Independent Environmental Audits
The Project Approval for Stage 1 of the Moolarben Coal Project requires an Independent Environmental Audit be undertaken within 2 years of Project Approval, and every 3 years thereafter. These audits are conducted by a suitably qualified, experienced team of experts who are endorsed by the Director-General.
The purpose of the audit is to independently assess the environmental performance of the project and whether it is complying with the relevant requirements in the Project Approval and any relevant mining lease and environmental protection licence.
Moolarben Coal Particulate Matter Control Best Practice Pollution Reduction Program
In December 2010, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) published the draft best practice document 'NSW Coal Mining Benchmarking Study: International Best Practice Measures to Prevent and/or Minimise Emissions of Particulate Matter from Coal Mining'. This document was finalised in June 2011, though no significant changes were made from the draft.
As an outcome of the Best Practice Report, OEH developed a Pollution Reduction Program (PRP) that requires each mine company to prepare a report on the practicability of implementing best practice measures to reduce particle emissions.
The Coal Mine Particulate Matter Control Best Practice PRP has been attached to the Moolarben Coal Environmental Protection Licences (EPL 12932) as varied in August 2011 to incorporate the PRP.
The report below presents the findings from this review of Coal Mine Particulate Matter Control Best Practice
- Moolarben Coal Particulate Matter Control Best Practice Pollution Reduction Program, January 2012 (2.4MB)
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