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
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Sydney sandstone gully forest
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Maroota sands swamp forest
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Freshwater wetlands
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Wet heath & fernland / sedgeland
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Maroota sandmass forest
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Maroota sands transition scrub
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Sydney sandstone ridgetop
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Low open woodland
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Coastal sandstone heath / open scrub
These unique environmental characteristics drive Dixons 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
Old Northern Road Quarry - Summary of Truck Record
Summary of Truck Record (Jan - Jun 2018)
Old Northern Road EPL 3916 Monitoring Data
Haerses Road Quarry (DA 165-7-2005 Modification 1) Management Plans
- Environmental Management Strategy
- Environmental Monitoring Program
- Site Water Management Plan
- Rehabilitation and Landscape Management Plan
- Bushfire Management Plan Part 1
- Bushfire Management Plan Part 2
- Acoustic Bund Construction Noise Management Plan
- Traffic Management Plan
Haerses Road EPL 12513 Monitoring Data
Annual Environmental Management Reports
Dixon Sands environmental reporting period is 1st July to 30th June every year. The AEMRs aim 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 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 (v5.0)
- HR Pollution Incident Response Management Plan (V1.0)
Environmental Compliance Audits
- 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 Compliance Report for Old Northern Road Lots 1 and 2 is available on request.
For information about our on-site environmental management, contact the Environmental Officer.
