Glen Isla Quarry, Tin Pot Hill Bland Shire: environmental impact statement, 2000 /

Summary -- The proposal -- Objectives / characteristics of the proposal -- Characteristics of the resource -- Description of the quarry operation -- Operational requirements -- Site layout plans -- Site preparation works -- Infrastructure considerations Rehabilitation -- Previous site operations -- Alternative sites -- The location -- Planning information / site location -- Description of affected environment -- Identification and prioritision of issues -- Overview of the methodology -- Outcomes of the process -- Environmental issues -- Traffic and roads -- Soils and geological -- Water -- Air quality -- Noise and blasting -- Flora and fauna -- Heritage -- Visual -- Social and health -- Annex 1: noise and transportation impact -- Annex 2: vegetation and flora survey -- Annex 3: fauna survey -- Annex 4: aboriginal heritage.

H. R. D. Ready Mix Pty Ltd proposes to develop a quarry at Tin Pot Hill, approximately 20 km northeast of Barellan in the Bland Shire. This development on the property will occur in association with ongoing cropping, and grazing by sheep. A quarry was located at the site over 20 years ago. The Bland Shire Council identifies quarrying still being a permissible land use, but an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The proposal involves extraction of rock from a quarry face through blasting, with crushing, sieving and stockpiling on site. The aggregate will be transported to Leeton for use in concrete, or regionally for use in road construction and maintenance. Three personnel will be employed, two at the site and one for transport. The quarry is seen as a long-term commitment to ensure the supply of material for the H R D Ready Mix business. The proposal provides regional benefits through the development of competitive sources of material, reduced transport distances, and additional employment.