2007 10 october

dash and concorde
a close up of anglesea’s newest additions
alcoa anglesea
2007
environment report
october
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT OCTOBER 2007
air
Air Monitoring
Stack Monitors
Average
Maximum
Opacity g/m3 10-minute average
0.061
0.189
Stack SO2 kg/min 1-hour average Licence limit 100kg/min
68.77
86.49
SO2 1 hour ppb
Average
Maximum
Community Centre
3
83
Primary School
4
131
Mt Ingoldsby
17
200
Scout Camp
13
177
Camp Wilkin
2
77
Camp Road
3
170
Ambient Monitors
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 31
Community Centre 2 83 13 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 5 2 3 50 -
-
-
-
3
14 2
2
20 45 3
2
3
Primary School
1
66 2
1
1
2
1
1
1
21 2
1
1
1 100 3
1 131 3
2
69 4
2
2
2
2
52 102 6
2
2
Mt Ingoldsby
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
89 0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
30 0
0
0
0
0
28 200 0
0
0
3 175 0
18 170129 39 0
4
2
1
29 23 0
0
0
1
2 177166 85 2
7
77 3
2
1
1
1
9
0
0
1 105 93 134 11 1
Scout Camp
0
146 35 161162116 1 102 97 2
Camp Wilkin
1
11 1
1
1
Camp Road
0
51 1
1
76 0
EPA Intervention Level
210
EPA Air Quality Objective
200
Alcoa Local Standard
170
1
1
18 0
1
1
72 4
1
1
1
52 2
11 0
0
3
0
0
0
0 170 1
1
0 101 1
1
12 2
41 2
0
64 1
1
1
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT OCTOBER 2007
water
Water Storage
Barwon Water storage levels for the Geelong system at 38% capacity. Stage 4 restrictions apply with a
Daylight Savings exemption to permit limited residential garden watering.
Water Discharge
ML
October
Total
Ashponds (SP1)
124
1341
Mine (SP4)
0
0
Water Monitoring
SP1
SP4
SP3
15/10/2007
Ashpond
Mine
Final
EPA limit
Lab Result
EPA limit
Lab Result
EPA limit
Lab Result
pH
4-10
7.6
3-9
-
5-9
7.3
Susp. Solids
100
3
100
-
30
<2
Colour
50
4
50
-
50
5
Aluminium
10.00
0.39
10.0
-
5.500
0.044
Iron
10.00
0.28
20.0
-
4.000
0.034
Zinc
0.400
0.014
2.000
-
0.300
0.014
WATER WATER USAGE PER MONTH (ML)
Date
JAN
FEB MAR APR
MAY JUNE JULY AUG
SEPT OCT
Town Water
0.7
0.7
0.9
1.1
0.9
2.3
1.7
1.9
1.4
0.8
12.4
Bore Water
274
253
280
241
246
182
205
227
221
252
2381
Mine Water
81
71
76
83
80
86
98
87
87
77
826
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
300.0
3000
250.0
2500
200.0
2000
150.0
1500
100.0
1000
50.0
0.0
500
0
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT OCTOBER 2007
peregrine falcons
We are proud to formally introduce Dash and
Concorde, Alcoa Anglesea’s falcon chicks for 2007.
The names for our falcon chicks were nominated by
students from Anglesea Primary School.
For the fourth year in a row, Peregrine Falcons
have returned to Alcoa Anglesea to the nest box
on top of the water tower. However, despite
laying four eggs, only two have successfully
hatched. Whilst there is no explanation for why
this has happened, a similar scenario occurred
here last year with only one of the four eggs
hatching successfully. There are several reasons
why an egg may not hatch - drought, adults may
be incompatible or an adult may have left the eggs
resulting in a drop in incubation temperature.
The positive for having two chicks instead of four
is the amount of food each chick receives with less
sibling competition. The more food the two chicks
receive, the stronger they will be, giving them a
better chance of survival. This extra benefit was
clearly evident when volunteers from the Victorian
Peregrine Project took the travel tower to the
elevated home this month to check on the chicks.
Weighing in at a very healthy 905g is our female,
Dash, with all the characteristics to be as
formidable as her mother. More reserved and
weighing in at 590g is our male, Concorde.
Sheila made her presence felt during the expedition
up to retrieve the chicks - the hard hats were
essential PPE under the circumstances! Whilst
both parents exhibited agitated behaviour Sheila
didn’t hesitate on getting a close look at the bright
yellow duco of our hats. The health assessment
and banding of the chicks was completed and the
chicks returned to the nest box as quickly as
possible so that the parents could rest easy.
The webcam at www.alcoa.com/falcons continues
to broadcast images from the Peregrine Falcon
nest box at Alcoa Anglesea over the internet.
There’s been plenty of action and more to come as
Dash and Concorde continue to grow, change
plumage and learn to fly. Regular updates are also
included on the website on highlights of the week.
ANIMALS OF THE ANGLESEA HEATH
CRIMSON ROSELLA (Platycercus elegans)
Size:
34 cm
Did you know: technically named the Blue-cheeked Rosella
as they are can be red, yellow or orange
Description:
the ‘Crimson Rosella’ has crimson plumage
and bright blue cheeks, feathers of the back
and wing are black edged with red, flight
feathers have blue edges, tail is blue above
and pale blue below; the ‘Yellow Rosella’ has
the crimson replaced with light yellow and
the tail more greenish; the ‘Adelaide Rosella’
ranges in colour from yellow to orange
Distribution:
crimson birds occur from Kangaroo Island
to Cairns; orange birds are restricted to the
Flinders Ranges, yellow ones are found
along the Murray, Murrumbidgee and
lower Darling Rivers
Habitat:
tall eucalypt forest and wetter forests
Food:
seeds of eucalypts, grasses and shrubs
CRIMSON ROSELLA
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT OCTOBER 2007
LAND
RAINFALL (mm)
Month
JAN
FEB MAR APR
MAY JUNE JULY AUG
SEPT OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
2007 Rainfall
40.0
20.2 25.6
7.3
31.0
37.1
129.4
52.8 17.0
69.2
40.8 43.6
124.0
26.0
47.2
31.6
15.4
29.0
485.2
1968-2006 Average
44.6
43.3 41.5
42.5
53.1
53.5
61.2 60.8
59.6
59.3
61.1
60.6
68.3
72.0
54.1
44.2
570.0
67.0
65.8
130
7 0 0 .0 0
120
6 0 0 .0 0
110
100
5 0 0 .0 0
90
80
4 0 0 .0 0
70
60
3 0 0 .0 0
50
40
2 0 0 .0 0
30
20
1 0 0 .0 0
10
0
0 .0 0
WATER
TOWN WATER USE (ML)
FEB
MAR APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Process
23.9
2000 2006 2007 JAN
11.0
1 1 . 1 0.6
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.1
0.8
0.9
0.6
2.2
0.6
1.5
0.7
1.7
1.2
0.7
1.5
1.5
2 .5
Amenity
11.6
3.8
1.3
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.7
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1
40
35
2 .0
30
25
1 .5
20
1 .0
15
10
0 .5
5.
0.
0 .0
2000
2006
2007
JA N
FE B
M A R
A P R
M A Y
JU N
JUL
A UG
S E P
O C T
NO V
D E C
AIR
GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) TOTAL (Mt) & GHG EMISSION EFFICENCY (t/MWh)
GHG Mt
‹ GHG
t/MWh
1990
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
1.42
1.23
1.27
1.50
1.45
1.47
1.31
1.49
1.38
1.34
1.24
1.19
1.21
1.21
1.20
1.21
1.20
1.18
2
1 6 00 00 0
1 .8
1 4 00 00 0
1 .6
1 .4
1 .2
1 2 00 00 0
1 0 00 00 0
1
8 0 00 00
0 .8
6 0 00 00
0 .6
4 0 00 00
0 .4
0 .2
0
2 0 00 00
0
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT OCTOBER 2007
environmental improvement
Environmental Management Targets
October
2007 Total
Forecast
2007 Target
Reportable Environmental Incidents
0
3
4
0
Monthly EHS ASAT Audit Completion (%)
100
100
100
90
Air Emission Targets
October
2007 Total
Forecast
2007 Target
Ambient SO2 ( no. readings > 210ppb)
0
3
4
0
Ambient SO2 ( no. readings > 200ppb)
0
4
5
0
Stack SO2 (no. hrs > 100kg/min)
0
0
0
0
SO2 Load Reductions (lost MWh)
4887
23419
28103
N/A
GHG Efficiency (t CO2 e/MWh)
1.20
1.18
1.18
1.20
Opacity (10 min av > 0.25g/m3 normal operation)
0
0
0
0
Water Targets
October
2007 Total
Forecast
2007 Target
Town Water (ML)
0.8
12.4
14.9
14.2
Bore Water (ML)
252
2382
2858
2667
Waste Targets
October
2007 Total
Forecast
2007 Target
Waste to Landfill (t)
3.8
3.8
4.6
9.0
Solid Prescribed Waste to Landfill (t)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Mine Rehabilitation Targets
2007 Total
2007 Target
2007 Area Cleared (ha)
2.9
3.5
2007 Area Rehabilitated (ha)
5.0
> 3.5
2005 Mine Rehabilitation Species Richness (%)
103
100
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR EMPLOYEES..
Gary
Gary,, we believe you witnessed the banding of the
falcon chicks. What happened? It was very interesting (and
noisy). The chicks were retrieved from their nest box on the
water tower which did not please the adults. It was however very
amusing for the onlookers seeing the handlers swooped and
collected by the parents. The helmets did come in handy! The
chicks were then brought to the store where the banding and
data recording took place.
Any ideas what the banding is about? The chicks were
banded for research purposes to determine how far they disperse
and so they can recognise where they came from.
Any difference between the two chicks? The chicks are
now adorned with their own uniquely coded jewellery, which
apparently looks cool if you are a falcon. I was told that the
larger of the two is the female and not surprisingly the loudest.
How was the experience? It was interesting to learn that the
chicks are banded at three weeks to coincide with their skeletal
structure being fully developed. All in all it was a great experience to feel the down of the chicks which was incredibly soft
and to appreciate the sheer strength of these powerful birds and
their amazing talons.
...GARY HINDLE