TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 1-1 1.1. Introduction ............................................................................................. 1-1 1.2. Related Documents ................................................................................ 1-2 1.3. Conditions of Consent ............................................................................. 1-3 1.4. Objectives ............................................................................................... 1-4 2. SITE OVERVIEW .................................................................................. 2-1 2.1. Property Description ............................................................................... 2-1 2.2. Transfer Terminal Description ................................................................. 2-1 2.2.1. Transfer Building .......................................................................................... 2-1 2.2.2. Office and Amenities .................................................................................... 2-2 2.2.3. Entrance/Exit Road ....................................................................................... 2-2 2.2.4. Weighbridge Office and Weighbridge ........................................................... 2-2 2.2.5. Stormwater Oil/Silt Separator and Retention Pond ...................................... 2-2 2.2.6. Car Parking Area .......................................................................................... 2-2 2.3. Bio Physical Environmental Characteristics ............................................ 2-2 2.3.1. Soils .............................................................................................................. 2-2 2.3.2. Flooding and Drainage ................................................................................. 2-3 2.3.3. Flora and Fauna ........................................................................................... 2-4 2.4. Socio Economic Environmental Characteristics ...................................... 2-4 2.4.1. Non-Indigenous Heritage.............................................................................. 2-4 2.4.2. Noise ............................................................................................................. 2-4 2.4.3. Air Quality ..................................................................................................... 2-5 2.4.4. Traffic and Transport .................................................................................... 2-6 2.4.5. Visual Assessment ....................................................................................... 2-6 3. REGULATORY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ......................... 3-1 3.1. Consent Conditions................................................................................. 3-1 3.2. Legislative Requirements ........................................................................ 3-1 3.3. Reporting Requirements ......................................................................... 3-2 3.3.1. Environmental Monitoring ............................................................................. 3-2 3.3.2. Development Consent .................................................................................. 3-2 3.3.3. Environment Protection Licence ................................................................... 3-3 3.3.4. Reporting Summary ...................................................................................... 3-4 3.3.5. Identification of Potential Adverse Environmental Impacts .......................... 3-4 3.3.6. National Integrated Management System .................................................... 3-5 3.4. Community Liaison and Complaints Handling ......................................... 3-6 3.4.1. Community Consultative Committee ............................................................ 3-6 3.4.2. Additional Community Liaison ...................................................................... 3-7 3.4.3. Complaints Handling Procedure ................................................................... 3-7 3.4.4. Corrective Action .......................................................................................... 3-8 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OEMP ..................................................... 4-1 4.1. Roles and Responsibilities ...................................................................... 4-1 4.2. Induction and Training ............................................................................ 4-3 4.2.1. General Induction ......................................................................................... 4-3 4.2.2. Site Training ................................................................................................. 4-4 4.3. Communication ....................................................................................... 4-5 4.4. Review of OEMP .................................................................................... 4-6 5. SUPPORTING MANAGEMENT PLANS ............................................... 5-1 5.1. Waste Management Plan ........................................................................ 5-1 5.2. Odour Management Plan ........................................................................ 5-1 5.3. Dust Management Plan .......................................................................... 5-1 5.4. Traffic Management Plan ........................................................................ 5-1 5.5. Vermin and Pest Control Plan ................................................................. 5-1 5.6. Stormwater Management Plan ................................................................ 5-2 5.7. Site Contamination Management Plan .................................................... 5-2 Operational Environmental Management Plan Revision I.0 Clyde Transfer Terminal February 2010 CONTENTS i 5.8. Incident Response Plan .......................................................................... 5-2 5.9. Noise Management Plan ......................................................................... 5-2 Operational Environmental Management Plan Revision I.0 Clyde Transfer Terminal February 2010 CONTENTS ii 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Introduction The Clyde Waste Transfer Terminal (Special Provisions) Act 2003 (the Clyde Act) grants Development Consent with 128 Conditions of Consent (COCs) stipulating the requirements for the operation of the Clyde Transfer Terminal (the Terminal) at the Clyde Marshalling Yards in Auburn. A site location plan is provided in Appendix A. In accordance with Section 78A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (EP&A), a Development Application (DA) was submitted to the Department of Planning (DOP), supported with an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared for public exhibition (between 30 August 2001 and 22 October 2001) allowing members of the community, interest groups and government agencies to view and make written submissions on the proposed development. Following the exhibition period, the issues raised by the public and stakeholders were considered and a number of improvements to the design were made. The modifications to the design and associated improvements were outlined in the Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) (exhibited between 04 February 2002 and 01 March 2002). Under section 91 of the EP&A Amendment Act the Terminal is also classified as an ‘Integrated Development’ because operational licensing is required under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act, 1997 (POEO) and the Roads Act, 1993. The licensing requirements are detailed in Section 3 of this report. The operation of the Terminal includes: Seven (7) days a week, 24 hour operation, entry to the site will be via a left turn only for both in and out movements at Parramatta Road, including the use of weighbridges; Receiving of 400,000 tonnes per annum of putrescible waste onto the floor of the Transfer Terminal building; and Loading of waste into the compactors via a chute, to form a “slug” of compacted waste. The “slug” will be pushed into a modified 40 foot shipping container; Operational Environmental Management Plan Revision I.0 Clyde Transfer Terminal February 2010 SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION 1-1 Other activities related to, but not operated as part of the Terminal include: Loading of containers onto trains for transport to the Woodlawn Intermodal Facility; Unloading of containers at the Intermodal Facility and transporting them by road to the Woodlawn Bioreactor site, for disposal; and Loading of empty containers back onto the train to return to the Terminal for reloading. This Operation Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) has been prepared in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) to fulfil the requirements of the COCs relating to the operation of the Terminal. The EPL and COCs are provided in this OEMP as Appendix B and Appendix C respectively. In accordance with Condition 17 of the COCs a Pre-Operation Compliance Report that details the compliance with each COC relating to the operational activities of the Terminal is provided in Appendix D. Environmental monitoring at the Terminal is conducted in accordance with the Environmental Monitoring Program, which has been prepared to satisfy the requirements of the EPL and COCs, and is provided in Appendix E. In addition, the OEMP is supported with a number of site specific management and monitoring plans which are presented as separate documents