2008 06 june

on tour
community members learning about alcoa anglesea
alcoa anglesea
2008
environment report
june
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT JUNE 2008
air
Air Monitoring
Stack Monitors
Average
Maximum
Opacity g/m3 10-minute average
0.069
0.335
Stack SO2 kg/min 1-hour average Licence limit 100kg/min
73.09
83.92
SO2 1 hour ppb
Average
Maximum
Community Centre
<1
51
Primary School
3
159
Mt Ingoldsby
2
86
Scout Camp
6
197
Camp Wilkin
<1
34
Camp Road
3
153
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
Community Centre 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
-
-
51 2
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
Primary School
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
3
-
-
0
0
0
87 3
6
0
0
0
0
0
0 159 5
1
55 111 84
Mt Ingoldsby
-
-
-
-
-
0
1
77 28 86 1
0
23 1
0
37 82 1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
Scout Camp
2
38 4
2
0
0
0
3
2
9
69 1
37 0
0
11 12 3
4
0
1
5
31 121 2 113197 1
0
85
Camp Wilkin
1
4
3
1
1
2
0
34 3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
Camp Road
3
2
4
3
2
1
2
3
-
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
0
0
0
0
38 153 49 8
EPA Air Quality Objective
200
Alcoa Local Standard
170
1
2
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
26
39 59 74
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT JUNE 2008
water
Water Storage
Barwon Water storage levels for the Geelong system at 24.8% capacity. Stage 4 winter water restrictions
with an exemption to permit limited residential garden watering are in force.
Water Discharge
ML
June
Total
Ashponds (SP1)
152
839
Mine (SP4)
0
0.12
Water Monitoring
SP1
SP4
SP3
24/06/2008
Ashpond
Mine
Final
EPA limit
Lab Result
EPA limit
Lab Result
EPA limit
Lab Result
pH
4-10
8.5
3-9
no
5-9
7.6
Susp. Solids
100
11
100
discharge
30
<4
Colour
50
3
50
at
50
4
Aluminium
10.00
0.56
10
time
5.50
0.08
Iron
10.00
0.24
20
of
4.00
0.06
Zinc
0.40
< 0.01
2.0
sampling
0.30
0.02
WATER WATER USAGE PER MONTH (ML)
Date
JAN
FEB MAR APR
Town Water
1.4
0.9
0.9
2.2
1.0
1.0
7.4
Bore Water
279
304
305
254
292
265
1699
Mine Water
53
24
45
26
45
44
237
MAY JUNE JULY AUG
SEPT OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
3 0 0 .0
3000
2 5 0 .0
2500
2 0 0 .0
2000
1 5 0 .0
1500
1 0 0 .0
1000
5 0 .0
0 .0
500
0
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT JUNE 2008
sulphur dioxide
Alcoa Anglesea Power Station continued its
reinvigorated community engagement
program with the launch of its new bi-monthly
community newsletter, Alcoa Anglesea News.
The first edition of Alcoa Anglesea News
invited over 2800 Anglesea ratepayers and 50
key stakeholders to take part in a number of
engagement opportunities including site tours,
the Community Consultation Network (CCN),
receiving future editions of the newsletter,
Anglesea’s monthly Environment Report and
CCN minutes, and becoming involved in the
site’s highest priority environmental project for
2008 – the Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)
Management Project.
Following a positive community response of
about 8%, a tour day was organised for
Saturday 28 June 2008. Around 30
permanent and non-permanent Anglesea
residents attended where they were taken on
a general tour of the Anglesea site and an
SO2 info session was also held for interested
residents. Lunch was also provided which
gave residents and Alcoa employees a
chance to meet and discuss the Anglesea
business in a social setting.
The responses to the newsletter have helped
the business to identify how Anglesea
residents would like information conveyed to
them and allowed engagement with a wider
range of residents - both permanent and nonpermanent - on aspects of Alcoa Anglesea’s
operations that are of interest to them.
Through the newsletter, Alcoa Anglesea hopes
to further engage with local stakeholders and
provide even more opportunities to become
informed about different areas of its
operations.
ANIMAL OF THE ANGLESEA HEATH
SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO (Cacatua galerita)
Size:
Description:
48 cm
the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a large
white parrot with a distinctive sulphur-yellow
crest and yellow wash on the underside of
the wings
Distribution:
northern and eastern mainland Australia and
Tasmania
Habitat:
variety of timbered habitats and are common
around human settlements; the birds stay in
the same area all year round
Food:
normal diet consists of berries, seeds, nuts
and roots; when not feeding, birds will bite
off smaller branches and leaves from trees
however these items are not eaten
Did you know? One of Australia’s most popular and iconic
birds, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, has
been known to live up to eighty years of age
in captivity
SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT JUNE 2008
LAND
RAINFALL (mm)
Month
JAN
FEB MAR APR
MAY JUNE JULY AUG
2008 Rainfall
19.8
35.8 15.2
17.3
32.5 43.8
164.6
1968-2007 Average
44.5
42.7 41.1
52.5
61.0 59.9
301.6
SEPT OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
100
7 00.00
90
6 00.00
80
5 00.00
70
60
4 00.00
50
3 00.00
40
30
2 00.00
20
1 00.00
10
0 .0 0
0
WATER
TOWN WATER USE (ML)
FEB
MAR APR
MAY
JUN
Process
23.9
12.8
5.8
1.3
0.8
0.8
2.1
0.8
0.8
Amenity
11.6
1.5
0.6
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
2000 2007 2008 JAN
JUL
AUG SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
4 0
3 5
2 .0
3 0
2 5
1 .5
2 0
1 .0
1 5
1 0
0 .5
5 .
0 .0
0 .
2 0 0 0
2 0 0 7
2 0 0 8
JA N
F E B
M A R
A P R
M A Y
JU N
JU L
A U G
S E P
O C T
N O 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
2008
1.42
1.23
1.27
1.50
1.45
1.47
1.31
1.49
1.40
1.42
1.34
1.24
1.19
1.21
1.21
1.20
1.21
1.20
1.18
1.18
2
1600000
1 .8
1400000
1 .6
1 .4
1 .2
1200000
1000000
1
800000
0 .8
600000
0 .6
400000
0 .4
0 .2
0
200000
0
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT JUNE 2008
environmental improvement
Environmental Management Targets
June
2008 YTD
Forecast
2008 Target
Reportable Environmental Incidents
0
0
0
0
Monthly EHS ASAT Audit Completion (%)
100
100
100
90
Air Emission Targets
June
2008 YTD
Forecast
2008 Target
Ambient SO2 ( no. readings > 200ppb)
0
0
0
0
Stack SO2 (no. hrs > 100kg/min)
0
0
0
0
SO2 Load Reductions (lost MWh)
3569
8716
17432
N/A
GHG Efficiency (t CO2 e/MWh)
1.18
1.18
1.18
1.20
Opacity (10 min av > 0.25g/m normal operation)
0
0
0
0
Water Targets
June
2008 YTD
Forecast
2008 Target
Town Water (ML)
1.0
7.4
14.8
14.2
Bore Water (ML)
265
1699
3398
2370
Waste Targets
June
2008 YTD
Forecast
2008 Target
Waste to Landfill (t)
0.0
0.0
0.0
8.0
Solid Prescribed Waste to Landfill (t)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3
Mine Rehabilitation Targets
2008 YTD
2008 Target
2008 Area to Clear (ha)
0.0
0.0
2008 Area to Rehabilitate (ha)
0.0
0.0
2007 Mine Rehabilitation Species Richness (%)
N/A
100
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR EMPLOYEE
Welcome to Anglesea Dave - what is your role here?
As Community Relations Officer, I am responsible for a range of
community engagement activities and events, as well as
managing the Community Consultation Network (CCN). I
manage sponsorship programs which deliver benefit to the
community and to the company’s business objectives as well as
local government and media relations in the Surf Coast region. I
also keep the plant employees informed of community relations
and key communications activities.
As a CRO, do you have much interaction with
environmental issues? Much of my community engagement
focuses around environmental matters. These include air
emissions, water, waste and land management, as well as
community impact. I also manage Anglesea’s Environment
Improvement Plan process with key external stakeholders.
SO2 has been tagged the highest priority
envir
onmental pr
oject for this year
environmental
project
year,, what does that
mean for you? We are currently engaging broadly with the
community and key stakeholders and informing them on how
they can be involved in our business. This includes receiving the
Alcoa Anglesea newsletter or this monthly environment report;
becoming involved in our CCN or the SO2 management project.
...DAVE RYAN