Construction Noise Management Plan NEVERTIRE SOLAR FARM OCTOBER 2018 www.nghenvironmental.com.au e: [email protected] Sydney Region Canberra - NSW SE & ACT Brisbane 18/21 mary st 8/27 yallourn st (po box 62) Suit 4 Level 5, 87 Wickham st surry hills nsw 2010 (t 02 8202 8333) fyshwick act 2609 (t 02 6280 5053) spring hill qld 4000 (t 07 3129 7633) Newcastle - Hunter and North Coast Wagga Wagga - Riverina and Western NSW Bega - ACT and South East NSW 2/54 Hudson st suite 1, 39 fitzmaurice st (po box 5464) suite 89-91 Auckland st (po box 470) hamilton nsw 2303 (t 02 4929 2301) wagga wagga nsw 2650 (t 02 6971 9696) bega nsw 2550 (t 02 6492 8333) Document Verification Project Title: Nevertire Solar Farm Noise Management Plan Project Number: 18-429 Project File Name: Nevertire NVMP Revision Date Prepared by (name) Reviewed by (name) Approved by (name) Final V01 26/10/18 Nicola Smith Michial Sutherland Erwin Budde NGH Environmental prints all documents on environmentally sustainable paper including paper made from bagasse (a by- product of sugar production) or recycled paper. 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ABN: 62 603 938 549) are part of the NGH Environmental Group of Companies. www.nghenvironmental.com.au e: [email protected] Sydney Region Canberra - NSW SE & ACT Brisbane 18/21 mary st 8/27 yallourn st (po box 62) Suit 4 Level 5, 87 Wickham st surry hills nsw 2010 (t 02 8202 8333) fyshwick act 2609 (t 02 6280 5053) spring hill qld 4000 (t 07 3129 7633) Newcastle - Hunter and North Coast Wagga Wagga - Riverina and Western NSW Bega - ACT and South East NSW 2/54 Hudson st suite 1, 39 fitzmaurice st (po box 5464) suite 89-91 Auckland st (po box 470) hamilton nsw 2303 (t 02 4929 2301) wagga wagga nsw 2650 (t 02 6971 9696) bega nsw 2550 (t 02 6492 8333) Construction Flora and Fauna Management Plan Nevertire Solar Farm CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 CONTEXT ..............................................................................................................................................1 1.2 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................1 1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OVERVIEW .....................................................................1 1.3.1 Associated environmental management plans ..................................................................................... 2 2 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................... 3 2.1 PURPOSE ..............................................................................................................................................3 2.2 OBJECTIVES ..........................................................................................................................................3 2.3 TARGETS ...............................................................................................................................................3 3 ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................... 4 3.1 RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND GUIDELINES ..........................................................................................4 3.1.1 Legislation .............................................................................................................................................. 4 3.1.2 Guidelines .............................................................................................................................................. 4 3.1.3 Conditions of Approval .......................................................................................................................... 4 3.1.4 Project commitments ............................................................................................................................ 4 4 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................... 6 4.1 SENSITIVE RECEIVERS ...........................................................................................................................6 4.2 AMBIENT NOISE MONITORING ............................................................................................................7 5 CONSTRUCTION NOISE CRITERIA FOR NSW ............................................................................... 8 5.1 ADOPTED PROJECT NOISE MANAGEMENT LEVELS ..............................................................................8 6 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND IMPACTS ................................................................................ 9 6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS ..................................................................................................................9 6.2 CONSTRUCTION NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT .....................................................................................9 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES ............................................. 11 7.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES, IMPACTS AND RISKS ......................................................................... 11 7.2 NOISE MANAGEMENT MEASURES .................................................................................................... 12 8 COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................. 15 8.1 CONSULTATION ................................................................................................................................. 15 8.2 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................................................................................... 15 8.3 TRAINING .......................................................................................................................................... 15 8.4 MONITORING AND INSPECTION ....................................................................................................... 15 8.5 RECORD KEEPING AND MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................ 15 18-429 Final V01 i Construction Flora and Fauna Management Plan Nevertire Solar Farm 8.6 COMPLAINTS ..................................................................................................................................... 15 8.7 AUDITING .......................................................................................................................................... 15 8.8 REPORTING ........................................................................................................................................ 16 9 REVIEW AND IMPROVEMENT ................................................................................................. 17 9.1 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT .......................................................................................................... 17 9.2 NMP UPDATE AND AMENDMENT ..................................................................................................... 17 10 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 18 APPENDIX A APPROVED GENERAL LAYOUT OF DEVELOPMENT ..................................................... A-I APPENDIX B NOISE MONITORING RECORD SHEET ........................................................................ B-I TABLES Table 3-1 Location of information in this plan addressing requirements of CoA ........................................... 4 Table 4-1 Results of background noise monitoring and ambient noise levels ............................................... 7 Table 5-1 Construction Noise Managemnet Levels at Residential Recievers ................................................ 8 Table 6-1 Construction equipment sound power levels ................................................................................ 9 Table 6-2 Predicted LAeq 15 min construction noise levels at receiver locations ............................................10 Table 6-1: Risk matrix....................................................................................................................................11 Table 7-2: Risk assessment for Nevertire Solar Farm construction activities ...............................................11 Table 7-3 Construction noise management measures .................................................................................12 FIGURES Figure 4-1 Residential receivers and noise monitoring locations adjacent to the proposal site ................... 6 18-429 Final V01 ii Construction Flora and Fauna Management Plan Nevertire Solar Farm ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan CEMS Construction Environmental Management Strategy CoA Minister’s Conditions of Approval dBA Decibels EMS Environmental Management System EPA Environment Protection Authority (Previously DECCW and/or OEH) EPL Environment Protection Licence EWMS Environmental Work Method Statement ICNG Interim Construction Noise Guidelines (EPA 2009) km kilometres LAeq Equivalent continuous noise level m Metres NML Noise Management Level NSW New South Wales NMP Noise Management Plan OEH NSW Office of Environment and Heritage POEO Protection of the Environment Operations