Whitehaven Coal : TAR - Blast Management Plan

		Document Owner:	Drill & Blast Supt
		Document Approver:	Operations Manager
	WHITEHAVEN GROUP
Revision Period:	3 years
		Issue:	7
		Last Revision Date:	October 2022

WHC-PLN-TAR-BLAST MANAGEMENT PLAN

TARRAWONGA COAL MINE

BLAST

MANAGEMENT PLAN

Approval	Name	Position	Signed	Date
Document Owner:	Sam Payne	Drill and Blast Supt		October
				2022
Authorised by:	Craig Sullivan	Operations Manager		October
				2022

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				Document Owner:	Drill & Blast Supt
				Document Approver:	Operations Manager
			WHITEHAVEN GROUP
		Revision Period:	3 years
				Issue:	7
				Last Revision Date:	October 2022
		WHC-PLN-TAR-BLAST MANAGEMENT PLAN
Contents
1	INTRODUCTION		4
2	STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS		6
	PA11_0047		6
	2.1.1	BLAST MANAGEMENT PLAN		6
	2.1.2	BLASTING CRITERIA		7
	EPL 12365		10
	OTHER STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS		11
3 BLASTING CONTROLS AND MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES	11
	STRUCTURAL AND HUMAN IMPACTS		12
	ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL HERITAGE		12
	LIVESTOCK		13
	MANAGEMENT OF ROAD CLOSURES		13
	AIR VIBRATIONS (OVERPRESSURE)		13
	GROUND VIBRATIONS		14
	DUST AND OTHER POST-BLAST EMISSIONS		14
	CUMULATIVE BLAST MANAGEMENT STRATEGY		16
4	INSPECTIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS		17
	PRE- BLASTING INSPECTIONS		17
	PRE-BLASTING NOTIFICATION		17
	4.2.1	PUBLIC NOTIFICATION		17
	4.2.2 LIAISON WITH ADJACENT MINES		17
5	MONITORING AND REPORTING		18
	MONITORING PROGRAM		18
	5.1.1 PARAMETERS MEASURED AND MONITORING FREQUENCY	18
	5.1.2	MONITORING LOCATIONS		18

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5.1.3 BLAST FUME MONITORING AND REPORTING	....................................................	18
REPORTING	19

6 MANAGEMENT OF INCIDENTS, EXCEEDANCES, NON-COMPLIANCES AND COMPLAINTS 21

	6.1.1	BLASTING RELATED INCIDENTS	21
	6.1.2	BLASTING CRITERIA EXCEEDANCE	21
	6.1.3	AGENCY NOTIFICATION	21
	6.1.4	LANDHOLDER NOTIFICATION	21
	6.1.5	POLLUTION EVENTS	21
	6.1.6	COMPLAINTS	22
	6.1.7	PROPERTY INVESTIGATIONS	22
	6.1.8	UNFORESEEN IMPACT PROTOCOL	23
7	DEFINITIONS	24
8	SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION	26
9	DOCUMENT REVIEW AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT	27
10	APPENDICES	28
	APPENDIX 1: ROAD CLOSURE MANAGEMENT PLAN	29
	APPENDIX 2: ENVIRONMENTAL BLAST CHECKLIST	32

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	WHITEHAVEN GROUP
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		Last Revision Date:	October 2022

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1 INTRODUCTION

The Tarrawonga Coal Mine (TCM) is located approximately 15 km northeast of Boggabri, 10km north of the Canyon Coal Mine (formerly Whitehaven, in closure) and south of, and adjacent to, the Boggabri Coal Mine (BCM) (Figure 1). The mine site is contained within Mining Lease (ML) 1579, ML 1693, ML 1685 and ML 1749 as shown in Figure 1. The mine site is being developed by Tarrawonga Coal Ltd (TCPL), which is owned by Whitehaven Coal Mining Pty Ltd.

The mine site operates under Project Approval (PA) 11_0047 (granted 22 January 2013), and has made 8 Modifications since this date. TCPL also operates under Environment Protection Licence (EPL) 12365.

This Blast Management Plan (BMP) has been prepared to ensure that the blasting associated with the mine's operations are in compliance with criteria stated in PA 11_0047. To ensure this, the BMP has been prepared in accordance with Condition 3(21) of PA 11_0047.

The following sub-sections identify the monitoring locations and the nature of the monitoring equipment to be used, equipment setup and post-blasting procedures as well as blast information analysis and reporting procedures.

The original BMP was prepared in consultation with the EPA and the Tarrawonga Community Consultative Committee (CCC).

Information regarding blast management and performance to date is available in the site's Annual Environmental Management Reports (AEMR)/Annual Reviews (AR).

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Figure 1: Tarrawonga Coal Mine Location

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