Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority in Traralgon, Victoria | Community organisation

Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority

Locality: Traralgon, Victoria

Phone: +61 1800 571 966

Address: Suite 5, 55 Grey Street 3844 Traralgon, VIC, Australia

Website: https://mineland.vic.gov.au

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25.01.2022 Lake or sea? This beach is located on Lake Bärwalder in the Lusatian region of Germany. Formerly the Bärwalde open cut brown coal mine, this is now Saxony’s largest inland lake and attracts tourists for both land and water-based activities. Its motto is ‘sporty, natural and artistic’. #NationalWaterWeek

22.01.2022 Implementation of the Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy is under way. The vision of the Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy (LVRRS) is to transform the Latrobe Valley coal mines and surrounding land, into a safe, stable and sustainable landscape for future generations. The Victorian Government, in collaboration with mine operators and stakeholders, is undertaking further studies to support mine rehabilitation planning. These studies include exploring alternative water sources that might be able to support mine rehabilitation as well as options that don’t rely on water. Read more https://earthresources.createsend1.com//9988A6AE3AA89EB325

21.01.2022 Have your say! The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is seeking feedback on its updated Victorian Guideline for Water Recycling. The aim of the guideline is to streamline and clarify approval processes for recycled water schemes to facilitate an increased uptake of recycled water where risk to the environment and human health is acceptable. For more information, visit https://engage.vic.gov.au/rw-guideline-review #recycledwater

21.01.2022 Throwback Thursday: Take a train ride through the Yallourn brown coal mine courtesy of this SEC archive footage. #Yallourn

20.01.2022 Yesterday at 10:04 am, ENGIE Hazelwood felled dredger 11, the first of four large mining equipment demolitions by controlled explosion. Did you hear the blasts? #Hazelwood

20.01.2022 Heard about the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Pilot Project (HESC)? The HESC Pilot Project seeks to demonstrate a fully integrated supply chain for hydrogen produced from the Latrobe Valley’s brown coal and shipped to Japan. With operation of the pilot plant commencing shortly, two online community information sessions are being held on the 25th November. You can learn more about the project, or sign up for a session at https://hydrogenenergysupplychain.com/lvwebinar/

20.01.2022 Whole-of-mine-life planning involves developing a holistic design for the mine’s entire life cycle: from feasibility to the post-rehabilitation phases. This article recently published by AusIMM, states that best practice planning should involve traditional owner groups throughout the planning phases. This enables co-design of post-mining land use and rehabilitation processes, including developing opportunities for traditional owner groups to undertake land management processes. #communityengagement

19.01.2022 Demolition of Boiler House 4 at the Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday 20 November at 12 noon (although subject to any changes in weather conditions). There is a 700 metre exclusion zone around the Boiler House to ensure safety of the workforce and public. This means there will be road closures on Brodribb Road and Yinnar Road on the day of the blast event. Under an approved traffic management plan, traffic on the Princes Freeway will be slowed... to 60 kilometres an hour. Traffic on the Strzelecki Highway will be slowed to 80 kilometres per hour. This will occur three hours prior to blast time and for one hour post a successful blast. The demolition is expected to take around 10 seconds. For further information please visit www.hazelwoodrehabilitation.com.au See more

18.01.2022 The Latrobe River is the longest waterway in the Latrobe catchment, covering a course of 270 kilometres. From supplying drinking water, to keeping our parks and gardens green, not only is it critical to supporting industry, agriculture and environmental values across the system and downstream to the Gippsland Lakes, it's also been at the centre of investigations for a water-based rehabilitation option for the three Latrobe Valley brown coal mines as part of the Latrobe Valle...y Regional Rehabilitation Strategy’s Regional Water Study. Check out this interactive map of the Latrobe River to find out more where water comes from and how it is used across the Latrobe region: https://www.water.vic.gov.au/planning/LVRRS/water Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

10.01.2022 Coalified trees and other fossils are visible in brown coal deposits worldwide, including in the Latrobe Valley. Three fossils recently found in a lignite mine in southeastern Yunan Province, China, have been dated at about 6.4 million years old and are thought to be some of the oldest monkey fossils found to date outside of Africa. #lignite

04.01.2022 AGL announced plans to develop a large battery storage system at the Loy Yang power station. The battery system is another step in the modernisation of Victoria’s energy supply and improves the reliability of the National Energy Market (NEM). This system will be one of the largest in Victoria at 200 MW, allowing for up to 4 hours of storage in the longer term. The investment is part of AGL’s ongoing commitment to firming technology and is in direct alignment with the Federal Government’s National Technology Investment Roadmap and consistent with AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan released in July. Image: AGL.

03.01.2022 Great to see we have funding going forward! The 2020-21 Victorian State Budget allocated $21.1 million to reduce the risks from rehabilitating mines and quarries including funding for the Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority. Read more https://bit.ly/2KFtZyn

02.01.2022 The Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy (LVRRS) has published its November 2020 Newsletter (include link on the word newsletter) which includes an outline of implementation projects currently being undertaken and links to technical studies recently published. For those new to the LVRRS, its vision is to transform the Latrobe Valley coal mines and surrounding land into a safe, stable and sustainable landscape for future generations. The Victorian Government, in collaboration with mine operators and stakeholders, is undertaking further studies to support mine rehabilitation planning. These studies include exploring alternative water sources that might be able to support mine rehabilitation as well as options that don’t rely on water. Read more https://bit.ly/2UM4ltj

02.01.2022 Interested to know what a new energy sector in Gippsland will mean for regional communities, employment and development? Join the Gippsland New Energy Forum on 26 November at 12pm. Scott Ferraro, Program Director for Monash University’s Net Zero Initiative, and member of the Board of the Energy Efficiency Council will emcee the event. The Committee for Gippsland and the Gippsland Climate Change Network are working with industry and stakeholders to actively scope a clear vision for energy in the region and a well-managed transition pathway to establishing Gippsland as a clean energy hub. Register here https://bit.ly/3pRLkE9