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48325-001: 150 MW Burgos Wind Farm Project Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 48325-001 July 2015 PHI: 150 MW Burgos Wind Farm Project Transmission Line and Jetty Section 5 – Noise and Vibration Assessment Section 6 – Biodiversity and Conservation (Part 3 of 14) Prepared by EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation for EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation and the Asian Development Bank. The initial environmental examination is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “Terms of Use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Table of contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 0 2. Project Description ......................................................................................................................... 0 3. Assessment Methodology .............................................................................................................. 0 4. Land Use Assessment ................................................................................................................... 0 5. Noise and Vibration Assessment ............................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Noise Assessment ........................................................................................................... 5-8 5.3 Methodology .................................................................................................................... 5-8 5.4 Noise Receptors .............................................................................................................. 5-9 5.5 Baseline Noise Conditions ............................................................................................... 5-9 5.6 Construction Phase Assessment ................................................................................... 5-14 5.7 Operation Phase Assessment ....................................................................................... 5-14 5.8 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 5-16 5.9 References ..................................................................................................................... 5-17 Table index Table 5-1 Description of Sampling Sites along the Transmission Route and at the Jetty ............... 5-4 Table 5-2 Assessment criteria for noise (NPCC MC 1980-002) ...................................................... 5-8 Table 5-3 Recorded 24-hr noise measurements in station N1: Jetty area, Barangay Ablan, Municipality of Burgos ...................................................................................................... 5-9 Table 5-4 Recorded 24-hr noise measurements in station N2: Kapurpurawan, Barangay Saoit, Municipality of Burgos ......................................................................................... 5-10 Table 5-5 Recorded 24-hr noise measurements in station N3: Tower 053, Barangay Davila, Municipality of Pasuquin .................................................................................... 5-10 Table 5-6 Recorded 24-hr noise measurements in station N4: Tower 085, Barangay Susugaen, Municipality of Pasuquin .............................................................................. 5-10 Table 5-7 Recorded 24-hr noise measurements in station N5: Tower 107, Barangay Ngabangab, Municipality of Pasuquin ........................................................................... 5-11 Table 5-8 Recorded 24-hr noise measurements in station N6: Tower 119, Barangay 29 Pasngal, Municipality of Bacarra ................................................................................... 5-11 Table 5-9 Recorded 24-hr noise measurements in station N7: Tower 140, Barangay 55A Barit, Municipality of Laoag ............................................................................................ 5-12 Table 5-10 Summary of average baseline noise levels for a period of 2 hours for 24 hours .......... 5-12 Table 5-11 Permissible noise exposure (DOLE, 1989).................................................................... 5-15 Table 5-12 Key impacts and proposed mitigation/enhancement measures .................................... 5-17 GHD | Report for EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation - EDC Transmission Line and Jetty Projects, 71/12098 | i Figure index Figure 5-1 Location of noise sampling stations ................................................................................ 5-2 Figure 5-2 Location of sensitive receptors against noise sampling stations ..................................... 5-3 Figure 5-3 Summarised arithmetic median noise levels across stations over the 24-hr sampling period .............................................................................................................. 5-13 Figure 5-4 Vibration dampers found at one of the transmission lines of the project ....................... 5-16 GHD | Report for EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation - EDC Transmission Line and Jetty Projects, 71/12098 | ii 5. Noise and Vibration Assessment 5.1 Introduction GHD commissioned CRL Calabarquez Corporation to undertake the ambient noise sampling along the jetty and transmission line of the Burgos Wind Farm Project. This section covers the noise and vibration impact assessment in relation to the operation of the jetty located at the Municipality of Burgos and transmission lines traversing the municipalities of Burgos, Pasuquin, Bacarra and Laoag in the Province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Noise levels over a 24-hour averaging period were taken at selected sampling stations from 19 to 26 November 2014. A total of seven sampling stations were established at the project site. The sampling stations considered in this assessment were placed near sensitive receptors, such as households and schools, which were found near the jetty and transmission lines. Locations of the seven stations and sensitive receptors within a one-kilometre radius from the sampling point are presented in Figure 5-1 and Figure 5-2, respectively. A general site description for each station is shown in Table 5-1. No baseline sampling on vibration has been undertaken in this study; however potential impacts of the project concerning vibration have been included in the mitigating section. GHD | Report for EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation - EDC Transmission Line and Jetty Projects, 71/12098 | 5-1 235,000 240,000 245,000 250,000 255,000 260,000 265,000 ❙❛♠♣❧ ✐ ♥❣ ■❉ ❊❛st✐ ♥❣ ◆ ♦rt❤✐ ♥❣ ✷✹✽✶✾✵✳✵✷ ✷✵✺✵✼✽✻✳✶✸ ✶ N2 N1 ✷✺✶✽✼✺✳✽✵ ✷✵✺✶✷✻✾✳✽✹ ✷ Jetty >! ! Buraan il ✷✹✹✻✸✽✳✽✶ ✷✵✹✷✽✹✹✳✼✺ ✸ !> A ra River T x4 ✷✹✼✹✵✵✳✶✼ ✷✵✸✷✺✸✹✳✵✷ ✹ 4 an 2,050,000 w 2,050,000 ra ✷✹✼✺✺✻✳✷✾ ✷✵✷✻✸✵✸✳✵✷ ✺ pu ur ap ✷✹✻✶✸✶✳✺✺ ✷✵✷✷✺✷✷✳✽✹ ✻ K ✼ ✷✹✻✷✵✹✳✼✼ ✷✵✶✻✷✸✹✳✹✾ Bangui Burgos 2,045,000 2,045,000 N3 >! 2,040,000 2,040,000 2,035,000 2,035,000 W e s t N4 Philippine >! S e a Pasuquin 2,030,000 2,030,000 N5 >! 2,025,000 2,025,000 Vintar N6 >! Baccara River Bacarra 2,020,000 2,020,000 N7 Laoag >! City a L Pa d z Ro a Piddig Padsan River P. Gomez St 2,015,000 2,015,000 235,000 240,000 245,000 250,000 255,000 260,000 265,000 LEGEND >! Noise Sampling Station Transmission Line Highway A! Jetty Road Municipality Job Number 71-12098 Paper Size A3 EDC Burgos Wind Prower Revision 0 0 2.5 5 ESIA for the Transmission Line and Jetty Project Date 18 Jan 2016 Kilometers Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum: WGS 1984 Grid: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 51N o Location of Noise Sampling Station Figure 5-1 G:\71\12098\GIS\Maps\MXD\BurgosTL&Jetty\Rev 0\7112098_Fig5-1_NoiseSampling_rev0.mxd11/F Alphaland Southgate Tower, 2258 Chino Roces Avenue corner EDSA, Makati City 1232 Philippines T 63 2 479 5600 F 63 2 479 5601 E [email protected] W www.ghd.com © 2016. Whilst every care has been taken to prepare this map, GHD, EDC and NAMRIA make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and cannot accept liability and responsibility of any kind (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) for any expenses, losses, damages and/or costs (including indirect or consequential damage) which are or may be incurred by any party as a result of the map being inaccurate, incomplete or unsuitable in any way and for any reason. Data source: EDC - Transmission Towers and Line (2014). NAMRIA - Municipality, Road, River. Created by:jcmatic 235,000 240,000 245,000 250,000 255,000 260,000 265,000 ❙❛♠♣❧ ✐ ♥❣ ■❉ ❊❛st✐ ♥❣ ◆ ♦rt❤✐♥❣ ✷✹✽✶✾✵✳✵✷ ✷✵✺✵✼✽✻✳✶✸ ✶ N2 N1 ✷✺✶✽✼✺✳✽✵ ✷✵✺✶✷✻✾✳✽✹ ✷ Jetty >! !>! Buraan nm ✷✹✹✻✸✽✳✽✶ ✷✵✹✷✽✹✹✳✼✺ ✸ A River nm ✹ ✷✹✼✹✵✵✳✶✼ ✷✵✸✷✺✸✹✳✵✷ 2,050,000 2,050,000 ✷✹✼✺✺✻✳✷✾ ✷✵✷✻✸✵✸✳✵✷ ✺ nm nm ✷✹✻✶✸✶✳✺✺ ✷✵✷✷✺✷✷✳✽✹ ✻ nm ✷✹✻✷✵✹✳✼✼ ✷✵✶✻✷✸✹✳✹✾ ✼ nm Bangui nm Burgos 2,045,000 2,045,000 nm N3 >! 2,040,000 2,040,000 2,035,000 2,035,000 W e s t N4 Philippine >! S e a Pasuquin 2,030,000 2,030,000 nmnm nm N5 >! 2,025,000 2,025,000 Vintar nm N6 >! Baccara River Bacarra 2,020,000 2,020,000 N7 Laoag
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