201111 ANG november env report

accredited
anglesea’s iso14001 audit
alcoa anglesea
2011
environment report
november
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2011
air
Air Monitoring
Stack Monitors
Average
Maximum
Opacity g/min 10-minute average
0.073
0.124
73.86
87.43
Ambient Monitors
SO2 1 hour ppb
Average
Maximum
Community Centre
2
126
Primary School
-
-
Mt Ingoldsby
<1
24
Scout Camp
4
122
Camp Wilkin
<1
66
Camp Road
3
143
Stack SO2 kg/min 1-hour average
Licence limit 100kg/min
Ambient Monitors
SO2 Maximum 1 hour averages (ppb)
Date
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Comm Centre
5
0
2
0
28
1
2
2
29
0
31
1
4
0
2
1
0
0
-
0
46
-
-
2
8
3
2
6
126
2
Primary School
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mt Ingoldsby
0
0
0
0
16
5
24
17
16
0
22
13
2
1
1
1
4
3
9
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
1
11
9
0
Scout Camp
12
2
1
0
5
122
2
75
2
0
46
67
6
92
29
1
3
11
6
91
33
76
1
4
6
-
-
-
45
37
Camp Wilkin
0
0
0
0
66
2
12
3
48
0
43
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
6
0
0
2
5
0
0
2
1
0
Camp Road
0
0
0
0
143
3
1
2
76
0
61
1
106
0
47
0
2
115
0
0
23
0
0
2
4
0
1
45
75
0
Note SO2 analyser located at the Primary School was removed from service on 08 April 2011 due to school relocation.
Camp Road analyser is located opposite the new Primary School site.
EPA Air Quality Objective 200
Alcoa Local Standard 170
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2011
water
Water Storage
Barwon Water storage levels for the Geelong system at 87.0% capacity. A Permanent Water Savings Plan applies all year round
to residents supplied with drinking water.
Water discharge
ML
November
Total
Ashponds (SP1)
120
1266
Mine (SP4)
0
0
Water Monitoring
22/11/2011
SP1
Ashpond
SP4
Mine
Lab Result
4 - 10
7.1
3
Susp Solids
100
<4
100
discharge
30
<4
Colour
50
4
50
at
50
7
Aluminium
10
0.07
10
time
5.5
0.04
Iron
10
0.13
20
of
4.0
0.068
Zinc
0.4
0.17
2.0
sampling
0.3
0.046
WATER WATER USE PER MONTH (ML)
9
Lab Result
Final
EPA Limit
pH
EPA Limit
SP3
No
EPA Limit
5
9
Lab Result
6.9
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2011
iso14001 recertification
During early October, Benchmark Certification visited
Anglesea for a week long recertification audit of our
ISO14001 accredited Environmental Management
System. The end result being that Anglesea maintained
its certification with only seven observation findings
raised during the audit. There were no non-conformances
identified. The audit also reviews the audit findings from
the previous surveillance audit conducted 12 months
prior and assesses whether they have been addressed.
We initially received ISO14001 certification in 2002 and
this audit was the required three yearly ‘major audit’ of
the location’s entire environmental management system
(EMS), including the off-site monitoring of Sulphur
Dioxide and the co-management of the Anglesea Heath.
A number of personnel were interviewed during the audit,
including Talis Steele, Chris Rolland, Nick Brockman,
PLANT OF THE ANGLESEA HEATH
LEMON SCENTED TEA-TREE* (Leptospermum petersonii)
Size:
up to 4m H and 3m W
Distribution:
Queensland and NSW
Habitat:
wet sclerophyll forest or rainforest, on sandy
soils or on rocky escarpments
Form:
shrub or small tree
Foliage:
narrow-elliptic to lanceolate leaves, 20-40mm
long, strongly lemon-scented
Flowers:
usually solitary, 10-15mm, white to cream
flowers
December to January
Did you know:
This species was found in our 2006 mine
rehabilitation area in the 5 year reassessment.
Not known in this region, even as a weed, it’s
appearance is somewhat of a surprise. It has
cream coloured flowers which is its only
distinction from the pure-white flowers of the
indigenous Leptospermum continentale (which
is flowering at the same time).
Nicci Marris, Elise Jeffery, Maryann Thorp, Bryce Hutton,
Graham Nixon and Robyn Lucas and our control room
operators. Barry La Fontaine found all employees
cooperative, enthusiastic and willing to provide
information. .
Barry made seven observation findings including, but not
limited to, the Anglesea Emergency Plan and Emergency
Procedures,
what
constitutes
an
‘emergency’,
improvements to the description of Environmental
Hazards within the Work Planning Form for clarification
for non-experts and several items related to a detailed
discussion about the Aspects and Impacts Register.
In addition to these findings, the auditor's assessment is
that APS rates as excellent in this Australian industry
practice for community relations.
...LEPTOSPERMUM PETERSONII
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVMEBER 2011
LAND
RAINFALL (mm)
Long Term Average
2011 Rainfall
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
42.0
42.2
40.8
52.0
59.2
59.4
62.6
67.2
66.6
70.7
55.9
46.0
151.6
38.2
54.8
36.0
52.0
39.0
86.7
41.8
47.6
87.6
87.9
WATER
TOWN WATER USE (ML)
2000
2009
2010
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
Amenity Water Use
1.0
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Process Water use
2.0
1.1
0.6
0.6
1.1
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
1.7
1.1
0.7
DEC
AIR
GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) TOTAL (Mt) & GHG EMISSION EFFICIENCY (t/mwH)
GHG t
GHG t/MWh
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
f orecast
1227846
1265103
1504860
1448793
1468098
1309674
1491486
1396713
1452351
1361632
1442450
1405588
1.24
1.19
1.21
1.21
1.20
1.21
1.20
1.18
1.23
1.22
1.20
1.22383
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2011
environmental improvement
Environmental Management Targets
November
2011 Total
2011 Forecast
2011 Target
Reportable Environmental Incidents (#)
0
0
0
0
Env Near Miss vs Env Incident Run Rate (ratio)
4
3.2
3.2
3
100
100
100
90
November
2011 Total
2011 Forecast
2011 Target
Ambient SO2 (no. readings > 200ppb)
0
1
1
0
Stack SO2 (no. hrs > 100kg/min)
0
0
0
0
1.169
1.22
1.22
1.20
0
0
0
0
November
2011 Total
2011 Forecast
2011 Target
Town Water (ML)
0.8
10.7
12.8
14.0
Groundwater (ML)
327
3513
4215
4000
November
2011 Total
2011 Forecast
2011 Target
5.48
13.14
15.77
8.0
0
0
0
0
Monthly EHS ASAT Audit Completion (%)
Air Emission Targets
GHG Efficiency (t CO2 e/MWh)
Opacity (10 min av > 0.25g/m3 norm ops)
Water Targets
Waste Targets
Waste to Landfill (t)
Solid Prescribed Waste to Landfill (t)
Mine Rehabilitation Targets
2011 Total
2011 Target
2011 Area to Clear (ha)
6.24
5.0
2011 Area to Rehabilitate (ha)
4.93*
>5.0
*2.082 ha of cleared area was old haul road from the Roche mine (prior to Alcoa) so no topsoil was available for rehab.
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