200911 ANG nov env report

so long, farewell, goodbye
Froona, Warrun and Barega fly the coop
alcoa anglesea
2009
environment report
november
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2009
air
Air Monitoring
Stack Monitors
Average
Maximum
Opacity g/m3 10-minute average
0.044
0.120
Stack SO2 kg/min 1-hour average Licence limit 100kg/min
69.89
80.61
SO2 1 hour ppb
Average
Maximum
Community Centre
1
17
Primary School
1
94
Mt Ingoldsby
1
81
Scout Camp
3
119
Camp Wilkin
1
48
Camp Road
1
97
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 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 3 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 5 0 0 1
Primary School
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Mt Ingoldsby
2 13 2
0
0
2
18 15 34 16 15 2
2
14 1
2
0
1
Scout Camp
0
1
73 1
0
4
2
4
Camp Wilkin
0
1
0
0
48 4
1
Camp Road
0
1
0
0
0
2
EPA Air Quality Objective
200
Alcoa Local Standard
170
0
4
72 5
5
3
0 0
94 9 7
0
12 0
0
0
14 81 9
0
0
20 12 3
0
4
1
0
2
1
0
14 6
6
2
21 0
2
0
2
82 23 1
0
94 21 12 3
21 119 1
1 11
17 4
3
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
4
1
1
0
12 1
1
0
23 4
3
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
0 19 0
0
3 97 10 17 1 95 0
0
1
4
8
7
9
2
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2009
water
Water Storage
Barwon Water storage levels for the Geelong system at 36.4% capacity. Stage 4 restrictions apply with a
Daylight Savings exemption to permit limited residential garden watering.
Water Discharge
ML
November
Total
Ashponds (SP1)
150
1460
Mine (SP4)
0
0
Water Monitoring
SP1
SP4
SP3
17/11/2009
Ashpond
Mine
Final
EPA limit
Lab Result
EPA limit
Lab Result
EPA limit
Lab Result
pH
4-10
7.5
3-9
no
5-9
7.2
Susp. Solids
100
<4
100
discharge
30
<4
Colour
50
6
50
at
50
6
Aluminium
10
0.35
10
time
5.5
0.31
Iron
10
0.36
20
of
4.0
0.11
Zinc
0.4
0.096
2.0
sampling
0.30
0.030
WATER WATER USAGE PER MONTH (ML)
Date
JAN
FEB MAR APR
MAY JUNE JULY AUG
Town Water
2.5
1.0
1.5
1.5
2.9
1.6
0.6
1.1
1.4
0.7
0.6
15.4
Bore Water
288
270
281
237
76
233
231
232
224
239
251
2562
Mine Water
46
53
54
65
27
66
79
59
75
98
72
694
SEPT OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2009
peregrine falcons
We are proud to formally introduce Froona,
Warrun and Barega, Alcoa Anglesea’s falcon
chicks for 2009. For the sixth year in a row,
Peregrine Falcons have returned to Alcoa
Anglesea to the nest box on top of the water
tower. The nest box was moved to the opposite
side of the tower earlier this year, and luckily Sheila
was happy enough with her new home to lay four
eggs.
However, only three of the four eggs hatched
successfully this year. A similar event occurred in
both 2006 and 2007 with only one and two out of
four eggs hatching, respectively. 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.
Suggestions of names for our new additions came
from all over the world. Our female chick is named
Froona to recognise Froona Veldhuis from the
Netherlands, a devoted advocate for the Peregrine
Falcon, who died in April this year. Our two boys
have been named Barega and Warrun. Both
names are from the Aboriginal language meaning
‘the wind’ and ‘the sky’ respectively.
We had three attempts to schedule the banding of
the falcon chicks. However, after forecast high
winds and the travel tower being involved in a
traffic accident (!), we were forced to cancel our
scheduled banding for 2009.
This left the webcam followers to determine the
sex of the three chicks. Male and female chicks
usually look very similar, with the size difference
being used to determine sex. The female chicks
are usually noticeably larger. The general consensus was that we had one female and two male
chicks, so the birds were named accordingly.
The two boys flew the coop much sooner than
their sister, however Froona did eventually fledge.
This has left us with a web cam (www.alcoa.com/
falcons) that is more often that not looking at an
empty nest box.
The web cam will shortly be switched off. We
hope you have enjoyed the 2009 season on the
web. If you have any feedback on the information
and images we have provided this year, please
contact us at [email protected].
PLANT OF THE ANGLESEA HEATH
BLACK ANTHER FLAX-LILY (Dianella revoluta var. revoluta)
Dianella....Diminutive form of Diana, goddess of Greek
mythology
revoluta... from the latin revolutus meaning rolled back
from margins referring to the recurved leaf margins
Size:
0.3 - 0.8m H x 0.5 - 1 m W
Form:
robust open tufted perennial, spreading by
vigorous, branched rhizomes
Foliage:
dark green linear leaves to 70cm long with
recurved leaf margins with are finely serrated
Flowers:
loose to dense panicles of blue to violet
flowers with yellow filaments on the stamens
on branched stems to 1 m high followed by
small, shiny dark blue berries
September to January
Habitat:
widespread in plains grassland, box and red
gum woodland, dry, valley and damp
sclerophyll forest, tea-tree heath
DIANELLA REVOLUTA
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2009
LAND
RAINFALL (mm)
Month
JAN
FEB MAR APR
MAY JUNE JULY AUG
2009 Rainfall
5.0
5.8
33.4
63.8
47.2
43.8
1968-2008 Average
43.9
42.5 40.4
51.6
60.2
59.5 62.6
79.2
SEPT OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
91.6
61.0
49.4 105.8
586.0
65.2
67.0
69.4
616.2
53.9
WATER
TOWN WATER USE (ML)
FEB
MAR APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG SEP
OCT
NOV
Process
23.9
15.5
1 2 . 8 2.5
0.8
1.2
1.3
2.3
1.5
0.5
0.7
1.1
0.5
0.4
Amenity
11.6
1.5
2.6
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.6
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
2000 2008 2009 JAN
0.0
DEC
AIR
GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) TOTAL (Mt) & GHG EMISSION EFFICENCY (t/MWh)
GHG Mt
‹ GHG
t/MWh
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
1.23
1.27
1.50
1.45
1.47
1.31
1.49
1.40
1.42
1.33
1.24
1.19
1.21
1.21
1.20
1.21
1.20
1.18
1.20
1.21
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2009
environmental improvement
Environmental Management Targets
November
2009 Total
Forecast
2009 Target
Reportable Environmental Incidents
0
1
1
0
Env Near Miss vs Env Incident Run Rate (ratio)
5
2.5
2.5
2.5
Monthly EHS ASAT Audit Completion (%)
100
93
93
90
Air Emission Targets
November
2009 Total
Forecast
2009 Target
Ambient SO2 (no. readings > 200ppb)
0
2
2
0
Stack SO2 (no. hrs > 100kg/min)
0
0
0
0
SO2 Load Reductions (lost MWh)
954
32628
35595
N/A
GHG Efficiency (t CO2 e/MWh)
1.16
1.21
1.21
1.20
Opacity (10 min av > 0.25g/m normal operation)
0
0
0
0
Water Targets
November
2009 Total
Forecast
2009 Target
Town Water (ML)
0.6
15.5
16.9
14.2
Bore Water (ML)
251
2562
2795
4000
Waste Targets
November
2009 Total
Forecast
2009 Target
Waste to Landfill (t)
0.0
11.64
12.7
8.0
Solid Prescribed Waste to Landfill (t)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3
Mine Rehabilitation Targets
2009 Total
2009 Target
2009 Area to Clear (ha)
0.245
0.0
2009 Area to Rehabilitate (ha)
0.658
0.0
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR EMPLOYEE
Hi Elise, you have been our ‘webcam operator’ since it was
installed in 2006. What does this work involve?
I started posting regular updates in 2007 following the activities in
the nest box during the breeding season. We have huge
international interest in our falcons, so often when viewers log on
the webcam is under the cover of darkness. The blog and still
photos have proven a great way of keeping these viewers up to
date. This year a dedicated email address was introduced to
answer any enquiries from the website and so far we have had
over 200 emails and my role was to answer them if requried.
Have you had any other involvement with the Peregrine
Falcons at Alcoa Anglesea?
When the Peregrine Falcons returned to Alcoa Anglesea in 2003,
the initial work involved luring the falcons away from the station
with the installation of the nest box, monitoring the falcons,
education for our employees and liaison with the Victorian
Peregrine Project (VPP) for research/banding. Today the webcam
has made the monitoring easier, but the other work continues as I
advocate for the conservation of the internationally protected
species at our site.
Thanks Elise - we know where to come when we want our
Peregrine Falcon questions answered!
...ELISE JEFFERY