Wambo Coal AEMR 2011-2012 - Peabody Energy

1.5 Wambo Coal Rail Spur Development Consent
The WCRS consists of two Development Applications (DA’s):
The Wambo Rail Loop (DA 177-8-2004); and
The Wambo Rail Line (DA 235/97).
The Wambo Coal Environmental Management System, Noise Monitoring Programme (Document
EMP011, Rev 3, May 2007) was prepared in accordance with Schedule 4, Consent Condition 9.
The Noise Monitoring Programme indicates that monitoring will be conducted for WCRS
activities, and the noise levels to be used for assessment. Monitoring for noise from rail
activities is undertaken at properties numbered N01 and N24 each quarter and at N25 every
fifth quarter for rail pass-by noise. Rail pass-by monitoring was not undertaken during this
reporting period.
It should be noted that property number N22 is within the Noise Affectation Zone for the
development, and is also subject to acquisition upon request, as detailed in Condition 1 of DA
177-8-2004. As such, the operational noise goals or predictions do not apply directly to this
property. Due to a change of ownership (the property is now owned by a mining company),
monitoring is not undertaken at N22.
It is also noted however that Condition 2 of DA 177-8-2004 indicates that “While the land listed
in Table 1 [of Condition 1] is privately owned, the Applicant shall implement all practicable measures
to ensure that the impacts of the development comply with the predictions in the SEE, and the relevant
conditions in this consent, at any residence on this land, to the satisfaction of the Director-General.”
Therefore, the predicted operational noise levels outlined in the Jerrys Plains Coal Terminal and
Rail Line Environmental Impact Statement and Statement of Environmental Effects (CMPS&F,
1997), as reproduced in Resource Strategies (2005), are referred to in this report. Compliance
with the predicted levels from the EIS at this monitoring location indicates likely compliance
at properties further away from the WCRS.
Table 1.4 summarises relevant noise assessment criteria for the WCRS during operation.
Table 1.4 OPERATIONAL NOISE GOALS, WAMBO COAL RAIL SPUR
Location L Aeq Day dB L Aeq(15minute) Evening
and Night dB
L A1(1minute) Night dB
N01 35 41 / 35 2 -
N24 35 41 50
Notes:
1. This site is within the Zone of Affectation and so modelled noise levels from EIS are adopted as criteria; and
2. Seasonal modelled noise level for Winter/Not winter.
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