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Supplementary Information for
Cristal Mining Australia Hatfield
Gravel Pit Development Application
Prepared by ENVIROCOM
Date: Thursday, 3 August 2017
Applicant name:
Cristal Mining Australia Limited (Cristal)
375 Benetook Avenue, Mildura 3500
P.O.Box 4032, Mildura, Vic 3502
ABN: 60 009 247 858
Contact name:
Ray Roberts, Resource Development Manager
Telephone: (03) 5025 4600 Mob: 0429 375 476
Person preparing supplementary information
Andrew Minns, Principal, Envirocom
99 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton SA 5033
Phone: 0417 826 355
Email: [email protected]
ABN: 30 624 983 216
Document Information
Project Cristal Mining Hatfield Gravel Pit Project
Client Cristal Mining
Title SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for Development Application
for Cristal Mining Hatfield Gravel Pit Proposal
Project Number
Author Richard Mills
Environment & Community, Envirocom
Andrew Minns
Principal, Envirocom
99 Sir Donald Bradman Drive,
Hilton, SA 5033
Mobile 0417 826 355
Email [email protected]
Website www.envirocom.net.au
Reviewed by
Revision Table
Revisions Date Comments
Development Application
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
3-08-2017 Prepared by R. Mills Envirocom
Table of Contents Site Details .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Tenure ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Land Use ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Site Locality Maps & Site Plans .............................................................................................................................. 7
Site Vegetation ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
List of Figures Figure 1: Map - Regional overview. ......................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2: Gravel pit locations along mine haulage route. ........................................................................................ 9 Figure 3: Gravel pit locations in relation to residences. ......................................................................................... 10 Figure 4: Pit A - Indicative site plan. ...................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 5: Pit B - Indicative site plan. ...................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 6: Pit C - Indicative site plan. ...................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 7: Pit A north & south satellite image native vegetation. ............................................................................ 15 Figure 8: Map Pit A north & south – Sluiter & Allen (2017) native vegetation mapping. ........................................ 16 Figure 9:Pit B satellite image native vegetation..................................................................................................... 17 Figure 10: Map Pit B – Sluiter & Allen (2017) native vegetation mapping. ............................................................ 18 Figure 11: Pit C satellite image native vegetation. ................................................................................................ 19 Figure 12: Map Pit C – Sluiter & Allen (2017) native vegetation mapping. ............................................................ 20
List of Tables
Table 1: Proposed gravel land tenure details. ......................................................................................................... 6 Table 2: Vegetation clearance summary. .............................................................................................................. 14
Site Details
Tenure The proposed gravel pits (3) are situated on Crown Land in the Balranald Shire Western Lands region, south-
central New South Wales 1: 250,000 Pooncarie Map Sheet. The proposed gravel pits cover an area of 113.41
hectares on Western Lands lease held by Minto Glen Pastoral Company Pty Ltd (Table 1). The three proposed
gravel pits (Pit A north and south, B & C) are located along the Atlas Campaspe mine site mineral concentrate
haulage route. Pit A and Pit C consist mostly of native vegetation. The Pit B site is highly modified and was
formerly a gravel extraction area for historical road construction in the area.
Land Use The gravel pit sites are Western Lands leases, leased to Minto Glen Pastoral Company, for saltbush / bluebush
grazing. Pit A and Pit C consist mostly of native vegetation. The Pit B site is highly modified and was formerly a
gravel extraction area for historical road construction in the area.
Table 1: Proposed gravel land tenure details.
Pit
Lot Number Type Lessee Area
(Ha)
Pit A Local
Government
Area (LGA) of
Balranald,
Parish of
Willilbah,
County of
Kilfera
Lot No. 1, DP
1198331
Western Lands Lease (WLL)
2611 issued under Western
Lands Act 1901 for “Pastoral
Purposes” for a term in
perpetuity.
Minto Glen
Pastoral Company
Pty Ltd.
53.24
Pit B Local
Government
Area (LGA) of
Balranald,
Parish of
Willilbah East,
County of
Kilfera
Lot No. 1944,
DP 763848
Western Lands Lease (WLL)
4103 issued under Western
Lands Act 1901 for the
purpose of “Grazing” in
perpetuity.
Minto Glen
Pastoral Company
Pty Ltd.
5.25
Pit C Local
Government
Area (LGA) of
Balranald,
Parish of
Willilbah,
County of
Kilfera
Lot No. 2, DP
1198331
Western Lands Lease (WLL)
2611 issued under Western
Lands Act 1901 for “Pastoral
Purposes” for a term in
perpetuity.
Minto Glen
Pastoral Company
Pty Ltd.
54.16
Site Locality Maps & Site Plans
Figure 1: Map - Regional overview.
Figure 2: Gravel pit locations along mine haulage route.
Figure 3: Gravel pit locations in relation to residences.
Figure 4: Pit A - Indicative site plan.
Figure 5: Pit B - Indicative site plan.
Figure 6: Pit C - Indicative site plan.
Site Vegetation
Vegetation mapping and proposed clearances extracted from Cristal Mining Hatfield Gravel Pit Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)(Attached).
The proposed gravel extraction will affect approximately 113 hectares of land. Remnant native vegetation occurs over
approximately 108.78 hectares of this area (Table 2: Vegetation clearance summary.). Dr Ian Sluiter and qualified field
personnel conducted detailed flora assessments at the three proposed gravel pit sites pursuant to OEH National Parks
and Wildlife Scientific Licence Number SL101035. Sluiter & Allen (2017) conclude that the gravel pit development and
activities are unlikely to have a significant effect on the TSC or EPBC Act rated species occurring or likely to occur over
the project area. The Hatfield gravel pit flora assessment (Sluiter & Allen 2017) describes site flora and assesses the
risk of gravel pit operations on flora communities and species. The report contains several recommendations for
avoiding or mitigating impacts, and calculates a biodiversity offset for vegetation clearance.
Table 2: Vegetation clearance summary.
Location Native
vegetation
Cleared
Areas
Total Area
(Ha)
Pit A Iona Station on the Wampo-Langleydale Road,
approximately 3 kilometres east of the Atlas-
Campaspe ML boundary
52.99 1.01 54
Pit B Langleydale Station on the Langleydale-
Balranald Road, 1 kilometres west of the
intersection with the Langleydale-Magenta Road
3.09 2.16 5.25
Pit C Iona Station south of the Wampo-Langleydale
Road, approximately 3.5 kilometres east of the
Atlas-Campaspe ML boundary
52.7 1.46 54.16
108.78 4.63 113.41
Sluiter, I.R.K. and Allen, G.G., 2017, ‘Flora Report on Cristal Mining Australia’s Hatfield West Gravel Pit EIS Project.’
Ecological Report No. 2016/05, Ogyris.
Figure 7: Pit A north & south satellite image native vegetation.
Figure 8: Map Pit A north & south – Sluiter & Allen (2017) native vegetation mapping.
Figure 9:Pit B satellite image native vegetation.
Figure 10: Map Pit B – Sluiter & Allen (2017) native vegetation mapping.
Figure 11: Pit C satellite image native vegetation.
Figure 12: Map Pit C – Sluiter & Allen (2017) native vegetation mapping.