3.7 Enclosure of Crushing and Screening Plant 2.10 SUPPLEMENTARY [PE] ................................... 87 BIODIVERSITY FIELD SURVEY ....................................... 25 3.3.8 Quarry Start Time [CC] ..... 87 3.3.9 Inadequate Reporting of 2.11 NOISE MONITORING, Monitoring Data [MD] ....... 88 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT ............................ 27 3.3.10 Increased Production Rate [IP]............................ 88 2.11.1 Noise Monitoring .............. 27 3.3.11 Broken Dust Monitoring 2.11.2 Revised Noise Impact Equipment [DM] ................ 89 Assessment ...................... 29 2.11.3 Noise Management and 3.4 COMPLAINTS MANAGEMENT .... 89 Mitigation .......................... 32 3.5 COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT.... 90 iii MULTIQUIP QUARRIES RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS Ardmore Park Quarry PA 07_0155 MOD3 Report No. 625/25 CONTENTS Page 4. GOVERNMENT AGENCY 4.7.4 Groundwater .................. 125 SUBMISSIONS ....................................... 92 4.7.5 Social Impact ................. 125 4.1 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION 4.7.6 Proposed Voluntary AUTHORITY.................................. 92 Planning Agreement ...... 126 4.1.1 Introduction ....................... 92 4.7.7 Compliance History ....... 126 4.1.2 Inaccuracies and Errors ... 92 4.7.8 Aboriginal Cultural 4.1.3 Waste ............................... 94 Heritage and Biodiversity .................... 126 4.1.4 Noise ................................ 95 4.1.5 Air Quality ....................... 102 4.8 OTHER AGENCIES ................... 127 4.2 GOULBURN MULWAREE 5. PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ...................... 128 COUNCIL .................................... 102 5.1 INTRODUCTION ........................ 128 4.2.1 Introduction ..................... 102 4.2.2 Extraction Area 5.2 SUBMISSION NO. 246970 – Extension ........................ 102 INVERARY PARK ...................... 129 4.2.3 Annual Production 5.2.1 Overview ........................ 129 Increase and Use of 5.2.2 Groundwater .................. 129 Higher Mass Limit 5.2.3 Air Quality ...................... 134 Trucks ............................. 103 5.2.4 Quarry Noise ................. 136 4.2.4 Increased Maximum 5.2.5 Visual Impact ................. 140 Daily Truck Movements .. 109 5.2.6 Land Devaluation ........... 140 4.2.5 Increase in Hours of Operation for Product 5.3 OTHER SUBMISSIONS ............. 142 Loading and 5.3.1 Introduction .................... 142 Transportation ................ 109 5.3.2 Errors in the 4.2.6 Voluntary Planning Environmental Agreement to Replace Assessment (SR, RL) .... 142 Section 94 5.3.3 Increased Heavy Contributions .................. 110 Vehicle Traffic (TA, TV, 4.3 DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY .. 111 ID, TR, ES, TM) ............. 144 4.3.1 Introduction ..................... 111 5.3.4 Increased Hours of 4.3.2 Land Ownership ............. 111 Operation (TN, OT) ........ 152 4.3.3 Water Demand ............... 111 5.3.5 Truck Size and Restrictions (RR, WB) ... 156 4.3.4 Groundwater ................... 113 5.3.6 Road Safety (RA, TI) ..... 157 4.4 DEPARTMENT OF 5.3.7 Road Condition (RD, EDUCATION ............................... 118 RI, RW, RS, BT) ............ 161 4.5 WATER NSW .............................. 119 5.3.8 Water Resources (GW, 4.6 OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT WM, RP, WQ) ................ 164 AND HERITAGE ......................... 121 5.3.9 Quarry Noise (QN, NC, 4.6.1 Overview......................... 121 SR, NL) .......................... 168 4.6.2 Biodiversity ..................... 121 5.3.10 Vibration Impacts (HI) .... 173 4.6.3 Aboriginal Heritage ......... 121 5.3.11 Dust (DS, DI) ................. 174 5.3.12 Odour (BA) .................... 176 4.7 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ................. 122 5.3.13 Visual Impact (LI, VI) ..... 176 4.7.1 Introduction ..................... 122 5.3.14 Non-Aboriginal Heritage 178 4.7.2 Traffic and Transport ...... 123 5.3.15 Animal Fatalities ............ 179 4.7.3 Noise .............................. 124 5.3.16 Bitumen Plant (BO, SB, BL) ................................. 180 iv RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS MULTIQUIP QUARRIES PA 07_0155 MOD3 Ardmore Park Quarry Report No. 625/25 CONTENTS Page 5.3.17 Excavated Natural Appendix 8 Post Construction Phase Material (ENM) and Road Safety Audit of the Rehabilitation (BF, EP, Product Delivery Route – EM, SS) .......................... 183 prepared by Transport & 5.3.18 Community Urban Planning Pty Ltd ........... A8-1 Consultation (LC, CA, Appendix 9 Assessment of the Decline CR, NP) .......................... 187 in Flow Rate Phil’s Spring – 5.3.19 Costs and Benefits to “Inverary Park” – prepared Community (CB, VP, by Larry Cook VA, OQ, BC) ................... 190 Consulting Pty Ltd ................... A9-1 5.3.20 Local Amenity and Appendix 10 Aboriginal Cultural Lifestyle (QA, AP) ........... 193 Heritage Field Inspection – 5.3.21 Applicant’s Experience prepared by OzArk in Quarry Operations Environment & Heritage (ME)................................ 195 Management Pty Ltd ............. A10-1 5.3.22 Hazards .......................... 195 Appendix 11 Framework for Biodiversity 5.3.23 Quarry Life ..................... 196 Assessment Survey – prepared by Aquila 6. REFERENCES ...................................... 198 Ecological Surveys ................ A11-1 Appendix 12 Noise Compliance Reports – prepared by Benbow APPENDICES Environmental ....................... A12-1 Appendix 13 Notes on Noise Appendix 1 Matrix of Issues Raised in Compliance