November 2004 (PDF 11.6 MB) - Barrick Gold Corporation

Cowal Gold Project – Noise Management PlanPREFACEThis Noise Management Plan (NMP) has been prepared to meet the requirements of Condition 6.4(a),6.4(b) and 8.4(a) of the Cowal Gold Project Development Consent. Where there is any conflictbetween the provisions of this NMP and the applicable statutory requirements (ie. licenses, permits,consents and relevant laws) the statutory requirements are to take precedence.In accordance with Development Consent Condition 3.2, this NMP is to be revised/updated at leastevery five years, or as otherwise directed by the Director-General, in consultation with the relevantgovernment authorities. In accordance with Consent Condition 8 the noise monitoring programme is tobe revised/updated annually, unless otherwise directed by the Director-General, to reflect changingenvironmental requirements, significant changes in technology/operational practices and results frommonitoring conducted.Relevant current regulatory guidelines and Australian Standards are appended to this NMP to provideguidance to Barrick employees and its contractors. It is the responsibility of Barrick to ascertainwhether these guidelines or Australian Standards have been updated since the production of thisNMP, and to conform with any new versions of these guidelines or standards as required bydevelopment consent conditions.Similarly, it is the responsibility of Barrick to refer to the latest versions of statutory instruments orguidelines that are referenced in this NMP, but have not been appended.HAL-02-07/1/NMP01-P/17/11/04BARRICK