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Muswellbrook Coal Approvals, Plans and Reports

Muswellbrook Coal Mine operates in accordance with a series of comprehensive management plans. These comprehensive plans define objectives and processes for day-to-day operations, environmental management and reporting, and cultural heritage.

These plans are approved by Council, with input from other regulators as required.

Muswellbrook Coal Company Development Approval – DA 205/2002

DA 2002-205  (February 2024)

2002 Environmental Impact Statement
Form 2 Certificate (110kB)
Abbreviations (118kB)
Glossary of Terms (172kB)
Executive Summary (779kB)
Section 1 Introduction (638kB)
Section 2 Planning Context (332kB)
Section 3 Analysis of Existing Environment (11.3MB)
Section 4 Existing Operations (971kB)
Section 5 The Proposal (2.3MB)
Section 6 The Likely Impact on the Environment (6.7MB)
Section 7 Measures Proposed to Mitigate (398kB)
Section 8 Analysis of Feasible Alternatives (236kB)
Section 9 Project Justification (278kB)
Section 10 References (130kB)
Appendix A – Director General Requirements (334kB)
Appendix B – Copy of MSC & Government Authority Responses (2.9MB)
Appendix C – Statutory Authority Requirements Checklist 537kB)
Appendix D – Native Title Search (470kB)
Appendix E – Air Quality Impact Assessment (3.7MB)
Appendix F – Flora and Fauna Assessment (7.0MB)
Appendix G – Soils and Land Capability Study (7.4MB)
Appendix H – Noise and Vibration Assessment (7.1MB)
Appendix I – Indigenous & Non Indigenous Heritage Assessment (6.8MB)
Appendix J – Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (4.9MB)
Appendix K – Water Management Study 8.3MB)
Appendix L – Traffic Conditions Review (125kB)
Appendix L – Traffic Impact Assessment (751kB)
Appendix M – Community Consultation (7.0MB)

Area C Statement of Environmental Effects (2010)
Area C Modification Statement of Environmental Effects (5.4MB)
Appendix A – Regulatory Correspondence (6.7MB)
Appendix B – Noise and Blasting Impact Assessment (9.6MB)
Appendix C – Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Impact Assessment (4.7MB)
Appendix D – Aboriginal and Historical Heritage Impact Assessment (11.3MB)
Appendix E – Flora and Fauna Impact Assessment (7.0MB)
Appendix F – Groundwater Impact Assessment (6.6MB)

Continuation Project Statement of Environmental Effects 2016
Statement of Environmental Effects (16.4MB)
Appendix B Rehabilitation and Closure Strategy (19.4MB)
Appendix C Soils Assessment (7.0MB)
Appendix D Biodiversity Assessment (1.1MB)
Appendix E Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment (3.2MB)
Appendix F Air Quality Impact Assessment (10.5MB)
Appendix G Surface Water Assessment (22.5MB)
Appendix H Groundwater Assessment (9.0MB)
Appendix I Economic Assessment (801KB)
Response to Submissions (4.3MB)

Coal Haulage Modification Report September 2022
Coal Haulage Modification Report (3.6MB)

Mod 9 – Rehabilitation Transition Modification and Bypass Modification
Mod 9 Application Report – April 2022 (2.2MB)
Mod 9 Addendum Report – September 2023 (8.1MB)

Environment Protection Licence No. 656
Environmental Protection Licence 656 (December 2023)

The following environmental management plans are a requirement of the consent conditions:

Air Quality Management Plan (1.6MB) November 2024
Blast Management Plan (1.8MB) August 2024
Environmental Management Strategy (2.4MB) November 2024
Fire Management Plan (2.0MB) August 2024
Noise Management Plan (1.6MB) August 2024
Pollution Incident Response Management Plan (3.2MB) December 2023
Rehabilitation Management Plan (4.4MB) August 2024
Spontaneous Combustion Management Plan (1MB) December 2020
Visual Amenity Lighting and Landscape Management Plan
(14.4MB) October 2020
Water Management Plan (1.9MB) November 2024

Data prior to 2019 is not available on the website.  If you want access to this data please call us on 02 6542 2300 or email us on: muswellbrookcoal@idemitsu.com.au.

Air Quality

PM10

PM10 2024
PM10 2023
PM10 2022
PM10 2021
PM10 2020
PM10 2019

Map of monitoring locations for PM10, and gas monitoring.

Water Quality

Surface and Ground Water

Water 2024
Water 2023
Water 2022
Water 2021
Water 2020
Water 2019

Map of surface and ground water monitoring locations

Noise

Environmental Noise Monitoring

Mining Plant Noise Monitoring (annually)

Noise monitoring was not conducted between November 2022 and August 2023 as there was no night time activities occurring on site.

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December 2023
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Map of attended noise monitoring locations

Spontaneous Combustion

EPL Spontaneous Combustion Monitoring

Development Consent Gas Monitoring

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This monitoring commenced in July 2017 and ceased in November 2020 following approval from Muswellbrook Shire Council.
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Spontaneous Combustion Reports

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Annual Environmental Management Reports and Independent Environmental Audits prior to 2019 are not available on the website.  If you want access to these reports please call us on 02 6542 2300 or email us on muswellbrookcoal@idemitsu.com.au.

Annual Environmental Management Reports (AEMR)

2023 Annual Environmental Management Report (1.6MB)
2022 Annual Environmental Management Report (4MB)
2021 Annual Environmental Management Report (6MB)
2020 Annual Environmental Management Report (7MB)
2019 Annual Environmental Management Report (9MB)

Annual Rehabilitation Reports and Forward Programs

2023 Annual Rehabilitation Report (7.8MB)
2024-2026 Forward Program (3.6MB)
2024 Rehabilitation Cost Estimate (0.2MB)
2022 Annual Rehabilitation Report (1.4MB)
2023-2025 Forward Program (1.6MB)

Independent Environmental Audits (IEA)

2021 Independent Environmental Audit (4.5MB)

Spontaneous Combustion Emissions Study

Spontaneous Combustion Emissions Study (4MB)
Spontaneous Combustion Emissions Study Newsletter

 

Committee Members

Community Representatives:
Mrs Jennifer Lecky
Mr Garry Chapman
Mr Malcolm Ogg
Ms De-anne Douglas (Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Lands Council)
Mr John Madden

Council Representatives:
Councillor Rod Scholes
Ms Theresa Folpp

Muswellbrook Coal Representatives:
Ms Julie Thomas
Mr Brett O’Kane

2024 Meeting Dates

4th June 2024
3rd December 2024

Meetings are held at 12:00pm in the Muswellbrook Coal Boardroom, Coal Road, Muswellbrook

CCC Minutes of Meetings

December 2024 Minutes
June 2024 Minutes
December 2023 Minutes
June 2023 Minutes
December 2022 Minutes
June 2022 Minutes
April 2022 Minutes
December 2021 Minutes
June 2021 Minutes
December 2020 Minutes
June 2020 Minutes
December 2019 Minutes
June 2019 Minutes
December 2018 Minutes

September 2018 Minutes

June 2018 Minutes

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December 2017 Minutes

September 2017 Minutes
June 2017 Minutes
March 2017 – no meeting was held
December 2016 Minutes
September 2016 Minutes
June 2016 – no meeting was held
March 2016 Minutes
December 2015 Minutes
September 2015 Minutes
June 2015 Minutes
March 2015 Minutes

Muswellbrook Coal provides a telephone complaints line for the purpose of receiving any complaints from members of the public in relation to activities conducted at the premises or by the vehicles or mobile plant.

The Community Complaints Hotline Number is:

1800 600 205

A register of all complaints is maintained, and includes information relating to the nature of the complaint and actions taken by Muswellbrook Coal Company.

Data prior to 2019 is not available on the website.  If you want access to this data please call us on 02 6542 2300 or email us on: muswellbrookcoal@idemitsu.com.au.

2024 Complaints Register
2023 Complaints Register
2022 Complaints Register
2021 Complaints Register
2020 Complaints Register
2019 Complaints Register

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