Cristal Mining Australia Limited Broken Hill Mineral Separation Plant Pinnacles Road Broken Hill NSW 2880 Pollution Monitoring Data July 2014 Licence Details EPA Licence Number: 12314 Link to Licence: http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/prpoeoapp/detail.aspx?instid=12314&id=12314&option=licence&searchrange=licence&range=poeo licence&prp=no&status=issued Licensee s Name: Cristal Mining Australia Limited Premises Name: Broken Hill Mineral Separation Plant Licensee s Address: Pinnacles Road, Broken Hill NSW 2880 1
1. Discharges to Air and Water EPA Licence Sections: 2.P1.1, and 5M2.2 Type of Monitoring Point: Dust Monitoring Pollutant: Particulates Deposited Matter Units of Measure: Grams per square metre per month (g/m 2 /month) of Total Insoluble Solids (TIS) Monitoring Frequency: Monthly Sampling Method: Australian Standard 3580.10.1-1991 DECC Limit: 4 g/m 2 /month(average annual rate) Summary: All below DECC limits Table 1. Dust Deposition Monitoring Results July 2014 EPA Identification Number 1 2 3 4 Location Description Dust deposit gauge marked as DG-1 in Figure 2 of map Location of Dust Deposit Gauges & High Volume Sampler received by EPA on 31/01/06 (Figure 1 below) Dust deposit gauge marked as DG-2 in Figure 2 of map Location of Dust Deposit Gauges & High Volume Sampler received by EPA on 31/01/06 (Figure 1 below) Dust deposit gauge marked as DG-3 in Figure 2 of map Location of Dust Deposit Gauges & High Volume Sampler received by EPA on 31/01/06 (Figure 1 below) Dust deposit gauge marked as DG-4 in Figure 2 of map Location of Dust Deposit Gauges & High Volume Sampler received by EPA on 31/01/06 (Figure 1 below) Sampled Data Obtained Published July 2014 TIS Result (g/m 2 /month) 23/07/14 08/08/14 26/08/14 0.4 23/07/14 08/08/14 26/08/14 0.2 23/07/14 08/08/14 26/08/14 1.0 23/07/14 08/08/14 26/08/14 0.3 Comments 2
Figure 1. Location of Dust Deposit Gauges and High Volume Sampler 3
2. Discharges to Air and Water EPA Licence Sections: 2.P1.1, and 5M2.2 Type of Monitoring Point: Dust Monitoring Pollutant: Suspended particulate matter PM10 Units of Measure: Micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m 3 ) Monitoring Frequency: Every 6 days Sampling Method: AS/NZS 3580.9.6:2003 DECC Limit: NSW EPA Standard is 50 µg/m 3 Summary: All sample results were below the DECC limit in July 2014. Table 2. HVAS PM10 Dust Monitoring Results July 2014 EPA Identification Number 5 Location Description HV sampler marked as a star in Figure 2 of map Location of Dust Deposit Gauges & High Volume Sampler received by EPA on 31/01/06 (Figure 1 above) Sampled Data Obtained Published July 2014 PM10 Result (µg/m 3 ) 30/06/14 01/07/14 26/08/14 21.1 06/07/14 07/07/14 26/08/14 6.6 12/07/14 13/07/14 26/08/14 8.6 18/07/14 19/07/14 26/08/14 6.5 24/07/14 25/07/14 26/08/14 3.5 30/07/14 31/07/14 26/08/14 5.1 Comments 4
3. Discharges to Air and Water and Applications to Land EPA Licence Sections: 2.P1.3 and 3L3.1 Type of Monitoring Point: Discharge to land and monitoring Type of Discharge Point: Discharge to land and monitoring Requirement to Monitor: The volume of liquids applied to the area Units of Measure: Kilolitres per month Monitoring Frequency: Continuous during discharge Sampling Method: Magnetic Flow meter EPA Identification Number: Point 8 Location Description: Effluent utilization area marked as 14A & 14B in Figure 1 of map Location of Effluent Utilisation Area & Groundwater Monitoring Point received by EPA on 31/01/06. The areas that have been planted out and irrigated with recycled effluent water are marked in Figure 2, below. Limits: Solids or liquids applied to the area must not exceed 10 kilolitres per day Summary: The average volume of effluent discharged per day did not exceed the 300 kilolitres per month limit in July 2014. Table 3. Volume of effluent discharge to effluent discharge areas (tree plantings) in July 2014 Pollutant Effluent Discharge Units of Measure Kilolitres per Month Sampling Method Sampled Data Obtained Published Average Discharge in July 2014 (kl/month) Magnetic Flow Meter 24/07/14 24/07/14 26/08/14 39 Comments 5
Figure 2 Location of effluent irrigation zones 6
4. Discharges to Air and Water and Applications to Land EPA Licence Sections: 2.P1.3 and 5M2.3 Type of Monitoring Point: Groundwater Monitoring Pollutant: Standing water level, ph and conductivity Units of Measure: Metres from the top of the bore (TOB), ph, and Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l)(tds) Monitoring Frequency: Quarterly (February, May, August & November) Sampling Method: Inspection, representative sample EPA Identification Number: Point 9 (Point 15 in Development Consent) Location Description: Groundwater monitoring bore marked as 15 in Figure 1 of map Location of Effluent Utilisation Area and Groundwater Monitoring point received by the EPA on 31/01/06. (See Groundwater Quality Monitoring Bore (9) in Figure 3, below.) Limits: Nil Summary: The groundwater bore has remained dry since its installation, indicating that no effluent water is building up at this location. Table 4. Standing Water Levels in July 2014 Pollutant Units of Data Result Sampling Method Published Measure Sampled Obtained July 2014 Standing Water Level m (TOB) Inspection 23/07/14 23/07/14 26/08/14 Dry ph ph units Representative Sample N/A N/A N/A N/A Total Dissolved Solids mg/l Representative Sample N/A N/A N/A N/A Comments The bore was dry so a sample could not be taken The bore was dry so a sample could not be taken 7
Figure 3 Location of Groundwater Monitoring Point (Point 9) 8
5. Discharges to Air and Water EPA Licence Sections: 2.P1.1, L2.4, and 5M2.2 Type of Monitoring Point: Discharge to air and monitoring Type of Discharge Point: Discharge to air and monitoring Pollutants: Various. See Table 3 below. Units of Measure: Various. See Table 3 below. Monitoring Frequency: Yearly (January 2014) Sampling Method: Various. See Table 3 below. EPA Identification Number: 6 Location Description: Bag house stack serving leucoxene circuit identified as Leucoxene Hygiene Bag House Stack in Figure 7 of SEE August 2005 modification. (Refer to Figure 4, below). Summary: None of the limits were exceeded in 2014. Table 5. Discharge to Air & Monitoring Results January 2014 Pollutant Dry Gas Density Moisture Content Temperature Total Solid Particles Velocity Volumetric Flowrate Units of Measure Kilograms per Cubic Metre Sampling Method Limits Sampled Data Obtained Published January 2014 Result TM-23 23/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 1.3 Percent TM-22 23/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 0.6 Degrees Celcius Milligrams per Cubic Metre Metres per Second Cubic Metres per Second TM-2 23/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 53 TM-15 100 23/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 6.0 TM-2 15 (minimum) 23/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 15 TM-2 23/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 2.3 Comments 9
Figure 4 Location of Leucoxene Hygiene Baghouse Stack (EPA Point 6) and Leucoxene Stack (EPA Point 7). 10
6. Discharges to Air and Water EPA Licence Sections: 2.P1.1, 3L2.4 and 5M2.2 Type of Monitoring Point: Discharge to air and monitoring Type of Discharge Point: Discharge to air and monitoring Pollutants: Various. See Table 4 below. Units of Measure: Various. See Table 4 below. Monitoring Frequency: Yearly (January 2014) Sampling Method: Various. See Table 6 below. EPA Identification Number: Point 7 in EPL (Point 10 in Development Consent) Location Description: Bag house stack serving LPG fired 20tph leucoxene dryer identified as Leucoxene Stack in Figure 7 of SEE August 2005 modification. (Refer to Figure 4, above.) Summary: None of the limits were exceeded when test complete in January 2014. 11
Table 6. Discharge to Air & Monitoring Results January 2014 Pollutant Units of Measure Sampling Method Limits Sampled Data Obtained Published January 2014 Result Carbon Dioxide Percent TM-24 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 1.2 Dry Gas Kilograms per Density Cubic Metre TM-23 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 1.2 Moisture Content Percent TM-22 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 11 Molecular Grams per Weight of Gram Mole Stack Gases TM-23 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 28 Nitrogen Grams per Oxides Cubic Metre TM-11 0.35 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 0.020 Oxygen (o 2 ) Percent TM-25 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 18.3 Temperature Degrees Celcius TM-2 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 63 Total Solid Milligrams per Particles Cubic Metre TM-15 100 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 6.7 Velocity Metres per Second TM-2 15 (minimum) 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 18 Volumetric Cubic Metres Flowrate per Second TM-2 24/01/14 03/02/14 25/03/14 2.4 Comments 12
7. Noise Limits EPA Licence Sections: 3L5 Type of Monitoring Point: Noise monitoring Units of Measure: db(a) Monitoring Frequency: Yearly. Normally in April Sampling Method: Professional standard noise logger EPA Identification Number: Nil Location Description: The dwelling identified as Landholder Key 13 in Figure ES-2 of the EIS. (Refer to Figure 5, below.) Summary: Monitoring occurred from 16 April 2014 17 April 2014. Weather conditions in Broken Hill Wind 16-04-14: SW wind 9-13 kmh gusting to 28 kmh 17-04-14: SSW wind 6-13 kmh gusting to 26 kmh Fine and Clear with no cloud. Noise emanating from the MSP was barely audible. Spikes in sound recordings indicated major source of noise were birds, cars approaching residence and wind gust. Table 7. Unattended Noise Monitoring Results Average Noise Level db(a) Day 0700 1800 Hours Evening 1800-2200 Hours Night 2200 0700 Hours L 90 L eq L 10 L 90 L eq L 10 L 90 L eq L 10 32 42 40 30 38 37 32 37 38 Noise Limits (db L eq )* 35* 35* 35* * EPA limit (db L eq ) except during rain and wind speeds greater than 3m/s (10.8km/h) NSW Industrial Noise Policy (2000) 13
Figure 5 Location of Noise Monitoring Point Noise Monitoring Point 14