The Sellicks Hill Quarry is located in Sellicks Hill and operated by Adbri. The site is approximately 3 km southeast of Aldinga Beach, covering an area of approximately 261 hectares. The quarry produces limestone, shale, marble and dolomite for construction material.
The site is regulated by the Department for Energy and Mining (DEM) under the Mining Act 1971 as well as the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) under the Environment Protection Act 1993 (EP Act). Adbri's licence is publicly available (EPA Licence #2052) and includes conditions relating to the management of dust, stormwater, waste and operations.
Protecting the health and wellbeing of all South Australians, especially those in communities located close to mining and quarrying operations, is a primary function of both DEM and the EPA.
As regulators, our role is to ensure that operators in our state adhere to all relevant legislation. Understanding and responding promptly to community concerns is vital to our ability to regulate effectively.
To protect communities from potential risks from airborne dust, overarching policies (Environment Protection (Air Quality) Policy 2016) apply to all operations in the state. Adbri must also adhere to site specific requirements in the combined Mine Operations Plan and Program for Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation (MOP/PEPR2015/005), approved by DEM. Failure to comply with either of these will result in regulatory action by DEM or the EPA.
The EPA is committed to transparency and providing up-to-date information about matters of concern to the local community.
The Sellicks Hill Quarry is located in Sellicks Hill and operated by Adbri. The site is approximately 3 km southeast of Aldinga Beach, covering an area of approximately 261 hectares. The quarry produces limestone, shale, marble and dolomite for construction material.
The site is regulated by the Department for Energy and Mining (DEM) under the Mining Act 1971 as well as the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) under the Environment Protection Act 1993 (EP Act). Adbri's licence is publicly available (EPA Licence #2052) and includes conditions relating to the management of dust, stormwater, waste and operations.
Protecting the health and wellbeing of all South Australians, especially those in communities located close to mining and quarrying operations, is a primary function of both DEM and the EPA.
As regulators, our role is to ensure that operators in our state adhere to all relevant legislation. Understanding and responding promptly to community concerns is vital to our ability to regulate effectively.
To protect communities from potential risks from airborne dust, overarching policies (Environment Protection (Air Quality) Policy 2016) apply to all operations in the state. Adbri must also adhere to site specific requirements in the combined Mine Operations Plan and Program for Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation (MOP/PEPR2015/005), approved by DEM. Failure to comply with either of these will result in regulatory action by DEM or the EPA.
The EPA is committed to transparency and providing up-to-date information about matters of concern to the local community.
In response to community concerns about dust, the EPA is undertaking a 12-month Air Quality Monitoring Campaign in the Sellicks Beach area to better understand dust levels experienced by the community.
In parallel with the monitoring campaign, the EPA has created the Sellicks Beach community dust diary to learn more about how community members experience dust from day to day. The community dust diary gives community members the opportunity to share their personal experience of dust directly with the EPA through a dedicated diary.
The EPA will periodically compare the results from the monitoring campaign with the information shared by the community to better understand the relationship between monitored dust levels and the experiences of community members.
We encourage residents of Sellicks Beach to complete the dust diary once per day on days where there are noticeable dust impacts.
The site is approved by the Department for Energy and Mining to operate continuously from Monday to Sunday, 24/7. Site operating hours are varied and based on the market demand.
