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NOISE MANAGEMENT & MONITORING PLANS
HILLSIDE MINE COMMUNITY VOICE
18 JUNE 2017
DRAFT
Rex Minerals is developing the Hillside open cut copper / gold mine near Ardrossan,
Yorke Peninsula.
In 2014, the Hillside Mine was granted a Mining Lease (ML) by the DSD, allowing the
mine to proceed under a series of lease conditions.
During the ML process a significant number of submissions from community and
government were received – the Response Document answering these submission
remains a very important source of information about the project.
Rex revised the original project to a smaller copper / gold mine, and recently received
an updated assessment outlining additional detail that should be included in the
PEPR - the Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation plan for the mine.
The PEPR will outline how the mine will be operated in a socially responsible and
environmentally sustainable manner and ensure compliance with lease conditions,
and will be submitted to Government.
As part of the PEPR, the Company outlines a series of management plans
particularly around environmental management and community interaction.
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STATUS OF HILLSIDE MINE
The ML Conditions determined by DSD form the basis of certain compliance criteria and what is required of Rex Minerals when it develops, operates and closes the mine.
Some lease conditions may be very specific in what, how, when and where an activity or monitoring must take place (e.g. air quality PM10 10 minute averaging measured on a 24hour basis – the monitoring data must be retained and remain accessible on an unrestricted internet site for the life of the mine).
Other conditions are not as specific, however the PEPR will outline plans of operations that will be undertaken on the ML and how the Company proposes to operate to be within compliance of specific lease conditions.
During preparation of the PEPR, Rex is consulting with stakeholders particularly in relation to:
• Detail of management control measures to mitigate impacts.
• Where monitoring is to take place – specialist consultants make location recommendations based on baseline measurements, operating experience and science, and these may be influenced by local considerations.
• The reasonable timing or frequency of the monitoring (unless specified by the lease condition).
• The manner of reporting and frequency of reporting associated with the monitoring of the results (quarterly/annually etc.).
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PEPR PROCESS AND COMMUNITY INPUT
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OVERVIEW
• Objectives.
• What are the noise sources?
• How will noise be controlled and managed?
• What are the compliance criteria?
• What will be in place for monitoring?
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OBJECTIVES
The objective of this Plan is to provide the framework for:
• ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory requirements;
• Rex Minerals Policies and Standards;
• implementing tools and practices to manage and minimise the impact of
noise from mining operations on the environment and nearby residences;
• providing details on noise management responsibilities; and
• maintaining an effective response mechanism to deal with issues and
complaints.
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SOURCES
• construction of the processing plant;
• topsoil recovery using excavators, dozers and trucks or scrapers;
• drill and blast activities;
• open cut mining using hydraulic excavators and haul trucks;
• overburden placement using trucks and dozers;
• haul road construction and maintenance using scrapers, dozers,
graders, compactors and water trucks;
• overburden shaping utilising dozers;
• ore processing;
• copper concentrate transport by road to Port Adelaide;
• exploration drilling activities;
• land rehabilitation activities; and
• maintenance activities.
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DEFINITIONS
Noise is measured by:
• Decibel (dB) - a unit of measurement used to express noise (or
sound) level.
• dB(A) - an expression of the relative loudness of sounds in air as
perceived by the human ear.
• LAeq - is the equivalent continuous sound for when a noise varies over
time.
• LA90 - A-weighted sound pressure level exceeded for 90% of the
measurement time in decibels.
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MEASUREMENT CRITERIA
Receiver zoneNoise Limits (LAeq)
Day (7am to 10pm) Night (10pm to 7am)
Primary Production 56 dB(A) 49 dB(A)
Settlement (Pine Point & Rogues Point)
54 dB(A) 47 dB(A)
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CONTROL STRATEGIES
For effective control and management of noise the following is required:
Design
• Waste rock storage facilities designed to provide shielding.
• Constructed in a manner to enable mining equipment to operate in protected
areas during adverse weather conditions.
• Haul truck specification to minimise the potential for noise characteristics.
• Regularly reversing plant to be fitted with broadband reversing alarms.
• Maintenance workshops and associated infrastructure are strategically located
away from noise-sensitive premises.
• Design of the processing plant and related infrastructure to incorporate noise
mitigation measures.
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CONTROL STRATEGIES
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For effective control and management of noise the following is required:
Operational
• Use real-time noise and meteorological monitoring information incorporating
automatic alarms that will enable mine operators to take a proactive approach
to minimising noise impacts by modifying operations when monitoring indicates
that potential impacts may occur.
• Maintain mining equipment to high standards.
• Test mobile plant on an annual basis to ensure compliance with specifications.
• Regularly liaise with the community to obtain feedback on the operational
noise and any suggested improvements for Rex Minerals to consider.
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TYPES OF MONITORING
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The following approaches to noise monitoring will be used:
• Unattended real-time continuous noise monitoring for mine operational
management.
• Routine noise compliance audits using attended and unattended noise
monitoring methods.
• Forecast data from the BOM will be utilised to identify the potential for noise
enhancing conditions.
• Real-time data from the weather station will be used to assist correlation of
meteorological effects.
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SUGGESTED MONITORING LOCATIONS
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MONITORING STATION WITH WIND SPEED & SOLAR POWER
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PUBLIC INTERNET SITE
WEBSITE REAL TIME MONITORING
The public internet site will record and display the following information from each
continuous monitoring location for the life of the mine:
• date and time;
• LA90 and LAeq for each 1-hour interval (updated in real-time within 30
minutes);
• continuous weather data monitoring for wind direction, speed, temperature and
rainfall as hourly averages (updated in real-time within 30 minutes).
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EXAMPLE GRAPHICAL OUTPUT
WEBSITE REAL TIME MONITORING
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EXAMPLE GRAPHICAL OUTPUT
WEBSITE REAL TIME MONITORING
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CONTACT DETAILS
STAY IN TOUCH
Website: www.rexminerals.com.au
Email: [email protected]
A: PO Box 3435 Rundle Mall SA 5000
T: +61 (0) 8 82997100