Review of Environmental Factors

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1 Port Authority of New South Wales 24-Jan-2018 Review of Environmental Factors

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3 Quality Information Document Ref Date Prepared by Reviewed by 24-Jan-2018 B. Cavanough. S. Jeffries (AECOM), R. Prieto-Curiel (Port Authority of NSW), R. Bennett (Port Authority of NSW). Revision History Rev Revision Date Details Name/Position Authorised Signature 0 09-Oct-2017 Draft for client review D. Drysdale, Senior Environmental Scientist 1 20-Dec-2017 Final draft D. Drysdale, Senior Environmental Scientist 2 24-Jan-2018 Final (revised) D. Drysdale, Senior Environmental Scientist

4 Table of Contents Project Terms i Executive Summary iii 1.0 Introduction Purpose of the Report Existing Multi-User Facility Assessment / Approval Project Overview Strategic Need and Justification Glebe Island Background Strategic Context of the Project NSW Freight and Ports Strategy A Plan for Growing Sydney The Bays Precinct Green Port Guidelines Project Need Project Objectives Alternative Options Considered Do Nothing Option Option One Option Two Option Three (Preferred Option) Statutory Planning Framework Permissibility Environmental Planning and Assessment Act Biodiversity Conservation Act Protection of the Environment Operations Act Heritage Act Environmental Planning Instruments State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) State Environmental Planning Policy No. 55 Remediation of Land State Environmental Planning Policy (State Significant Precincts) Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No. 26 City West Glebe Island and White Bay Master Plan Commonwealth Environmental Approval Project Description Project Location Project Infrastructure Existing Infrastructure and Uses Construction Construction Timeframe and Hours Construction Methodology Construction Plant and Equipment Operation Operational Plant and Equipment Consultation Consultation Objectives Ongoing Consultation by Port Authority Project Consultation Activities Prior to REF Determination Project Consultation during Construction and Operation of the Project Environmental Assessment Noise and Vibration Existing Environment 35

5 6.1.2 Methodology Impact Assessment Mitigation and Management Measures Air Quality Existing Environment Methodology and Impact Assessment Mitigation and Management Measures Traffic and Transport Existing Environment Methodology Impact Assessment Mitigation and Management Measures Soils, Water and Waste Existing Environment Methodology Impact Assessment Mitigation and Management Measures Safety and Emergency Response Heritage Existing Environment Methodology Impact Assessment Mitigation and Management Measures Visual Amenity Existing Environment Methodology Impact Assessment Mitigation and Management Measures Ecology Existing Environment Methodology Impact Assessment Mitigation and Management Measures Socio-Economic Existing Environment Methodology and Impact Assessment Mitigation and Management Measures Cumulative Impacts Mitigation Measures Climate Change and Sustainability Greenhouse Gas Emissions Climate Change Sustainability Environmental Management Environmental Management Plans Mitigation and Management Measures Conclusion References 111 Appendix A Consideration of Clause 228(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 Appendix B Green Port Guideline Checklist Appendix C Consultation Material A B C

6 Appendix D Noise Impact Assessment Appendix E Air Quality Impact Assessment Appendix F EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Results and NSW BioNet Atlas Search Results Appendix G Preliminary Waste Classification Appendix H Artist s Impressions D E F G H Figures Figure 1 Regional Context 3 Figure 2 Site Layout 4 Figure 3 Cross-section Diagram 5 Figure 4 Surrounding Road Network 75 Figure 5 Non-Aboriginal Heritage Items Located Within the Vicinity of the Project 86 Figure 6 Key Visual Receivers Assessed for the Project 89

7 i Project Terms Term ABS ACM AHIMS BC Act CBD CEMP CO CTMP DCP db EPA EP&A Act EPBC Act EPL ESD FM Act Meaning Australian Bureau of Statistics Asbestos Containing Material Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) Central Business District Construction Environmental Management Plan Carbon monoxide Construction Traffic Management Plan Development Control Plan Decibel Environment Protection Authority Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) Environment Protection Licence Ecologically Sustainable Development Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW) ICNG Interim Construction Noise Guideline (DECC, 2009) Infrastructure SEPP State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 INP NSW Industrial Noise Policy (EPA, 1999) INSW LEP NML NO x NSW OEH OEMP PM POEO Act Port Authority Project Project site Infrastructure NSW Local Environmental Plan Noise Management Level Oxides of nitrogen New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage Operational Environmental Management Plan Particulate matter Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW) Port Authority of New South Wales The construction and operation of a multi-user facility at Glebe Island by or on behalf of the Port Authority, for the handling, storage and distribution of bulk materials including sand, aggregate, and gypsum, as described in further detail in Sections 1.3 and 4.0. The Project site is within Lot 10 on DP at Glebe Island Berths 1 and 2 on the eastern side of Glebe Island, in Sydney Harbour.

8 ii Term REF RMS SEPP SO 2 SSI TfNSW WARR Act Meaning (prepared to satisfy the requirements of Section 111 of the EP&A Act) Roads and Maritime Services State Environmental Planning Policy Sulfur dioxide State Significant Infrastructure Transport for NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 (NSW)

9 iii Executive Summary This (REF) has been prepared on behalf of the Port Authority of New South Wales (Port Authority). The Port Authority is proposing the construction and operation of a multiuser import, storage and distribution facility for sand and other bulk construction materials delivered by ship (the multi-user facility, also referred to as the Project) on its site at Glebe Island, Sydney. The multi-user facility is intended to address a crucial need for Sydney, consistent with State government policy. This REF has considered the Project and its environmental impacts in accordance with the provisions of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) and the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (EP&A Regulation), and other relevant statutory requirements. In accordance with section 111 of the EP&A Act this REF has examined and taken into account to the fullest extent possible, all matters affecting or likely to affect the environment by reason of the Project. In particular, the REF has taken into account the factors set out in clause 228 of the EP&A Regulation. Project Need and Justification Since 1901, the NSW Government has owned and operated Glebe Island as a working port facility for a variety of uses including container handling, break bulk cargo (timber, paper, motor vehicles and steel) and dry bulk cargo (salt, cement, sugar, gypsum, aggregate etc.). The facility is also used for laying-up of vessels and other ad hoc port related activities. Glebe Island is within the Inner West Local Government Area and within the Bays Precinct Urban Transformation Program area a proposed urban renewal plan for land adjacent to Sydney Harbour. In the long-term, the plan proposes that port and maritime industries at Glebe Island be integrated with other land uses such as a potential new technological and innovation campus. In the short to mediumterm however, Glebe Island will provide a crucial low cost, low impact supply chain to support the importation of critical bulk construction materials for the existing inner city market and major infrastructure projects. Both the NSW Government s A Plan for Growing Sydney (NSW Government, 2014) and NSW Freight and Ports Strategy (Transport for NSW, 2013) recognise Glebe Island s strategic importance in supplying material to the Sydney construction market as well as receiving material by sea. In 2017, following an Infrastructure NSW (INSW) strategic review of Glebe Island, the NSW Government endorsed a recommendation that port facilities at Glebe Island be retained and expanded to meet the strategic supply needs of the construction industry, in particular the materials for concrete production being sand, cement and aggregates. There is now a crucial need for Sydney to import critical construction materials due to the depletion of local sand supplies. Glebe Island is in close proximity to Sydney s Central Business District (CBD), which is experiencing a construction boom and urban renewal driven by $70 billion of major infrastructure projects. Glebe Island is uniquely placed to provide a low cost, low impact, sustainable entry point for these materials needed in the CBD and Bays Precinct. The key objectives of the Project are: The construction and operation by or on behalf of the Port Authority of a facility that will receive, store and despatch bulk construction materials, including sand and aggregate, at the Glebe Island wharf, to meet the increased demand and forecast growth from the inner Sydney construction industry. Increase the Glebe Island wharves capability as an operational port facility consistent with the strategic goals for the area. Minimise associated environmental and amenity impacts. Permissibility Clause 68(1) of the State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 (Infrastructure SEPP) relevantly specifies that development for the purpose of port facilities may be carried out by or on

10 iv behalf of a Port Corporation without consent on any land provided that the development is directly related to an existing port facility. The proposed development is therefore permissible without development consent because: The Port Authority is a Port Corporation established under the Ports and Maritime Administration Act The Project is development that is directly related to an existing port facility, being Glebe Island Berths 1 and 2. The Project is proposed to be carried out by or on behalf of the Port Authority. Consequently the Project is an activity that is subject to assessment under Part 5 of the EP&A Act provided that the activity is not likely to significantly affect the environment. Project Description The Project is proposed to include construction and operation of a ship off-loading, storage and despatch facility for bulk construction materials such as sand, aggregates and other dry bulk construction materials. The Project site is located within Lot 10 on DP (owned by Port Authority) at Glebe Island Berths 1 and 2 on the eastern side of Glebe Island, in Sydney Harbour. The Project would include the following key features: An enclosed bulk material storage building consisting of storage bays designed to allow products to be conveyor fed through the building s wall/roof slot(s). The building slot(s) would be closed at times when material is not being unloaded from ships. The total storage capacity of the storage structure would be approximately 70,000m 3 distributed in stockpiles over the bays (e.g. 14,000m 3 per bay if it was operated in a five bay arrangement). Electric radial stackers on the wharf edge, with a maximum of two stackers operating at any one time. The stackers would deliver bulk materials directly into the individual storage bays through the building slot(s). Bulk material would be fed into the radial stacker/s from moored ships. Truck-loading located internally to the storage building allowing multiple trucks to be loaded. Truck loading would involve the use of front end loaders. The building and internal operations would be designed to minimise dust and noise emissions. A weighbridge located next to the storage building to ensure truck and dogs are loaded to acceptable limits. Demountable offices and amenities block. The amenities block would likely be connected to town water and sewerage systems. If required, a multi-user above ground diesel fuel tank with an approximate capacity of 20,000 litres. The storage tank would be bunded to meet the requirements of Australian Standard 1940: Storage and Handling of Flammable and Combustible Liquids, and include in-built dispensers. Operational lighting, connection to existing services, and associated plant and equipment. Common areas such as access ways and other areas where customer s users may interface with each other. The relevant transportation aspects of a multi-user facility at Glebe Island Berths 1 and 2 handling dry bulk goods from ship onto the wharf deck or directly into trucks (with subsequent truck movements to separate/remote locations), have previously been assessed by the former Sydney Ports Corporation in a REF prepared and determined under Part 5 of the EP&A Act in 2013 (SPC Reference: C13/115). There are no additional trucking movements associated with the current multi-user facility proposed. Environmental Assessment An environmental assessment has been completed to consider whether the Project is likely to significantly affect the environment. The assessment has also included assessment of:

11 v Whether there are likely to be impacts to matters of national significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Whether a species impact statement would be required under the Biodiversity Conservation Act This REF has found that the key potential environmental impacts associated with the Project include: Noise emissions during construction. Visual impacts to nearby receivers during operation. However impacts are expected to be within manageable limits. The impacts would also be mitigated by the design and management strategies that would be implemented as part of the Project. In this regard, it is noted that preliminary design undertaken for the multi-user facility s building has been aimed to ensure that acoustic and air quality impacts are managed and mitigated. Operational noise emissions associated with land-based activities have been assessed as compliant with the noise trigger levels established in accordance with the NSW EPA s Noise Policy for Industry at the nearest residential receivers. Potential environmental impacts associated with the Project during construction and operation would be mitigated and managed through the proposed implementation of the Construction Environmental Management Plan and Operation Environmental Management Plan as part of the Project. Conclusion The Project has been fully assessed in accordance with the requirements of Part 5 of the EP&A Act and the EP&A Regulation. Based on the assessment, the conclusion is reached that the project is not likely to significantly affect the environment and therefore does not require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The assessment includes an assessment of whether the Project is likely to have a significant impact to matters of national environmental significance under the EPBC Act. The Project is not likely to have a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance and therefore referral to the Commonwealth Government under the EPBC Act would not be required. Significant impacts on threatened species, populations, ecological communities or their habitats as defined by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 would also not be expected as a result of the project and therefore a species impact statement is not required.