hub of activity revealing the new look of Camp Road anglesea environment report SEPTEMBER 2006 Inside the ‘Best Practice’ Environment Report: Air Emissions Water Monitoring Land Management: Camp Road Plants of the Anglesea Heath: Caladenia maritima Updates on Rainfall, Town Water Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Environmental improvement - progress towards 2006 targets Plus we talk to an employee about their contribution to improving the environment ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT SEPTEMBER 2006 air Air Monitoring Stack Monitors Average Maximum Opacity g/m3 10-minute average 0.059 0.167 Stack SO2 kg/min 1-hour average Licence limit 111.34kg/min 69.70 86.58 Ambient Monitors SO2 1 hour ppb Average Maximum Community Centre 3 170 Primary School 6 252 Mt Ingoldsby 1 37 Scout Camp 8 173 Camp Wilkin 1 15 Camp Road 7 128 Ambient Monitors SO2 Maximum 1 hour averages (ppb) Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Community Centre 2 2 2 3 13 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 6 2 18 8 3 2 3 4 4 11 16 34 4 8 39 15 3 4 Primary School 0 16 0 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 66 162 16 61 10 35 1 175 2 1 252128 1 1 135111 71 1 2 Mt Ingoldsby 0 12 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 4 Scout Camp 90 10 38 3 19 3 - - - - - 1 2 28 7 32 40 59 32 109120173 80 - 7 8 83 8 Camp Wilkin 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 2 2 7 11 1 2 Camp Road 53 22 3 4 25 2 3 3 3 3 4 39 100 56 36 11 57 13 84 6 87 128 76 17 7 104 45 66 5 4 EPA Intervention Level 210 Alcoa Local Standard 170 3 6 3 37 3 2 2 0 2 1 1 8 3 15 1 3 5 3 3 1 96 6 ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT SEPTEMBER 2006 water Water Storage Barwon Water storage levels within the Geelong system at 28.8% capacity. Stage 2 restrictions now apply. Water Discharge ML September Total Ashponds (SP1) 146 1303 Mine (SP4) 0 0.8 Water Monitoring SP1 SP4 SP3 26/09/2006 Ashpond Mine Final EPA limit Lab Result EPA limit Lab Result EPA limit Lab Result pH 4-10 9.0 3-9 - 5-9 7.3 Susp. Solids 100 3 100 - 30 <2 Colour 50 4 50 - 50 5 Aluminium 10 0.1 10 - 5.5 < 0.1 Iron 10 0.4 0 - 4.0 < 0.1 Zinc 0.4 < 0.1 2.0 - 0.3 < 0.1 WATER WATER USAGE PER MONTH (ML) Date JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT Town Water 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 9.9 Bore Water 279 243 285 237 210 218 238 240 236 2186 Mine Water 81 82 81 92 106 88 93 101 104 828 NOV DEC TOTAL 300.0 30 250.0 25 200.0 20 150.0 15 100.0 10 50.0 50 0.0 0 ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT SEPTEMBER 2006 land management Once a quiet road on the outskirts of Anglesea, Camp Road has seen a flurry of activity during the last few months. With these new developments, it is timely to review Camp Road’s recent history that has led us to where we are today. Once beyond the residential area, Camp Road is a blend of private land owned by Alcoa and Crown land currently under Alcoa’s Mines (Aluminium Agreement) Act that allows Alcoa to mine coal and operate a Power Station in Anglesea. Whilst the Crown land has remained virtually unchanged, the freehold at Camp Road has seen a wide variety of land uses in it’s time from forestry to the workers camp during the Power Station’s construction. More recently it was the site of local horse agistment and the Anglesea BMX track. The horse agistment ceased on Camp Road in late 2005 after the horse owners fell victim to the cost of public liability insurance to cover their activities. The BMX track is a more complex story. With the facility located across crown and freehold land and the track falling into a state of disrepair since the Anglesea BMX club dissolved in the mid 1990’s, demolition was it’s fate. Years of discussion, persistance and legal wrangling later, a replacement for this facility has been completed this month. What exists now is a world-class bike park facility located on Alcoa’s freehold land, leased to the Surf Coast Shire and managed by a Community Committee of Management. Constructed by renowned track designer Glen Jacobs, the facility is for riders of all abilities. Whilst machinery has been busily building Anglesea’s new bike park, right next door has been a great deal of construction activity for the new Anglesea office for the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). Due for completion in 2007, this office will be the new centre for the management of the parks, coast and public land of the Anglesea area including DSE’s Anglesea fire management staff and summer crew. PLANTS OF THE ANGLESEA HEATH ANGAHOOK CALADENIA (Caladenia maritima) Caladenia....from the Greek, calos, beautiful, and adenos, a Caladenia gland, which refers to the many calli on the labellum of the species in this genus maritima maritima... refers to the fact that the locality where the orchid is found overlooks the sea, and is derived from the Latin, maritimus, for the sea. The common name indicates the orchid grows within the Angahook area of the Great Otway National Park. Size: Form: Habitat: Foliage: Flowers: stem to 25 cm high erect herb coastal woodland endemic to Anglesea, the species was first recorded in 1998 single hairy leaf grows to 10-15cm high hairy flower stem bears a single flower large white flowers of this species are very striking, especially in an extensive colony September to October CALADENIA MARITIMA ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT SEPTEMBER 2006 LAND RAINFALL (mm) Month JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT 2006 Rainfall 46.2 19.6 7.3 37.1 129.4 17.0 40.8 26.0 32.8 323.4 1968-2005 Average 44.6 43.9 42.5 53.5 59.3 60.8 61.1 67.0 69.3 432.6 NOV DEC TOTAL 100 7 0 0 .0 0 90 6 0 0 .0 0 80 5 0 0 .0 0 70 60 4 0 0 .0 0 50 3 0 0 .0 0 40 30 2 0 0 .0 0 20 1 0 0 .0 0 10 0 .0 0 0 WATER TOWN WATER USE (ML) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Process 23.9 14.6 13.1 16.7 15.0 13.5 6 . 7 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 Amenity 11.6 6.6 3 . 2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 1 .8 6.6 5.0 4.0 2.6 4 0 .0 1 .6 3 5 .0 1 .4 3 0 .0 1 .2 2 5 .0 1 .0 2 0 .0 0 .8 1 5 .0 0 .6 1 0 .0 0 .4 5 .0 0 .2 0 .0 0 .0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 JA N F E B M A R A P R M A Y JUN JU L A U G S E P O C T NO V D E C AIR GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) TOTAL (Mt) & GHG EMISSION EFFICENCY (t/MWh) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 1.42 1.62 1.56 1.45 1.34 1.25 1.20 1.38 1.42 1.53 1.23 1.27 1.50 1.45 1.47 1.31 1 . 4 9 GHG Mt GHG t/MWh 1.34 1.35 1.33 1.32 1.31 1.33 1.38 1.34 1.30 1.30 1.24 1.19 1.21 1.21 1.20 1.21 1 . 1 9 2 1600000 1 .8 1400000 1 .6 1 .4 1 .2 1200000 1000000 1 800000 0 .8 600000 0 .6 400000 0 .4 200000 0 .2 0 0 ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT SEPTEMBER 2006 environmental improvement Environmental Management Targets September 2006 Total Forecast 2006 Target Reportable Environmental Incidents 0 0 0 0 Monthly EHS ASAT Audit Completion (%) 100 94 94 90 Air Emission Targets September 2006 Total Forecast 2006 Target Ambient SO2 ( no. readings > 210ppb) 1 4 5 0 Stack SO2 (no. hrs > 100kg/min) 0 0 0 0 SO2 Load Reductions 20 98 131 N/A 1.19 1.19 1.19 1.20 Opacity (10 min av > 0.25g/m normal operation) 0 0 0 0 Water Targets September 2006 Total Forecast 2006 Target Town Water (ML) 0.9 9.9 13.2 17.2 Bore Water (ML) 236 2186 2915 2440 Waste Targets September 2006 Total Forecast 2006 Target Waste to Landfill (t) 0 7.36 9.8 10.0 Solid Prescribed Waste to Landfill (t) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 GHG Efficiency (t CO2 e/MWh) 3 Mine Rehabilitation Targets 2006 Total 2006 Target 2006 Area Cleared (ha) 3.3 3.3 2006 Area Rehabilitated (ha) 7.5 > 3.3 2005 Mine Rehabilitation Species Richness (%) N/A 100 OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR EMPLOYEES.. Ther e’ s a lot happening on Camp Rd at the moment, There’ e’s what role does the Civil Maintenance team play? Civil Maintenance has spent many hours removing old fences, 30 years of accumulated rubbish, tyres, horse troughs, old sheds, a caravan, a car chassis, and assorted baths from the horse paddock area. In place of it, DSE have begun construction of a regional office on the site of the old bmx track. On a site further east of this, Alcoa in conjunction with the Shire, have built a new mountain bike/bmx track, providing a valuable recreation facility for the community and visitors to the area. You have also rreplaced eplaced some fencing along Coalmine Road near the former Local Mix site. What benefits does this give Alcoa? The old boundary fence was 30 plus years old, so for security reasons, the fence has been replaced from the Local Mix gates to Water Point 12. The fence was in disrepair, allowing unauthorised access to the mining area by trail bikes, push bikes, etc. Hopefully the new fence will deter unauthorised access to probable hazardous areas inside the mining area. Regular patrols and inspection of all fence lines will provide ongoing security. ...RON MacRAE