Caval Ridge Mine

Additional information to EIS

• Supplementary EIS ( 975 KB)
• Appendix A1 - EPBC Assessment of Impact Significance on Listed EEC ( 239 KB)
• Appendix A2 - Biodiversity Offset Strategy ( 121 KB)
• Appendix A3 - Nature Conservation Act response ( 88 KB)
• Appendix B - Air Quality Assessment Supplementary Report ( 2.3 MB)
• Appendix C - MBCM Seam Clarification ( 23 KB)
• Appendix D1 - BMA Environmental Performance Details ( 90 KB)
• Appendix D2 - Caval BMA Sustainable Development Report ( 4.1 MB)
• Appendix E1 - Caval Ridge Mine Project ( 3.5 MB)
• Appendix E2 - Long Term Void Storage and Quality Report ( 13.9 MB)
• Appendix F - Soils Addendum ( 204 KB)
• Appendix G - Belt Press Filter Operating Philosophy ( 63 KB)
• Appendix H1 - Hazard Assess for Dams ( 11.1 MB)
• Appendix H2 - Caval Ridge EIS Supplementary Flood Modelling ( 5.3 MB)
• Appendix H3 - Derivation of End-Of-Pipe Discharge Criteria ( 205 KB)
• Appendix I - Conceptual Dump ( 228 KB)
• Appendix J - Groundwater Monitoring Plan ( 471 KB)
• Appendix K - Low Frequency Noise ( 86 KB)
• Appendix L - Minister of Mines and Energy Speech ( 69 KB)
• Appendix M1 - BMA Communities Strategy ( 227 KB)
• Appendix M2 - Updated Issue and Mitigation Table ( 188 KB)
• Appendix M3 - Comm Donations Sponsorships Partnerships Guidelines ( 124 KB)
• Appendix M4 - Northern Bowen Basin and Mackay Regional Master ( 56 KB)
• Appendix N - Tailings and Rejects Management System ( 928 KB)
• Appendix O - EM Plan Rev Supplementary ( 25.3 MB)
• Appendix P - List of commitments ( 239 KB)

Complete EIS

• Glossary ( 135 KB)
• Executive Summary ( 794 KB)
• EIS cover page ( 6.1 MB)
• Table of Contents ( 163 KB)
• 1 - Introduction ( 2.0 MB)
• 2 - Project Justification and Sustainability ( 91 KB)
• 3 - Project Description ( 7.6 MB)
• 4 - Land Resources ( 16.1 MB)
• 5 - Mineral Waste ( 251 KB)
• 6 - Surface Water ( 3.7 MB)
• 7 - Groundwater ( 462 KB)
• 8 - Terrestrial Ecology ( 4.7 MB)
• 9 - Aquatic Ecology ( 64 KB)
• 10 - Air Quality ( 2.2 MB)
• 11 - Greenhouse Gases ( 177 KB)
• 12 - Noise and Vibration ( 1.8 MB)
• 13 - Transport ( 1.6 MB)
• 14 - Waste Management ( 171 KB)
• 15 - Cultural Heritage ( 546 KB)
• 16 - Community ( 229 KB)
• 17 - Social Impact Assessment ( 559 KB)
• 18 - Economic Assessment ( 115 KB)
• 19 - Health Safety and Risk ( 508 KB)
• 20 - Cumulative Impacts ( 93 KB)
• 21 - Environmental Management Plan ( 50 KB)
• 22 - References ( 113 KB)

Appendix

• Appendix A1 - TOR ( 474 KB)
• Appendix A2 - TOR Checklist ( 492 KB)
• Appendix B - Approvals ( 55 KB)
• Appendix C1 - EPBC Referral ( 3.0 MB)
• Appendix C2 - EPBC Report ( 8.5 MB)
• Appendix D - Study Team ( 105 KB)
• Appendix E1 - Advisory Agencies ( 43 KB)
• Appendix E2 - Letters To Representatives ( 91 KB)
• Appendix E3 - Stakeholders ( 16 KB)
• Appendix E4 - Consultation Material ( 6.8 MB)
• Appendix F - Soil Report ( 5.7 MB)
• Appendix G - Preliminary Site Investigation ( 7.6 MB)
• Appendix H - Geochem Report ( 724 KB)
• Appendix I1 - URS Site Visit Assessment ( 12.1 MB)
• Appendix I2 - SKM Stream Diversion Concept Report ( 5.6 MB)
• Appendix I3 - Risk Matrix Impacts Table ( 28 KB)
• Appendix I4 - Flood Assessment Report ( 720 KB)
• Appendix I5 - Water Quality Data ( 35 KB)
• Appendix J - Groundwater ( 10.7 MB)
• Appendix K - Ecological Assessment ( 7.6 MB)
• Appendix L - Air Quality Report ( 5.0 MB)
• Appendix M - Noise And Vibration ( 1.8 MB)
• Appendix N - Traffic And Transport Impact Assessment ( 5.8 MB)
• Appendix O1 - Indigenous cultural heritage ( 1.7 MB)
• Appendix O2 - Non-Indigenous cultural heritage ( 1.7 MB)
• Appendix P - Social Impact Studies ( 6.1 MB)
• Appendix Q - Draft EMP ( 8.4 MB)
• Appendix R1 - BHP Sustainable Development Policy ( 135 KB)
• Appendix R2 - BMA Charter ( 62 KB)
• Appendix R3 - HSEC Management ( 175 KB)
• Appendix R4 - Greenhouse Gases And Climate Change ( 76 KB)
• Appendix R5 - BMA Guideline Design Of Sustainable Mine Landforms ( 1.6 MB)
• Appendix S - Commitments ( 156 KB)

For more information on this project, please visit the project page.

Since the publication of the Coordinator-General's report on the EIS, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has applied for the following changes to the Caval Ridge Mine project.

Read more about project changes.

Project change application 10 – Audit condition changes

http://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/assessments-and-approvals/caval-ridge-mine-project-changes.html

Date	Activity
26 May 2014	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 390 KB) released, approving the change.
3 April 2014	Proponent's project change application ( 1.9 MB) submitted.

Project change application 9 – Housing and accommodation condition changes

Date	Activity
27 September 2013	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 845 KB) released, approving the change.
16 August 2013	Proponent's project change application ( 8.3 MB) submitted.

Project change application 8 – Accommodation village condition changes

Date	Activity
2 September 2013	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 6.6 MB) released, approving the change.
21 June 2013 to 1 August 2013	Public consultation on project change application.
31 May 2013	Proponent's project change application ( 5.3 MB) submitted.

Project change application 7 - Local buying program

Date	Activity
27 March 2013	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 828 KB) released, approving the change.
22 March 2013	Proponent's project change application ( 230 KB) submitted.

Project change application 6 - Miscellaneous condition amendments

Date	Activity
28 March 2013	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 550 KB) released, approving the change.
25 February 2013	Proponent's project change application ( 510 KB) submitted.

Project change application 5 - Rail alignment

Date	Activity
3 April 2012	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 440 KB) released, approving the change.
20 October 2011	Proponent's project change application ( 4.51 MB) submitted.

Project change application 4 - 100 per cent fly-in/fly-out operational workforce

Date	Activity
2 September 2011	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 213 KB) released, approving the change.
18 July 2011 to 15 August 2011	Public consultation on project change application.
15 June 2011	Proponent's project change application ( 2.16 MB) submitted.

Project change application 3 - Housing study

Date	Activity
14 July 2011	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 614 KB) released, approving the change.
3 June 2011	Proponent's project change application ( 608 KB) submitted.

Project change application 2 - Administration of environmental authority

Date	Activity
16 November 2010	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 124 KB) released, approving the change.
9 November 2010	Proponent's project change application submitted. It comprises two documents: Administration of environmental authority ( 745 KB) Additional condition request for administration of environmental authority ( 87 KB)

Project change application 1 - Accommodation village location and capacity

Date	Activity
17 February 2011	Coordinator-General's report on project change ( 608 KB) released, approving the change.
16 November 2010 to 15 November 2010	Public consultation on proponent's project change application.
29 September 2010	Proponents project change application submitted. It comprises three documents: Accommodation location and capacity ( 629 KB) Buffel Park accommodation villages - construction villages ( 733 KB) Buffel Park accommodation villages - operation villages ( 683 KB) Map ( 228 KB)

Details

Last updated on 06 December 2017

As part of its environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Caval Ridge Mine, BMA prepared a social impact management plan.

The plan - which applies to the construction, commissioning, operation and the decommissioning of the project - describes:

• the project's potential (positive and negative) impacts
• mitigation and management strategies
• implementation actions
• roles and responsibilities of proponents, government, service providers and communities.

Download documents

• Caval Ridge Mine Social Impact Management Plan ( 4.54 MB)
• Bowen Basin Coal Growth Project Housing Impacts Study ( 3.36 MB)
• Bowen Basin Coal Growth Project Housing Impacts Plan ( 141 KB)

BMA submitted three development applications to the Isaac Regional Council for approval.

The applications concerned the Buffel Park Accommodation Village, namely the construction of temporary and permanent accommodation for construction, operational and maintenance workers; and associated operational works.

On 14 April 2011, the council refused one of the three applications, saying it conflicted with the Belyando Planning Scheme by locating a residential use in a Rural Zone.

On 6 May 2011, BHP Billiton Limited asked the Treasurer and Minister for State Development and Trade to exercise his call-in powers under the Sustainable  Planning Act 2009.

On 6 June 2011 - following an invitation for public submissions on his use of his call-in powers - the Minister called in the three development applications.

The applications were called in on grounds of state interest. The Caval Ridge Mine - of which the accommodation village is a crucial part - and associated expansion of the Peak Downs Mine are expected to contribute about $500 million a year to the Queensland economy.

The Minister's call-in powers allow him to decide development applications in place of the Isaac Regional Council.

On 2 September 2011, the Minister decided to approve all three applications with conditions. The Minister's decisions cannot be appealed against.

Decision notices

• Material  change of use ( 2.99 MB)
• Operational  works for earthworks and clearing vegetation ( 141 KB)
• Operational  works for civil works and utility services ( 835 KB)