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Holcim Regional Distribution Centre Rooty Hill Environment and Community Project Induction © Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd Environment and Community Project Induction REMEMBER ! Environmental protection Diligence Training is everyone’s responsibility ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd 2 Overview The main objectives of this presentation are to: • Communicate individual responsibilities and accountabilities for environmental protection and community and stakeholder management. • Make everyone on site aware of the scope of environmental issues and management practices relevant to the Project. • Provide an overview of environmental protection, legislation and Holcim’s environmental requirements. 3 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Why do we need to protect the environment • To maintain the integrity of the environment • Because protection of the environment is a key business objective of Holcim. • To ensure compliance with our legal requirements and prevent “environmental harm” and potential fines and prosecution. • All employees, contractors and sub-contractors are responsible for ensuring compliance with our legal requirements and preventing ‘environmental harm’ resulting from their activities. Under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, the government can impose fines on individuals and Companies, where they are not notified of an environmental incident or ‘environmental harm’ has been caused. Fines can range from $1,500 to $5,000,000 plus $120,000 per day if the impact continues and/or up to 7 years in jail. • Because councils, government departments and the general public demand a high level of environmental protection. 4 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Holcim’s Environmental Policy • The policy describes an approach to environment and community management that must be followed. • Includes: Complying with applicable environmental laws Minimising environment impacts of operations Operating as an environmentally and socially responsible neighbour Adopt and enforce internal standards Maintain effective communication channels with employees Provide necessary resources for training employees Rehabilitate land that is impacted by activities Ensure energy efficiency Respond to challenges presented by climate change 5 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Holcim’s Environmental Policy 6 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training What are the key environmental issues for Rooty Hill RDC? • Protection of flora and fauna in the Angus Creek riparian corridor (i.e. Endangered Ecological Communities and the Grevillea Juniperina) • Protection of water quality (including erosion and sediment control) • Traffic management Grevillea Juniperina • Noise and vibration • Air quality • Material storage areas • Community and stakeholder management • Environmental incident and emergency response • Waste management • European and Aboriginal heritage 7 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training How are these environmental issues managed? • The project has a construction Environmental Management System to ensure all environmental aspects and impacts (i.e. environmental hazards) associated with construction activities are identified and appropriately addressed and managed on a day-to-day basis. This presentation summarise the key points from the EMS. Risk not identified! ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training 8 Minister’s Conditions of Approval (MCoA) Environmental Assessment Report and related documents Relevant Legislation and other Approvals Holcim Environmental Management System (EMS) Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP) (including Environmental Control Plans for non-key issues) Issue Specific Environmental Management Plans (for Key Issues) • Construction Noise Management Plan • Construction Soil and Water Quality Management Plan • Construction Traffic Management Plan • Construction Dust Management Plan Rooty Hill RDC Construction Environmental Management System (EMS) • Construction Waste Management Plan • Emergency Response Plan Project Specific Environmental Management Documents • Community Communications Strategy • Vegetation Management Plan • Compensatory Habitat Package • Landscape Plan • Final Hazard Analysis • Construction Access Management Program (if required) Sensitive Area Diagrams (SADs) and progressive Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans (ESCPs) Monitoring Inspection and procedures Improvement/corrective action Construction Method Statements (CMS) (e.g. Clearing and Grubbing , Sedimentation Basin Management) Audits and Reports 9 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training How are these environmental issues managed? (Cont) • The Project’s Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP) and issue specific management plans for noise, air quality, traffic, soil and water, waste and emergency response identify environmental safeguards relevant to the Project. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are aware of the requirements. • A copy of the CEMP and issue specific management plans are available in the Project Site Office. • Construction Method Statements (CMS’s) must be developed for various high risk construction activities that have the potential to impact on the environment (i.e. clearing and grubbing). These CMS’s must incorporate environmental control measures and safeguards and will be reviewed by the Environmental Officer prior to works commencing. 10 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training How are these environmental issues managed? (Cont) • Monitoring, inspections, auditing and reporting must be completed as detailed in the CEMP and issue specific environmental management plans. This includes weekly environmental site inspections, inspections after rainfall and ongoing monitoring for compliance with emission limits in the consent. Why are monitoring, inspections, auditing and reporting important? • Record how environmental issues are being managed and dealt with on site. • Highlight areas where additional training or guidance may be required. • Ensure that the CEMP and issue specific environmental management plans are being implemented effectively by all staff, contractors and subcontractors. • Record compliance with legal requirements. 11 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Protection of Flora and Fauna What are your environmental responsibilities? • Where practicable, don’t park/place vehicles, plant, equipment and stockpiles within the drip-lines of trees or in a manner which results in damage to vegetation. • Stockpiling of material and the storage of hazardous substances and dangerous goods is not permitted in the Angus Creek riparian corridor. • Contact the Environmental Officer if any native animal is injured on site or requires removal from the site. • Consult the Environmental Officer before any trees or shrubs are removed. • Any weeds removed to be disposed of at an appropriately licensed waste disposal facility. ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training 12 Protection of Flora and Fauna What are your environmental responsibilities? • No access (pedestrian or vehicle) is permitted into the Angus Creek riparian corridor, which has been fenced with exclusion fencing. • Minimise vegetation clearance and disturbance. 13 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Protection of Water Quality (Including Sediment and Erosion Control) What are your environmental responsibilities? • All sediment and erosion control measures to be consistent with the Department of Housing “Blue Book” on erosion and sediment control. This includes but is not limited to the following measures: The development of Erosion and Sediment Control Plans for works. Establish erosion and sediment control measures before work commences and appropriately maintain these throughout the duration of the works (i.e. controls to be inspected and maintained after rainfall). Divert upslope surface run-off away from trenches, stockpiles and disturbed areas to prevent erosion. Minimise the extent of ground disturbance and progressively stabilise disturbed areas. Ensure the mud and soil is removed from vehicles before they leave a work site. Stabilise site entry/exit points. 14 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Protection of Water Quality (Including Sediment and Erosion Control) Stabilise site entry/egress point with aggregate or rumble grid 15 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Protection of Water Quality (Including Sediment and Erosion Control) Maintain sediment fencing throughout the works 16 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Protection of Water Quality (Including Sediment and Erosion Control) Maintain sediment fencing throughout the works 17 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Protection of Water Quality (Including Sediment and Erosion Control) What are your environmental responsibilities? • Ensure that there is a designated concrete washout area with temporary or permanent bunding on your site and that all washout occurs within this designated area. • Any refuelling and servicing of vehicles/machinery to be conducted away from the Angus Creek riparian corridor. 18 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Protection of Water Quality (Including Sediment and Erosion Control) What are your environmental responsibilities? • Sediment fences, sand bags and sediment basins are to be used to control run-off. 19 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Traffic Management What are your environmental responsibilities? • Heavy vehicles accessing the site must not queue within the adjacent local road network. • Vehicles must not park on local roads in the vicinity of the project at any time. • On site speed restrictions must be complied with at all times. • Traffic incidents must be reported to the Holcim Project Manager. • Vehicles accessing the site must use designated routes to and from the site (i.e. M7, Power Street, Glendenning Road, Woodstock Avenue, Kellogg Road). 20 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Traffic Management Designated traffic route 21 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Noise and Vibration What are your environmental responsibilities? • Do not start equipment prior to working hours. • Construction activities audible at any residential receptor are limited to the following hours: 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, Mondays to Fridays 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturdays At no time on Sundays or public holidays • Avoid unnecessary noise e.g. switch off machines when not in use. • Be aware and respectful of residents and businesses in the vicinity of the site and users of the adjacent Nurragingy Reserve. 22 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Air Quality What are your environmental responsibilities? • Ensure all loads transported to and from the work site must be covered at all times. • Minimise the extent of excavation as much as possible and progressive rehabilitation. • Not to leave work vehicles, plant or machinery running or idling when not in use. • Implement dust suppression measures during excess dust generation (i.e. use of water carts, watering of exposed areas, cover stockpiles, road sweeping). ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training 23 Air Quality Effective dust covers are mandatory 24 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Air Quality 25 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Material Storage Areas What are your environmental responsibilities? • Any dangerous goods and/or hazardous substances stored on site are to be stored in bunded areas (temporary/permanent) away from the Angus Creek corridor. • This bunded area must be able to contain at least 110% spillage of the largest container. ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training 26 Environmental and Incident Emergency Response 27 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Environmental and Incident Emergency Response What are your environmental responsibilities? • Examples of incidents include: - An oil, fuel or chemical spill - Injuring or death of native wildlife - Discharges of sediment laden water - Excessive noise or dust generation • Contact the Environmental Officer and Holcim Project Manager immediately in the event of an actual or potential environmental incident. • Cease all work in affected area (if required) and check the safety and account for all personnel. • Employ pollution containment measures and re-establish environmental controls. • Ensure that there is a spill kit available on site at all times and that this spill kit is regularly maintained. ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training 28 Waste Management What are your environmental responsibilities? • Reuse/recycle waste where possible. • Store all waste in secure receptacles or contained areas. • Licensed transport and disposal contractors to be used as required. • Environmental Officer is to be notified immediately if any potentially contaminated material is uncovered. • Keep all work areas clean and tidy. • Record all waste removed from site on the Recycle and Waste Removal Register. 29 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Waste Management If you cannot segregate waste onsite make sure your waste goes to sorting facility 30 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Waste Management 31 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training European and Aboriginal Heritage What are your environmental responsibilities? • In the unlikely event that a previously unrecorded item of heritage significance (European and/or Aboriginal) and/or skeletal remains are discovered during construction, STOP WORK in the vicinity and notify the Holcim Project Manager and Environmental Officer are to be notified immediately. 32 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Community and Stakeholder Management • Holcim is committed to working with local residents and stakeholders and providing early and accurate advice to minimise the impacts of construction. • So we need to: - Consider the community and affected residents - Minimise the construction impacts - Keep the community informed and notified - Keep our promises to the community - Manage and resolve inquiries and complaints 33 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Community and Stakeholder Management Who are the community? • Directly impacted residents • Indirectly impacted residents • Property owners • Stakeholders (i.e. Councils, Schools, Public Area Users, environmental groups, local MPs) and community groups • Businesses near project site 34 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Community and Stakeholder Management • No staff or sub-contractor is approved to release any information regarding construction activities to any organisation or person without prior approval of the Holcim Project Manager and Environmental Officer. 35 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Community and Stakeholder Management Stakeholder Involvement Recording inquiries and / or complaints: • Free call: 1800 809 381 • Email address: rootyhillproject-aush@holcim.com • Postal Address: Rooty Hill Project Manager, Holcim, PO Box 5697, West Chatswood, NSW 1515 36 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Summary of the Inquiry and Complaints Resolution Process Inquiry and/or Complaint Received (via phone, email, post, direct contact with project team, etc) Within 24 hours Within 24 hours Environmental Officer (EO) informed and EO contacts the community or stakeholder representative to clarify reason for inquiry and/or complaint and to notify of the investigation process EO records details of inquiry and/or complaint into Inquiry and Complaints Register Internal Investigation Within 5 days Every month EO, Holcim Project Manager and Contractor verbally confirm the action to be undertaken with the inquiry and/or complaint and record details in the register EO sends written response to community or stakeholder representative Monthly Progress Report 37 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training Questions or Comments 38 ©Environmental Holcim (Australia) PtyDue Ltd Diligence Training
