Document Owner: | Drill & Blast Supt | ||
Document Approver: | Operations Manager | ||
WHITEHAVEN GROUP | |||
Revision Period: | 3 years | ||
Issue: | 7 | ||
Last Revision Date: | October 2022 | ||
WHC-PLN-TAR-BLAST MANAGEMENT PLAN
TARRAWONGA COAL MINE
BLAST
MANAGEMENT PLAN
Approval | Name | Position | Signed | Date |
Document Owner: | Sam Payne | Drill and Blast Supt | October | |
2022 | ||||
Authorised by: | Craig Sullivan | Operations Manager | October | |
2022 | ||||
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Contents | |||||
2 | STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS | 6 | |||
PA11_0047 | 6 | ||||
2.1.1 | BLAST MANAGEMENT PLAN | 6 | |||
2.1.2 | BLASTING CRITERIA | 7 | |||
EPL 12365 | 10 | ||||
OTHER STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS | 11 | ||||
3 BLASTING CONTROLS AND MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES | 11 | ||||
STRUCTURAL AND HUMAN IMPACTS | 12 | ||||
ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL HERITAGE | 12 | ||||
LIVESTOCK | 13 | ||||
MANAGEMENT OF ROAD CLOSURES | 13 | ||||
AIR VIBRATIONS (OVERPRESSURE) | 13 | ||||
GROUND VIBRATIONS | 14 | ||||
DUST AND OTHER POST-BLAST EMISSIONS | 14 | ||||
CUMULATIVE BLAST MANAGEMENT STRATEGY | 16 | ||||
4 | INSPECTIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS | 17 | |||
PRE- BLASTING INSPECTIONS | 17 | ||||
PRE-BLASTING NOTIFICATION | 17 | ||||
4.2.1 | PUBLIC NOTIFICATION | 17 | |||
4.2.2 LIAISON WITH ADJACENT MINES | 17 | ||||
5 | MONITORING AND REPORTING | 18 | |||
MONITORING PROGRAM | 18 | ||||
5.1.1 PARAMETERS MEASURED AND MONITORING FREQUENCY | 18 | ||||
5.1.2 | MONITORING LOCATIONS | 18 |
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5.1.3 BLAST FUME MONITORING AND REPORTING | .................................................... | 18 |
REPORTING | 19 |
6 MANAGEMENT OF INCIDENTS, EXCEEDANCES, NON-COMPLIANCES AND COMPLAINTS 21
6.1.1 | BLASTING RELATED INCIDENTS | 21 | |
6.1.2 | BLASTING CRITERIA EXCEEDANCE | 21 | |
6.1.3 | AGENCY NOTIFICATION | 21 | |
6.1.4 | LANDHOLDER NOTIFICATION | 21 | |
6.1.5 | POLLUTION EVENTS | 21 | |
6.1.6 | COMPLAINTS | 22 | |
6.1.7 | PROPERTY INVESTIGATIONS | 22 | |
6.1.8 | UNFORESEEN IMPACT PROTOCOL | 23 | |
7 | DEFINITIONS | 24 | |
8 | SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION | 26 | |
9 | DOCUMENT REVIEW AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT | 27 | |
10 | APPENDICES | 28 | |
APPENDIX 1: ROAD CLOSURE MANAGEMENT PLAN | 29 | ||
APPENDIX 2: ENVIRONMENTAL BLAST CHECKLIST | 32 |
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1 INTRODUCTION
The Tarrawonga Coal Mine (TCM) is located approximately 15 km northeast of Boggabri, 10km north of the Canyon Coal Mine (formerly Whitehaven, in closure) and south of, and adjacent to, the Boggabri Coal Mine (BCM) (Figure 1). The mine site is contained within Mining Lease (ML) 1579, ML 1693, ML 1685 and ML 1749 as shown in Figure 1. The mine site is being developed by Tarrawonga Coal Ltd (TCPL), which is owned by Whitehaven Coal Mining Pty Ltd.
The mine site operates under Project Approval (PA) 11_0047 (granted 22 January 2013), and has made 8 Modifications since this date. TCPL also operates under Environment Protection Licence (EPL) 12365.
This Blast Management Plan (BMP) has been prepared to ensure that the blasting associated with the mine's operations are in compliance with criteria stated in PA 11_0047. To ensure this, the BMP has been prepared in accordance with Condition 3(21) of PA 11_0047.
The following sub-sections identify the monitoring locations and the nature of the monitoring equipment to be used, equipment setup and post-blasting procedures as well as blast information analysis and reporting procedures.
The original BMP was prepared in consultation with the EPA and the Tarrawonga Community Consultative Committee (CCC).
Information regarding blast management and performance to date is available in the site's Annual Environmental Management Reports (AEMR)/Annual Reviews (AR).
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Figure 1: Tarrawonga Coal Mine Location
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