Air Quality & Dust

Equipment you can rely on. Reporting that stands up.

Air quality and dust management is critical to environmental compliance, community relations and operational risk in mining and industrial operations.

Dust emissions from open cut mines, haul roads, processing facilities and materials handling areas can travel significant distances – affecting neighbouring areas, generating community concerns and complaints and triggering licence conditions that require demonstrable management action. Noise and vibration from blasting, heavy plant and processing equipment carry their own environmental compliance obligations under various approvals and licences.

RED OHMS Group provides environmental air quality monitoring, dust assessment and noise and vibration monitoring services that are designed from the ground up that meet regulatory, or other, requirements.. Our team understands what the regulator, the EPA and state environmental regulators expect from a monitoring programme – and we design, execute and report our services accordingly. We also provide calibrated sampling equipment for clients who conduct their own monitoring, backed by our technical support and calibration management.

Whether your need is a one-off compliance assessment, an ongoing environmental monitoring programme, or urgent support following a community dust complaint, RED OHMS Group has the people, the equipment and the reporting capability to respond.

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Capabilities

Design and implementation of ambient air quality monitoring programmes using real-time dust monitors, nephelometers and meteorological stations. We provide tailor-made air quality reporting specific to client needs including data analysis for multi-fraction particulate data, deposited dust analyses, trend reporting and regulatory compliance assessments.

Environmental noise monitoring (community noise surveys, compliance assessments against Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997 and project approval conditions) and vibration monitoring (blast-induced ground vibration and airblast overpressure, continuous vibration from plant and equipment). Delivered by qualified practitioners with data reported in compliant formats.

The Community Dimension of Dust Management

Dust is one of the most visible and tangible environmental impacts of mining operations – and one of the most frequent sources of community concern and regulatory complaint.

Effective dust management requires more than installing a few monitoring stations. It requires a monitoring network that is designed to detect meaningful changes in dust levels attributable to operational sources, a reporting system that is transparent and credible and an operational response protocol that enables management intervention before licence exceedances occur.

RED OHMS Group helps operations design monitoring networks that satisfy both regulatory requirements and community expectations. We work with site environmental teams to interpret monitoring data in context – distinguishing operational dust from natural baselines, identifying sources of emissions and providing the evidence base for operational adjustments and regulator communications.

For noise and vibration, our practitioners are experienced in conducting compliance assessments under the WA Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997 and in preparing the technical reports required to comply with regulatory bodies or community concerns. We can also assist with noise and vibration impact assessments for new or expanded operations as part of the environmental approvals process.

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FAQs

Environmental dust monitoring requirements for mine sites in Australia are typically set through EPA assessment and the conditions attached to the regulator licences and ministerial statements. The key national benchmark is the NEPM Ambient Air Quality standard, which sets goals for PM10 (50 µg/m³ as a 24-hour average) and PM2.5 (25 µg/m³ as a 24-hour average). the regulator guidance on dustfall monitoring is also commonly referenced for high-volume operations. RED OHMS designs monitoring programmes that address the specific requirements of your project’s approval conditions.

RED OHMS maintains a ready inventory of calibrated monitoring equipment that can be deployed at short notice. For urgent deployments – such as following a community complaint or a regulator’s request for monitoring evidence – we can typically have equipment in the field within 24 to 48 hours from instruction, subject to location and access arrangements.

Yes. All laboratory analysis for regulatory-grade dust sampling is conducted through NATA-accredited laboratories using validated analytical methods. RED OHMS manages the chain of custody from sample collection through to laboratory receipt and our reports identify the accredited laboratory and method for each analytical parameter reported.