JACOS Hangingstone Expansion Project Description Update and Responses to Second Supplemental Information Request Part 2B – Project Update – Environmental Impact Assessment Appendix 9A: Surface Water Quality Baseline Assessment September 2011 APPENDIX 9A Surface Water Quality Baseline Assessment
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JACOS Hangingstone Expansion Project Description Update and Responses to Second Supplemental Information Request Part 2B – Project Update – Environmental Impact Assessment Appendix 9A: Surface Water Quality Baseline Assessment September 2011
APPENDIX 9A
Surface Water Quality Baseline Assessment
JACOS Hangingstone Expansion Project Description Update and Responses to Second Supplemental Information Request Part 2B – Project Update – Environmental Impact Assessment Appendix 9A: Surface Water Quality Baseline Assessment September 2011
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APPENDIX 9A SURFACE WATER QUALITY BASELINE ASSESSMENT
List of Figures
Figure 9A-1 Local, Regional and Acid Sensitivity Study Areas ......................................................9A-3 Figure 9A-2 Acid Sensitivity Stations ..............................................................................................9A-5 Figure 9A-3 2009 Sampling Stations ..............................................................................................9A-7 Figure 9A-4 Historical Sampling Stations .......................................................................................9A-9 Figure 9A-5 Water Bodies Acid Sensitivity and Potential Acid Input Rates ................................ 9A-11
JACOS Hangingstone Expansion Project Description Update and Responses to Second Supplemental Information Request Part 2B – Project Update – Environmental Impact Assessment Appendix 9A: Surface Water Quality Baseline Assessment September 2011
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The Surface Water Quality Baseline Assessment included baseline conditions of water quality in the vicinity of the Expansion Project. Figures 9A-1 to 9A-5 have been updated as a result of an adjusted Expansion Project footprint as described in update to Volume 1. There are no other changes to this section.
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