Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project

• Table of Contents ( 57 KB)
• Abbreviations and Glossary ( 118 KB)
• Executive Summary ( 1.4 MB)
• Introduction ( 1.5 MB)
• Description of the Project ( 74 KB)
• Social Impact Assessment ( 495 KB)
• Social Impact Management Plan ( 134 KB)
• Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Cultural Heritage ( 519 KB)
• Economies ( 84 KB)
• Community Consultation ( 143 KB)
• Cumulative Impacts ( 502 KB)
• Draft Offsets Strategy ( 86 KB)
• Project Commitments ( 170 KB)
• Matters of National Environmental Significance ( 8.0 MB)
• Conclusions and Recommendations ( 72 KB)
• References ( 108 KB)

• Table of Contents ( 123 KB)
• Introduction ( 52 KB)
• Description of the Project ( 16 MB)
• Climate, Natural Hazards and Climate Change ( 977 KB)
• Land ( 17.4 MB)
• Nature Conservation ( 21.4 MB)
• Water Resources ( 17.2 MB)
• Air Quality ( 1.2 MB)
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions ( 145 KB)
• Noise and Vibration ( 687 KB)
• Waste ( 771 KB)
• Transport ( 1.4 MB)
• Hazard and Risk ( 759 KB)
• Environmental Management Plan - Mine ( 2.3 MB)
• Environmental Management Plan - Offsite ( 1.4 MB)
• Conclusions and Recommendations ( 260 KB)
• References ( 316 KB)

• Table of Contents ( 245 KB)
• Introduction ( 53 KB)
• Description of the Project ( 9.7 MB)
• Climate, Natural Hazards and Climate Change ( 471 KB)
• Land ( 11.4 MB)
• Nature Conservation ( 17.2 MB)
• Water Resources ( 11.2 MB)
• Air Quality ( 759 KB)
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions ( 246 KB)
• Noise and Vibration ( 2.3 MB)
• Waste ( 487 KB)
• Transport ( 5.4 MB)
• Hazard and Risk ( 3.6 MB)
• Draft Environmental Management Plan - Rail ( 1.5 MB)
• Conclusions and Recommendations ( 277 KB)
• References ( 333 KB)

• Appendix A - Adani Environment and Sustainability Policy ( 579 KB)
• Appendix B - Final Terms of Reference ( 1.25 MB)
• Appendix C - ToR Cross Reference Table ( 481 KB)
• Appendix D - Project Approvals and Planning Assessment ( 2.5 MB)
  • Appendix IV to Appendix D:
    • Stage 1A Mining Accommodation Camp:
      • Part 1 Application Forms ( 325 KB)
      • Part 2 Planning Assessment Report ( 2.7 MB)
      • Part 3 Land Use and Economic Need ( 46 KB)
      • Part 4 Visual Amenity ( 46 KB)
      • Part 5 Codes ( 248 KB)
      • Part 6 Hydraulic, Water Quality and Engineering ( 1.8 MB)
      • Part 7 Environmental, Open Space and Landscaping ( 1.7 MB)
      • Part 8 Traffic and Transport ( 1.2 MB)
      • Part 9 Environmental Health ( 45 KB)
      • Part 10 Plans and Drawings ( 9.4 MB)
    • Temporary Rail Accommodation Camp 1:
      • Part 1 IDAS Application Forms ( 192 KB)
      • Part 2 Planning Assessment Report ( 2.2 MB)
      • Part 3 Land Use and Economic Need ( 46 KB)
      • Part 4 Visual Amenity ( 46 KB)
      • Part 5 Codes ( 261 KB)
      • Part 6 Hydraulic, Water Quality and Engineering ( 1.9 MB)
      • Part 7 Environmental, Open Space and Landscaping ( 2.8 MB)
      • Part 8 Traffic and Transport ( 1.1 MB)
      • Part 9 Environmental Health ( 45 KB)
      • Part 10 Plans and Drawings ( 10.4 MB)
    • Temporary Rail Accommodation Camp 2:
      • Part 1 Application Forms ( 361 KB)
      • Part 2 Planning Assessment Report ( 1.8 MB)
      • Parts 3, 4 and 5 (Land Use and Economic Need, Visual Amenity and Codes) ( 156 KB)
      • Part 6 Hydraulic, Water Quality and Engineering ( 3.2 MB)
      • Part 7 Environmental, Open Space and Landscaping ( 2.0 MB)
      • Part 8 Traffic and Transport ( 663 KB)
      • Parts 9 and 10 (Environmental Health and Plans and Drawings ( 7.7 MB)
    • Temporary Rail Accommodation Camp 3:
      • Part 1 Application Forms ( 361 KB)
      • Part 2 Planning Assessment Report ( 2.6 MB)
      • Parts 3, 4 and 5 - Land Use and Economic Need, Visual Amenity, and Codes ( 145 KB)
      • Part 6 Hydraulic, Water Quality and Engineering ( 2.9 MB)
      • Part 7 Environmental, Open Space and Landscaping ( 4.0 MB)
      • Parts 8 and 9 - Traffic and Transport, and Environmental Health ( 1.3 MB)
      • Part 10 Plans and Drawings ( 12.0 MB)
  • Appendix V to Appendix D:
    • E 1 Carmichael Coal Rail Corridor SP2 - RVMC Response A ( 16.0 MB)
    • E 5 NCA Vegetation Clearing Permit Report SP2 Rail B ( 26.5 MB)
    • E 6 NCA Vegetation Clearing Permit Report SP2 Temporary Works B (  7.2 MB)
• Appendix E - Study Team ( 276 KB)
• Appendix F - Social Impact Assessment Report ( 9.8 MB)
• Appendix G - Social Impact Management Plan ( 5.9 MB)
• Appendix H - Economic Assessment ( 2.3 MB)
• Appendix I - Consultation ( 7.7 MB)
• Appendix J - Matters of National Environmental Significance ( 18.5 MB)
• Appendix K - Mine Landscape and Visual Amenity ( 4.5 MB)
• Appendix L - Mine Soils Assessment ( 4.0 MB)
• Appendix M - Mine Land Use ( 5.6 MB)
• Appendix N1 - Mine Terrestrial Ecology Report ( 54.7 MB)
• Appendix N2 - Doongmabulla Springs Report ( 6.1 MB)
• Appendix N3 - Black-throated Finch Report ( 5.95 MB)
• Appendix O1 - Mine Aquatic Ecology Report ( 12.8 MB)
• Appendix O2 - Stygofauna Assessment ( 3.0 MB)
• Appendix P1 - Mine Hydrology Report ( 42.5 MB)
• Appendix P2 - Preliminary Water Balance Report ( 42.5 MB)
• Appendix Q - Mine Water Quality ( 11.8 MB)
• Appendix R - Mine Hydrogeology Report ( 26.7 MB)
• Appendix S - Mine Air Quality Assessment ( 5.7 MB)
• Appendix T - Mine Greenhouse Gas Report ( 2.4 MB)
• Appendix U - Mine Noise and Vibration ( 22.5 MB)
• Appendix V - Mine Acid Mine Drainage ( 6.6 MB)
• Appendix W - Mine Transport Assessment ( 3.4 MB)
• Appendix X - Rail Scenic Amenity ( 4.9 MB)
• Appendix Y - Rail Soils Assessment ( 13.9 MB)
• Appendix Z - Rail Land Use Report ( 10.5 MB)
• Appendix Z1 - Xenith Rail Easement Study ( 16.8 MB)
• Appendix AA - Rail Ecology Report ( 26.2 MB)
• Appendix AB - Rail Hydrology Report ( 17.8 MB)
• Appendix AC - Rail Hydrogeology Report ( 2.7 MB)
• Appendix AD - Rail Air Quality Assessment ( 3.8 MB)
• Appendix AE - Rail Greenhouse Gas Report ( 2.1 MB)
• Appendix AF - Rail Noise and Vibration Report ( 14.1 MB)
• Appendix AG - Rail Transport Assessment ( 3.6 MB)
• Appendix AH - Environmental Offsets Strategy ( 3.2 MB)
• Appendix AI - Property Map of Assessable Vegetation SP1 ( 17.9 MB)
• Appendix AJ - Property Map of Assessable Vegetation SP2 drawings ( 22.5 MB)

Read the project's supplementary environmental impact statement (EIS)
Read the project's additional information for the EIS
Read more about the EIS/IAR process

• Volume 1 - Project Wide Studies ( 1.9 MB)
• Volume 2 - Mine Studies ( 2.4 MB)
• Volume 3 - Rail Studies ( 5.3 MB)

• Appendix A - Submissions Register ( 2.5 MB)
• Appendix B - Updated Mine Project Description ( 8.1 MB)
• Appendix C1 - Project Approvals Report ( 4.3 MB)
• Appendix C2 - Mine Applications ( 142 KB)
• Appendix C3a – Material Change of Use Applications for Rail Laydown Areas:
  • Appendix C3a – Parts 1–5 ( 26.2 MB)
  • Appendix C3a – Parts 6–9 ( 14.8 MB)
• Appendix C3b – Operational Works Applications for Excavation and Filling for the Rail Corridor:
  • Appendix C3b - Part 1 ( 27.5 MB)
  • Appendix C3b - Part 2 ( 22.5 MB)
  • Appendix C3b - Part 3 ( 15.5 MB)
  • Appendix C3b - Part 4 ( 15.7 MB)
  • Appendix C3b - Part 5 ( 25.8 MB)
  • Appendix C3b - Part 6 ( 15.2 MB)
  • Appendix C3b - Part 7 ( 14.5 MB)
• Appendix C3c - Updated Application Forms For Rail Camps 1 to 3:
  • Appendix C3c - Camp 1 ( 282 KB)
  • Appendix C3c - Camp 2 ( 307 KB)
  • Appendix C3c - Camp 3 ( 305 KB)
• Appendix C3d - Vegetation Reports for SP1 and Laydown Areas:
  • Appendix C3d - SP1 Laydown Area Vegetation Reports ( 6.4 MB)
  • Appendix C3d - SP1 Rail Alignment Vegetation Reports Part 1 ( 14.4 MB)
  • Appendix C3d - SP1 Rail Alignment Vegetation Reports Part 2 ( 43.0 MB)
• Appendix C3e - Waterway Barrier Application for the Project (Rail) west ( 12.8 MB)
• Appendix C3f - Vegetation Reports for SP2 and Laydown Areas:
  • Appendix C3f - Part 1 ( 15.7 MB)
  • Appendix C3f - Part 2 ( 4.94 MB)
  • Appendix C3f - Part 3 ( 22.5 MB)
  • Appendix C3f - Part 4 ( 22.8 MB)
• Appendix C3g - Species Management Plan for the Project (Rail) ( 11.2 MB)
• Appendix C3h - Watercourse Determination for the Project (Rail) ( 6.5 MB)
• Appendix C3i - SP1 Construction Water Application ( 2.7 MB)
• Appendix C4a - Application for Preliminary Approval (Planning) ( 17.8 MB)
• Appendix C4b - Mine Workers Accommodation Village Approval Applications ( 36.5 MB)
• Appendix C4c - Industrial Precinct approval applications ( 39.8 MB)
• Appendix C4d - Airport Approval Applications ( 47.5 MB)
• Appendix C4e - Application to take water from the Belyando River ( 9.7 MB)
• Appendix C5a – Quarry Application - Borrow 7 ( 40.5 MB)
• Appendix C5b – Quarry Application - Disney Quarry ( 35.0 MB)
• Appendix C5c – Quarry Application - Moray Quarry ( 30.5 MB)
• Appendix C5d – Quarry Application - North Creek Quarry ( 28.0 MB)
• Appendix C5e – Quarry Application - South Back Creek Quarry ( 24.5 MB)
• Appendix C5f - NCA Vegetation Clearing Permit Application ( 3.9 MB)
• Appendix C6 - Proposed Draft Approvals Report ( 2.3 MB)
• Appendix D1 - Revised Social Impact Assessment Report ( 5.6 MB)
• Appendix D2 - Draft Social Impact Management Plan ( 4.0 MB)
• Appendix E - Economic Assessment Report ( 2.5 MB)
• Appendix F - Environmental Offset Package ( 1.5 MB)
• Appendix G - Project Commitments ( 1.1 MB)
• Appendix H - Matters of National Environmental Significance Report ( 26.0 MB)
• Appendix I1 - Revised Subsidence Assessment Report ( 47.8 MB)
• Appendix I2 - Draft Subsidence Management Plan ( 18.0 MB)
• Appendix J1 - Updated Mine Ecology Report ( 9.3 MB)
• Appendix J2 - BTF On-Site Monitoring Survey Report ( 2.5 MB)
• Appendix J3 - Doongmabulla & Mellaluka Springs Report ( 11.4 MB)
• Appendix J4 - Population Survey of the Waxy Cabbage Palm Report ( 11.4 MB)
• Appendix J5 - Offsite Infrastructure Ecological Assessment Report ( 12.9 MB)
• Appendix J6 - Offsite Infrastructure BioCondition Assessment Report ( 8.1 MB)
• Appendix J7a - Offsite Infrastructure PMAV Report ( 11.6 MB)
• Appendix J7b - Offsite Infrastructure PVMP Report ( 2.6 MB)
• Appendix J8 - Great Barrier Reef Wetland Protection Areas ( 3.4 MB)
• Appendix J9 - Adani Quarries Environmental Impact Review ( 25.6 MB)
• Appendix K1 - Mine Hydrogeology Report ( 21.0 MB)
• Appendix K2 - Water Balance Report ( 13.5 MB)
• Appendix K3 - Mine Water Quality Report ( 26.5 MB)
• Appendix K4 - Flood Mitigation and Creek Diversion Design Report ( 20.3 MB)
• Appendix K5 - Updated Mine Hydrology Report ( 26.5 MB)
• Appendix K6 - Mine Hydrogeology Report Addendum ( 42.9 MB)
• Appendix K7 - Numerical Groundwater Model Peer Review ( 299 KB)
• Appendix K8 - Groundwater Model Peer Review Comments ( 142 KB)
• Appendix L - Revised Mine Air Quality Assessment Report ( 4.6 MB)
• Appendix M - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report ( 2.0 MB)
• Appendix N - Updated Mine Noise and Vibration Assessment Report ( 20.3 MB)
• Appendix O1 - Mine Waste Characterisation Report ( 7.1 MB)
• Appendix O2 - Mine Waste Management Strategy ( 2.4 MB)
• Appendix O3 - Landform Design Study Report ( 2.8 MB)
• Appendix P - Traffic Impact Assessment Report ( 6.8 MB)
• Appendix Q1 - Environmental Management Plan - Mine ( 3.1 MB)
• Appendix Q2 - Environmental Management Plan - Offsite ( 927 KB)
• Appendix R1 - Mine Closure and Rehabilitation Strategy ( 5.6 MB)
• Appendix R2 - Offsite Closure and Rehabilitation Strategy ( 1.1 MB)
• Appendix S1 - Rail Hydrology Report:
  • Appendix S1a - Rail Hydrology Report ( 6.7 MB)
  • Appendix S1b - Rail Hydrology and Hydraulics Project Design Criteria ( 265 KB)
  • Appendix S1c - Rail Hydrology Drawings ( 65.3 MB)
• Appendix S2 - Bushfire Management Plan ( 11.9 MB)
• Appendix T1 - Strategic Cropping Land Assessment Report ( 24.4 MB)
• Appendix T2 - Rail Soil Survey Methodology ( 5.9 MB)
• Appendix U - Fauna Crossing Strategy ( 10.5 MB)
• Appendix V - Emergency Management Plan ( 9.1 MB)
• Appendix W - Environmental Management Plan - Rail ( 4.0 MB)
• Appendix X1 - Preliminary Closure and Rehabilitation Strategy - Rail ( 4.1 MB)
• Appendix X2 - Preliminary Closure and Rehabilitation Strategy - Quarries ( 2.0 MB)

Read the project's environmental impact statement (EIS)
Read more about the EIS/IAR process

• Draft Black-throated Finch Management Plan ( 8.0 MB)
• Black-throated Finch Monitoring Survey - February 2014 ( 7.3 MB)
• Revised Project Commitments Register ( 1.6 MB)
• Dam Hazard Assessment ( 140 MB)
• Draft GDE Management Plan ( 27 MB)
• Draft Groundwater Monitoring Program ( 13.4 MB)
• Draft Surface Water Monitoring Program ( 5.2 MB)
• Revised Mine Closure and Rehabilitation Strategy ( 24 MB)
• Revised Subsidence Management Plan ( 180 MB)
• Revised Social Impact Management Plan ( 1.9 MB)
• Mine Flood Inundation and Duration Report ( 33 MB)
• Rail Flood Inundation and Duration Report ( 65 MB)
• Revised Offsets Strategy ( 1.5 MB)
• Road Impact Assessment ( 8.7 MB)
• Revised Water Balance ( 3.4 MB)
• Revised Environmental Management Plan – Mine ( 2.0 MB)
• Revised Environmental Management Plan – Offsite ( 1.7 MB)
• Revised Environmental Management Plan – Rail ( 2.2 MB)
• IESC Response ( 20.6 MB)
• Mine Ecological Equivalence Assessment ( 2.1 MB)

Read the project's environmental impact statement (EIS)
Read the project's supplementary EIS
Read more about the EIS/IAR process