Quarry Consultative Committees

Ondit Quarry

Key matters discussed at the Ondit Quarry Consultative Committee meeting held 20 August 2024

  • Water monitoring reports were provided ahead of the meeting and generally show reductions in water levels consistent with seasonal trends.
  • The Committee discussed issues concerning the low success rate of landscaping works and the need to prevent cattle from destroying seasonal plantings.
  • Unfortunately, both blast and dust monitoring reports were not provided by Holcim.
  • Holcim did however provide a verbal report indicating there were some minor exceedances with dust levels that did not trigger any complaints.
  • Holcim also reported no exceedances from the blast monitoring stations, despite some concerns being raised by neighbours about the intensity of recent blasting activities.
  • The two new community members were welcomed and joined the committee for the first time.
  • Holcim provided an update on the proposed (northern) expansion to the quarry advising that they will be lodging a planning application with the Development Facilitation Unit of the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP).
  • This means the Minister for Planning will be the decision maker for the application and not Council.
  • The Minister through the Development Facilitation Unit of DTP will manage the planning permit application process.
  • It is understood this process will still include the notification of nearby landowners and residents and the opportunity for these interested parties to lodge an objection to the proposal.
  • Next meeting is scheduled to be held on 18 March 2025

 

Mooleric Road Quarry

Key matters discussed at the Mooleric Road Consultative Committee meeting held 26 March 2024

  • No exceedances have been identified of the thresholds for dust monitoring or blast monitoring in recent months
  • Demand for materials has reduced due to a slowing economy.
  • Despite reduced demand the quarry has been operating at a steady rate of extraction, taking the opportunity to build stockpiles of materials.
  • Southern Rural Water are continuing to investigate higher nitrate levels in the some of the monitoring bores.
  • The view is that it is unlikely these high nitrate levels are attributed to the quarry operations.
  • Council has submitted a funding application for $2.1 million to the Federal Government to for the reconstruction of Mooleric Road.
  • The quarry operator has submitted an application to amend the planning permit conditions for the quarry.
  • This application has been the subject of objections and the applicant has placed the application on hold pending further discussion with an objector.
  • Next meeting is scheduled to be held on 24 September 2024

 

For further information please phone 03 5232 9400 or email inq@colacotway.vic.gov.au

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