Original EA Amendment

Aspect

Potential Impact

Risk Rating

Risk Controls

Residual Risk Rating

Treatment

L

C

R

L

C

R

values of and due to

the excavation and placement of

are unlikely given the significant existing

unplanned releases

historical ARD generating mine waste

disturbance within the area associated with the

or discharges,

into TSFs

Western Dump placement and construction of

including spills and

the water diversion tunnel. The construction of

When tailings are appropriately

leaks of contaminants

the Upper Mundic Gully TSF will likely improve

managed in a TSF, the geochemical

impacts to land as the currently exposed face

properties of the treated tailings are

of the Western Dump will be sealed.

not expected to cause harm to the

receiving environment

TSF designed by RPEQ in

accordance with DETSI guidelines

and ANCOLD best practice

Annual regular maintenance

inspections in accordance with EA

conditions in Schedule H and the

Manual for Assessing Consequence

Categories and Hydraulic

Performance of Structures

(ESR/2016/1933) .

Pre-clearance fauna surveys will be

Considering the historical disturbance and

Clearing of potential,

undertaken by suitability qualified and

degraded nature of the project area, including

Nature

but degraded, habitat

Likely

Moderate 17

experiences persons to identify

Likely

Insignificant 7

existing ARD contamination in soil, the

conservation

for several MSES

individual fauna at direct risk from

modified hydrology, and the presence of

clearing

dense patches of weeds, it is likely that the

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