Wambo Coal AEMR 2010-2011 - Peabody Energy

aemcWambo Coal Mine, Rail Loop and Coal LoaderIndependent Environmental Audit – Minister’s Condition of ApprovalNOISE4/6 Noise Impact Assessment CriteriaThe Applicant shall ensure that the noise generated by thedevelopment does not exceed the noise impact assessment criteriapresented in Table 9.DayL Aeq(15minute)Evening/NightL Aeq(51minute)NightL A1(1minute)Land Number35 41 50 94 – Curlewis3 – Birrell4B – Circosta Attended Noise MonitoringQ1 2010, Global Acoustics Attended Noise MonitoringQ2 2010, Global Acoustics Wambo Coal Mine AnnualReport, Environmental NoiseMonitoring, Global Acoustics,2009/2010 Environmental NoiseAssessment, Jan-Mar 2010,Advitech Environmental NoiseAssessment, Apr-Jun 2010,AdvitechYesThe quarterly attended noise monitoring has indicated thatextraneous noise sources (e.g. wind, birds, insects, highwaytraffic, mines other than Wambo) were the dominant sources ofnoise measured at the residences around the Wambo operations.Wambo mine noise levels were generally low although audiblealong with the other sources at some of the properties. Mine„hum‟ from mine operations other than Wambo were audible onmany occasions in the March and May monitoring runs.Real Time Noise Monitoring Stations were installed by Wambo atfour locations in June 2006 to provide improved noise recordingwith the option of searching increased levels for interpretation ofthe results when noise complaints were received and noisecriteria are exceeded.35 40 5015B - McGowen/Caslick16 – Cooper23C – Kannar25 – Fenwick Environmental NoiseAssessment, Jul-Sep 2010,Advitech Environmental NoiseAssessment, Oct-Dec 2010,Advitech28A & B – Garland33 -Thelander/O'Neill39 – Northcote40 – Muller254A – Algie5 – Strachan35 39 506 - Merrick7 - Maizey37 - Lawrytrevor brown & associates 45applied environmental management consultants