Environmental Issue / Reorganization / Company Expansion / /
Facility
Xstrata’s Mt Owen complex / Heritage mine / Ashton mine / Integra complex / New England Highway / Port of Newcastle / Rix’s Creek mine / Vale’s Integra complex / Underground Mine / /
IndustryTerm
groundwater take accounting / gas drainage boreholes / gas drainage well development / mine gas / road network / proposed mining / steel making / gas wells / metal casing / mine gas drainage / nearest gas wells / gas well site / greenhouse gas / large scale and intensive mining activity / electricity use / open cut mining operations / gas drainage system / mine-wide gas drainage network / goaf gas / gas drainage wells / gas content / proposed gas venting / environmental management / mine-related surface infrastructure / underground mining operations / active venting gas well / mine-wide reticulated gas drainage / surface gas wells / gas drainage / expected coal seam gas levels / mining / long-term solution / underground mining area / closest mining operations / gas boreholes / /
NaturalFeature
mountain Ravensworth East / Glennies Creek / Mt Owen / Hunter Valley / Bowmans Creek / Hunter River / mountain Glendell / /
Organization
Singleton Council / Planning and Assessment Commission / NSW office of Water / Department of Trade & Investment / Roads and Traffic Authority / Division of Resources and Energy / Department of Primary Industries / Department of Environment / Climate Change and Water / office of Environment and Heritage / Planning Assessment Commission / Singleton Shire Council / /
Position
Minister / Approval Authority The Minister / hole and well head / Hunter / active well head / pad and well head / /
ASHTON COAL PROJECT – OPEN CUT AND UNDERGROUND MODIFICATIONS DA[removed]MOD 7 1 BACKGROUND Ashton Coal Operations Ltd (Ashton), a subsidiary of Yanzhou, operates the Ashton Coal Project, located approximately 12 ki