happy anniversary alcoa and parks victoria celebrate a decade together alcoa anglesea 2010 environment report november ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2010 air Air Monitoring Stack Monitors Average Maximum Opacity g/min 10-minute average 0.071 0.203 73.99 88.42 Ambient Monitors SO2 1 hour ppb Average Maximum Community Centre 1 39 Primary School 2 163 Mt Ingoldsby 1 82 Scout Camp 1 81 Camp Wilkin 2 107 Camp Road 2 51 Stack SO2 kg/min 1-hour average Licence limit 100kg/min Ambient Monitors SO2 Maximum 1 hour averages (ppb) Date 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Comm Centre 3 2 0 0 4 2 10 2 2 0 1 35 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 28 39 0 0 21 2 1 1 Primary School 0 0 0 0 0 3 103 2 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 163 90 0 0 5 0 0 0 Mt Ingoldsby 0 0 0 0 2 0 86 0 82 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 Scout Camp 18 4 0 0 3 3 0 55 3 62 0 21 1 0 1 0 81 11 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camp Wilkin 2 3 2 2 5 4 41 7 4 3 1 107 2 3 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Camp Road 3 3 2 2 6 5 17 6 5 4 4 51 3 2 2 3 2 1 - - - - - - 1 2 1 2 1 1 EPA Air Quality Objective 200 Alcoa Local Standard 170 ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2010 water Water Storage Barwon Water storage levels for the Geelong system at 72.7% capacity. Stage 1 water restrictions apply. Water discharge ML November Total Ashponds (SP1) 114 1248 Mine (SP4) 0 0 Water Monitoring 02/11/2010 SP1 Ashpond SP4 Mine SP3 EPA Limit Lab Result 4 - 10 7.6 Susp Solids 100 9 100 discharge 30 <4 Colour 50 4 50 at 50 6 Aluminium 10 0.34 10 time 5.5 24 Iron 10 0.78 20 of 4.0 0.17 Zinc 0.4 0.15 2.0 sampling 0.3 0.62 pH EPA Limit 3 Lab Result Final 9 EPA Limit No 5 Lab Result 9 4.4 * NB: The results at SP3 appear to be outside EPA limits, but this is due to the pH levels in the natural tributaries to the Anglesea River impacting on our licenced discharge point. Alcoa Anglesea’s EPA licence includes provision for such conditions. This is a natural phenomenon that has generated much interest locally, to learn more visit:.http://www.alcoa.com/australia/en/news/releases/20100914_ANG_DeadFishAngleseaRiver.asp WATER WATER USE PER MONTH (ML) JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV Town Water 1.2 1.0 2.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 Bore Water 284 258 283 244 237 210 203 155 181 190 188 Mine Water 112 52 98 72 102 76 85 97 90 101 114 DEC ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2010 a decade of partnership Representatives from Alcoa and Parks Victoria celebrated ten years of co-managing the Anglesea Heath on November 8. This unique cooperative agreement was a first of its kind in Australia. It sees a resources company and a government agency working together to manage over 7000 hectares of Alcoa’s mining lease, known locally as the Anglesea Heath. The agreement is formalised in The Anglesea Heath Management Plan that provides the framework for management of the Heath and was signed by Parks Victoria and Alcoa in 2000 after extensive consultation. Parks Victoria’s Ranger in Charge East Otways, Frank Gleeson, said that giving Parks Victoria the legal authority to act on and co-manage the Anglesea Heath has enabled it to be treated consistently with the surrounding Great Otway National Park. “The two organisations have worked extensively together to improve the Anglesea Heath, including improvements to signage, track rationalisation and rehabilitation, weed removal and importantly, the presence of Parks Victoria Rangers to help educate the various user groups helps enormously. Mine Manager, Chris Rolland, spoke of his professional satisfaction in participating in the management of the Anglesea Heath. “Getting to this position took a lot of hard work and good faith from a range of people including Alcoa, Parks Victoria and the broader community, particularly ANGAIR. The works done on Cecil Track stand out for me as a real testimony to the strength of this partnership approach to land management. By working collaboratively with CCMA, DSE, Parks Victoria and Surf Coast Shire we were able to rehabilitate the tracks and river banks in this area as well as creating a concrete ford over the waterway. This not only improved access into a beautiful area, but helped significantly to preserve it”, he said. The Anglesea Heath Consultative Committee (AHCC) continues to meet and provide guidance on the management of the Anglesea Heath. Alcoa acknowledges and thanks both members of the AHCC and Parks Victoria for their ongoing contribution and effort to manage this unique area. All these activities make the Heath more resilient and contribute to a better user experience for local people and visitors”, Mr Gleeson said. PLANTS OF THE ANGLESEA HEATH COMMON HEATH (Epacris impressa) Size: Distribution: 0.5 W x 0.6 H cm Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and eastern South Australia Habitat: widespread in tea-tree heath, wattle teatree scrub, low grassy open forest, sclerophyll woodland, dry, damp and valley sclerophyll forests open, wiry shrub prickly tapering leaves to 15mm long masses of white, pink or red flowers March - November The pink form of Common Heath, Epacris impressa, has the distinction of being the first flower to be officially proclaimed an Australian state floral emblem in 1958. Form: Foliage: Flowers: Did you know: COMMON HEATH ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2010 LAND RAINFALL (mm) Long Term Average 2010 Rainfall JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV 42.9 41.6 40.2 51.9 59.9 59.1 63.0 65.8 66.9 68.9 55.2 5.0 67.0 63.0 57.0 30.2 71.8 47.4 121.2 56.8 141.1 81.2 DEC WATER TOWN WATER USE (ML) 2000 2009 2010 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV Amenity Water Use 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 Process Water use 2.0 1.1 0.6 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.8 0.4 0.6 0.7 DEC AIR GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) TOTAL (Mt) & GHG EMISSION EFFICIENCY (t/mwH) GHG t GHG t/MWh 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 f orecast 1227846 1265103 1504860 1448793 1468098 1309674 1491486 1396713 1452351 1361632 1447212 1.24 1.19 1.21 1.21 1.20 1.21 1.20 1.18 1.23 1.22 1.19 ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPORT NOVEMBER 2010 environmental improvement Environmental Management Targets November 2010 Total 2010 Forecast 2010 Target Reportable Environmental Incidents 0 0 0 0 Env Near Miss vs Env Incident Run Rate (ratio) 4 4.3 4.3 2.5 100 100 100 90 November 2010 Total 2010 Forecast 2010 Target Ambient SO2 (no. readings > 200ppb) 0 0 0 0 Stack SO2 (no. hrs > 100kg/min) 0 0 0 0 SO2 Load Reductions (No.) 15 185 202 NA 1.18 1.19 1.19 1.20 0 0 0 0 November 2010 Total 2010 Forecast 2010 Target Town Water (ML) 0.8 12.0 13.1 14.2 Bore Water (ML) 188 2433 2654 4000 Waste Targets November 2010 Total 2010 Forecast 2010 Target Waste to Landfill (t) 0 3.32 3.6 8 Solid Prescribed Waste to Landfill (t) 0 0 0 0 Monthly EHS ASAT Audit Completion (%) Air Emission Targets GHG Efficiency (t CO2 e/MWh) Opacity (10 min av > 0.25g/m3 norm ops) Water Targets Mine Rehabilitation Targets 2010 Total 2010 Target 2010 Area to Clear (ha) 3.1 3.1 2010 Area to Rehabilitate (ha) 5.4 > 3.1 OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR EMPLOYEE Hi Chris! What prompted Alcoa to initiate a partnership with Parks Victoria? The idea surfaced when we were in discussions with the community about moving Coal Mine Road. When focussing on that section of land, we realised that in reality, no-one was looking after the rest of the lease. Despite the lack of management, the area was still in reasonable shape, although the track systems were excessive in number and highly eroded. From that, the idea grew to where we worked with the government agencies and legal people to develop this unique agreement. Has this type of partnership been done anywhere else? We believe it’s the first instance of a resources company and a government agency working in partnership to manage land for conservation purposes. What do you think is the most important achievement of the partnership to date? I think the creation of the Anglesea Heath Management Plan was an enormous step in forming a solid management base and was an incredible privilege to witness, first hand, the power of passionate people from the community working to a common aim.