sheila and havoc’s egg-cellent adventure Our pair of peregrine falcons have a new house and 4 eggs to babysit alcoa anglesea 2009 environment report august ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT AUGUST 2009 air Air Monitoring Stack Monitors Average Maximum Opacity g/m3 10-minute average 0.057 0.200 Stack SO2 kg/min 1-hour average Licence limit 100kg/min 59.41 72.90 SO2 1 hour ppb Average Maximum Community Centre 3 173 Primary School 5 172 Mt Ingoldsby 1 86 Scout Camp 11 135 Camp Wilkin 1 133 Camp Road 7 131 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 2 4 0 166 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 172167 1 0 31 2 0 7 21 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 Primary School 0 24 5 10 47 151 56 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 2 0 2 112 39 0 146172 2 0 36 69 0 0 0 0 Mt Ingoldsby 0 0 0 0 86 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Scout Camp 97 0 37 61 43 0 14 68 1 1 0 0 73 32 2 Camp Wilkin 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 Camp Road 0 128 45 46 131 21 13 16 52 1 1 0 26 54 2 EPA Air Quality Objective 200 Alcoa Local Standard 170 1 0 1 0 1 18 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 52 85 71 3 92 133 1 1 2 42 0 0 0 0 53 98 3 0 59 114126 2 102 65 135126 3 0 22 34 27 47 99 1 27 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 92 128 82 130 92 114 7 0 1 0 0 0 15 ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT AUGUST 2009 water Water Storage Barwon Water storage levels for the Geelong system at 28% capacity. Stage 4 restrictions apply with a Winter exemption to permit limited residential garden watering. Water Discharge ML August Total Ashponds (SP1) 136 1001 Mine (SP4) 0 0 Water Monitoring SP1 SP4 SP3 13/08/2009 Ashpond Mine Final EPA limit Lab Result EPA limit Lab Result EPA limit Lab Result pH 4-10 7.8 3-9 no 5-9 7.4 Susp. Solids 100 <4 100 discharge 30 <4 Colour 50 3 50 at 50 5 Aluminium 10 0.32 10 time 5.5 0.24 Iron 10 0.33 20 of 4.0 0.021 Zinc 0.4 <0.005 2.0 sampling 0.30 0.012 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 12.7 Bore Water 288 270 281 237 76 233 231 232 1848 Mine Water 46 53 54 65 27 66 79 59 449 SEPT OCT NOV DEC TOTAL ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT AUGUST 2009 peregrine falcons are back! Our Peregrine Falcon pair is back for 2009! Havoc and Sheila returned to Alcoa Anglesea in June, which was much earlier than last year. As usual, we will have a bird’s eye view of all the action with the webcam live and online. Sheila laid her first egg on August 28 and another two on August 31. However, due to the large amount of time Sheila is spending in the nest box, it wasn’t until Sept 7 that we discovered she has actually laid four eggs this year! As you may notice from the photo, the falcons are no longer in the pink nest box. Last year Sheila increased the ferocity in which she defended her territory, including a number of strikes to our employees. One possible contributor to Sheila’s bad mood was that the nest box faced directly toward the power station (north west). This may have been a source of aggravation for Sheila as she could see the people moving back and forth and felt her nest was threatened. So a new nest box has been installed on the north east side of the water tower facing away from the power station. The incubation period will now begin, and Sheila will sit on her eggs for the next 33-35 days, rarely leaving them uncovered during this time. The hatching date is expected to be around the 30th September. As yet, we have not had any reported swoopings. However, the greatest amount of swooping activity occurs from late Sept to early Dec when the chicks have hatched and the female is no longer tied to the nest. Stay tuned to see if our nest box relocation is a success! Last year Sheila laid four eggs, of which three hatched, giving us three males - Midnight, Rocket and Stan. Only time will tell what will happen with our four eggs this year. In the meantime, stay tuned to the website (www.alcoa.com/falcons) for further developments and the comings and goings of Sheila and Havoc. PLANT OF THE ANGLESEA HEATH THICK LIP SPIDER ORCHID (Caladenia cardiochila) Caladenia...From the Greek, calos (beautiful) and adenos (a gland) referring to the many calli on the labellum (modified petal) of most species of the genus cardiochila... from the greek kardio (heart) and cheilos (lip) referring to the heart shaped labellum Size: Habitat: Form: Foliage: Flowers: stem to 30cm high coastal scrub and heathland erect herb thick, hairy, linear-lanceolate leaf to 110mm long single yellowish-green flower to 30mm across, each segment with a red-brown stripe broad heart shaped labellum with very dark red calli densely crowded in a central cluster August - October CALADENIA CARDIOCHILA ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT AUGUST 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 91.6 369.8 65.2 425.8 WATER TOWN WATER USE (ML) FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP Process 23.9 15.5 1 0 . 8 2.5 0.8 1.2 1.3 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.7 Amenity 11.6 1.5 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.4 2000 2008 2009 JAN 0.0 OCT NOV 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 1.30 1.24 1.19 1.21 1.21 1.20 1.21 1.20 1.18 1.20 1.23 ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT AUGUST 2009 environmental improvement Environmental Management Targets August 2009 Total Forecast 2009 Target Reportable Environmental Incidents 0 1 1 0 Env Near Miss vs Env Incident Run Rate (ratio) 0 2.1 2.1 2.5 Monthly EHS ASAT Audit Completion (%) 100 92 92 90 Air Emission Targets August 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) 9463 24102 36154 N/A GHG Efficiency (t CO2 e/MWh) 1.21 1.23 1.23 1.20 Opacity (10 min av > 0.25g/m normal operation) 0 0 0 0 Water Targets August 2009 Total Forecast 2009 Target Town Water (ML) 1.1 12.7 19.2 14.2 Bore Water (ML) 232 1848 2772 4000 Waste Targets August 2009 Total Forecast 2009 Target Waste to Landfill (t) 0.0 7.2 10.8 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 Mike, what prompted you to attend Greening Australia’s Make an Impact workshop? I wanted to find out if there were any new ideas and where I should be concentrating my efforts for making my own impact. Have you made any changes at home to help reduce your water and energy usage? I have concentrated on water conservation by mulching around trees and plants, and installing drip lines to them all. The lines are connected to a water tank. I have also installed a downpipe diverter to a wheelie bin which collects water to drip feed my berry plantation. What do you think of the overall program? Greening Australia is doing a fantastic job by educating, encouraging and helping everyone to get involved, which is absolutely necessary for such a large scale project. ...MIKE ALLDEN