Environment

Maroota holds a sand deposit in excess of 100 million tonnes. Dixons Maroota quarry is located in an area scheduled under the Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (SREP) no. 9, Extractive Industries (link). It has been declared to be of State Significant Development under the Environmental Planning and Assessment act 1979. The site is also located within the Hawkesbury River corridor and so takes into account the requirements of SREP no. 20 (link).

Local Biodiversity

Maroota is an environmentally extraordinary area, being home to an extremely high level of biological diversity, and unique underground springs that feed the Maroota forest spanning 40,000 hectares. The range of local plant communities in Maroota include:

Black Cockatoo

Long-nosed Bandicoot

 

• Sydney sandstone gully forest
• Maroota sands swamp forest
• Freshwater wetlands
• Wet heath & fernland / sedgeland
• Maroota sandmass forest
• Maroota sands transition scrub
• Sydney sandstone ridgetop
• Low open woodland
• Coastal sandstone heath / open scrub

These unique environmental characteristics drive Dixon Sand to strive for best environmental management, that appreciates the importance of evolving scientific knowledge as well as community expectations.

Environmental Management - Planning and Reporting

Old Northern Road Quarry (DA250-09-01 Modification 5) Management Plans 

• Environmental Management Strategy (EMS)
• EMS Appendix 1 - Plan Preparation Checklist and Certification
• EMS Appendix 2 - DA 250-09-01 Consolidated Consent
• EMS Appendix 3 - Environmental Protection Licence 3916
• EMS Appendix 4 - Environmental Monitoring Plan
• EMS Appendix 5 - Pollution Incident Response Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 6 - Noise Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 7 - Air Quality Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 8 - Soil and Water Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 9 - Traffic Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 10 - Biodiversity and Rehabilitation Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 11 - Community Relations Plan
• EMS Appendix 12 - Site Condition Checklist
• EMS Appendix 13 - Complaints Register Form
• Bushfire Management Plan Part 1
• Bushfire Management Plan Part 2

Haerses Road Quarry (DA 165-7-2005 Modification 2) Management Plans

• Environmental Management Strategy (EMS)
• EMS Appendix 1 - Plan Preparation Checklist and Certification
• EMS Appendix 2 - DA 165-7-2005 Consolidated Consent
• EMS Appendix 3 - DoEE Consent and Environmental Protection Licence 12513
• EMS Appendix 4 - Pollution Incident Response Management Plan 
• EMS Appendix 5 - Environmental Monitoring Plan
• EMS Appendix 6 - Air Quality Management Plan 
• EMS Appendix 7 - Noise Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 8 - Soil and Water Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 9 - Traffic Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 10 - Biodiversity and Rehabilitation Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 11 - Acoustic Bund Construction Noise Management Plan
• EMS Appendix 12 - Site Condition Checklist
• EMS Appendix 13 - Complaints Register Form
• EMS Appendix 14 - Site Induction for Drivers
• Bushfire Management Plan Part 1
• Bushfire Management Plan Part 2

Annual Review (formerly Annual Environmental Management) Reports

Dixon Sands environmental reporting period is 1st July to 30th June every year. The Annual Review aims to review the performance of the development against the Site Environmental Management Plan, Consent Conditions, and all other licences and approvals relating to the development.

• Annual Review 2018 - 2019 Part 1 (Main Text, Appendices A-E)
• Annual Review 2018 - 2019 Part 2 (Appendix F-G)
• Annual Review 2018 - 2019 Part 3 (Appendices H-M)
• Annual Review 2017 - 2018 Part 1 (Main Text, Appendices A-F)
• Annual Review 2017 - 2018 Part 2 (Appendices G-L)
• Annual Review 2016 - 2017 Part 1 (Main Text, Appendices A-F)
• Annual Review 2016 - 2017 Part 2 (Appendices G-L)
• Annual Review 2015 - 2016 Part 1 (Main Text, Appendices A-C)
• Annual Review 2015 - 2016 Part 2 (Appendices D-L)
• AEMR 2014 - 2015 (Lots 196, 29, 1 & 2 and Haerses Road)
• AEMR 2013 - 2014 (Lots 196, 29, 1 & 2 and Haerses Road)
• AEMR 2012 - 2013 (Lots 196, 29, 1 & 2 and Haerses Road) [pdf] (11 mb)
• AEMR 2011 - 2012 (Lots 196, 29, 1 & 2 and Haerses Road) [pdf] (7 mb)
• AEMR 2010 - 2011 (Lots 196, 29, 1 & 2 and Haerses Road) [pdf] (10.7 mb)

Pollution Incident Response Management Plan

• ONR Pollution Incident Response Management Plan (v7.0)
• HR Pollution Incident Response Management Plan (V3.0)

• ONR Summary of Truck Record (Jan - Jun 2020)
• HR Summary of Truck Record (Jan - Jun 2020)

Independent Environmental Audits

2019 Audit

• ​Old Northern Road Quarry - IEA 2019 Report
• ​Old Northern Road Quarry - IEA 2019 Report Appendices
• ​Old Northern Road Quarry - Dixon Sand's Response and Proposed Actions

• Haerses Road Quarry - IEA 2019 Report
• Haerses Road Quarry - IEA 2019 Report Appendices
• Haerses Road Quarry - Dixon Sand's Response and Proposed Actions

2016 Audit

• Dixon Sand's Response to the IEA May 2016
• 2016 Independent Environmental Audit Report (Old Northern Road site)
• 2016 Independent Environmental Audit Report (Haerses Road site)

Pre-Commencement Audit 

• Pre-commencement Compliance Report for Old Northern Road Lots 1 and 2 is available on request.

Old Northern Road - Noise Report

• ONR Noise Report December 2019

For information about our on-site environmental management, contact the Environmental Officer.