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Metropolitan Coal Independent Environmental Audit
Condition
No.
Condition Verification Compliance Comments
Note: Noise generated by the project is to be measured in accordance
with the notes presented below Table 2.
Rail Noise
4/4 The Proponent shall only use locomotives that are approved to
operate on the NSW rail network in accordance with noise limits L6.1
to L6.4 in Rail Corp’s EPL (No. 12208) and ARTC’s EPL (No. 3142) or
a Pollution Control Approval issued under the former Pollution Control
Act 1970.
4/5 The Proponent shall use its best endeavours to minimise night-time
movements of rolling stock on the Metropolitan rail spur.
4/6 In the event of any rail noise or vibration issues that may arise from
the haulage of coal over the life of the Project, the Proponent shall
liaise with the CCC and the rail service provider to facilitate resolution
of these issues and implement additional noise reduction measures
where appropriate.
Blasting
4/7 The Proponent shall not undertake blasting operations at the surface
facilities area without the written approval of the D-G.
Noise Management Plan
4/8 The Proponent shall prepare and implement a Noise Management
Plan for the project to the satisfaction of the Director-General. This
plan must be prepared in consultation with DECC by a suitably
qualified expert whose appointment has been approved by the
Director-General, and submitted to the Director-General for approval
by the end of June 2010. It must also provide for real-time noise
monitoring.
Memo from Freight Corp re
82 and 90 Class Locomotive
Noise Tests, 28 Feb 2000
Letter from EPA re Approval
of Works on 82 Class and 90
Class Locomotives, 22 Feb
2000
Emails to Pacific National re
Locomotives, Apr 2011
Meeting Minutes with Pacific
National re Rail Noise, 29
Sep 2011
Emails to Pacific National re
Locomotives, 29 Jan to 16
Feb 2012
Noise Management Plan, 26
Aug 2010
Letter to DoP re Noise
Management Plan, 23 Jun
2010
Letter from DoP re Approval
of Revised Noise
Management Plan, 14 Apr
2011
C
Clyde Engineering undertook noise mitigation works
on the 82 and 90 Class locomotives in February
2000 and the works were approved by the EPA as
satisfying condition 9 of the SRA Pollution Control
Approvals No. 000993 and 000994.
C Pacific National Meeting Minutes on 29
September 2010 stated that “efforts to minimise
noise impacts on the community, and reaffirmed
of Schedule 4 condition 5 of Metropolitan Coal's
Project Approval which states that the colliery
must use its best endeavours to minimise night
time movements of rolling stock on the
Metropolitan rail spur. All agreed to continue to
work together to support compliance with the
condition”.
C
Ongoing
C
C
Noted
No surface blasting has occurred at the Metropolitan
Colliery Mine.
The Noise Management Plan was prepared in
consultation with the DECCW and submitted to the
Director-General for approval on the 23 June 2010.
Noise Management Plan Section 7.1.1 addresses
Real Time Continuous Monitoring and Location of
the real time noise monitor.
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