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Managing Anticipated Mining Related Impacts in the Liverpool Plains Shire Council Area

Managing Anticipated Mining Related Impacts in the Liverpool Plains Shire Council Area. Watermark Community Consultative Committee Meeting – 21 April 2010. Ron Van Katwyk Director Environmental Services Liverpool Plains Shire Council. Introduction.

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Managing Anticipated Mining Related Impacts in the Liverpool Plains Shire Council Area

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  1. Managing Anticipated Mining Related Impacts in the Liverpool Plains Shire Council Area Watermark Community Consultative Committee Meeting – 21 April 2010 Ron Van KatwykDirector Environmental ServicesLiverpool Plains Shire Council

  2. Introduction • Current Planning Approvals Process is designed to ensure impacts / issues are addressed in advance and stakeholders (Council included) are given the opportunity to provide constructive input. • The impacts will be cyclical (Exploration  Construction  Operation  Rehabilitation  Post Operation) and all phases will impact the Liverpool Plains community differently and in turn require different planning and preparation. This is further complicated by operators progressing through the phases at different rates and times.

  3. This presentation attempts to categorise the anticipated impacts (environmental, economic and social) and address them by way of a Pressure-State-Response (P-S-R) framework commonly found in Council State of Environment Reports. P-S-R Framework Fig.28 from page 29 of Namoi Region State of Environmental Effects Report 2008/09.

  4. Current activities impacting on the LPSC area

  5. Whitehaven Coal Ltd – Operational Phase of an open-cut mine at Werris Creek currently expanding and projecting at least 20 more years of extraction. • Caroona Coal Project – Exploration Phase of a long-wall underground proposal at Caroona – say 2 to 3 more years of research. • Shenhua Australia Holdings Pty Ltd – Exploration Phase of an open-cut proposal immediately to the north of the LPSC / Gunnedah boundary. Say 2 to 3 more years of research. • Santos Ltd – Exploration Phase for gas extraction – duration and locality of activity to be determined. • Existing mining activity to the north. • Existing mining activity to the west.

  6. Economic

  7. Economic - continued

  8. Henry’s Guesthouse

  9. Economic - continued

  10. Drilling services

  11. Economic - continued

  12. Economic - continued

  13. Social

  14. Social - continued

  15. Community Development Fund Projects

  16. Social - continued

  17. Social - continued

  18. Environmental

  19. Environmental - continued

  20. Conclusion Partnerships • For the Liverpool Plains Shire community to mature and benefit from mining activity, vigilance will be required by all stakeholders to ensure that the new activity and new money are part of a sustainable economic expansion that is not detrimental to existing economic drivers such as agriculture, forestry and equine industries. Affirmative and supportive action by mining companies will play a significant role in this process. Long term planning • As extractive industries are cyclical in nature, desirable and sustainable longer term community gains will require well informed and proactive planning. Regional Competition • Liverpool Plains Shire communities will need to work harder to attract the “flow-on effect” of increased economic activity given the size advantage of neighbouring service centres. The “affordable” lifestyle, proximity to the Hunter Valley and existing rail infrastructure advantages will need vigorous promotion.

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