Environmental Protection Licence

Laing O’Rourke is the holder of the Environmental Protection Licence for the Central Station Metro works.

• Environmental Protection Licence
• Environmental-Protection-Licence-Premise-Boundary

Environmental management plans and approval documents

Sydney Metro City and Southwest environmental management documentation is accessible from the Sydney Metro document library.

Management Plans

As part of our commitment to the surrounding community, we publish environmental management plans and reports from the project, including the following:

• Air Quality Management Plan
• Archaeological Method Statements & related documents
  • Central Walk Archaeological Method Statement
  • Combined Services Route (CSR) Archaeological Method Statement
  • Metro Box Aboriginal Archaeological Method Statement
  • Metro Box Non-Aboriginal Archaeological Method Statement
  • Preliminary Excavation Directors Report
• Business Management Plan
• Central Station Contamination Assessment
• Community Communications Strategy
• Construction Biodiversity Management Plan
• Construction Carbon and Energy Plan
• Construction Environmental Management Plan
• Construction Groundwater Management Plan
• Construction Heritage Management Plan
• Construction Noise and Vibration Management Plan
• Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Statement
• Construction Soil and Water Management Plan
• Construction Spoil Management Plan
• Construction Traffic Management Plan
  • Addendum 5: Eastern Entrance Works
  • Addendum 6: Lee Street Bus Depot
  • Addendum 7: VIP Entry from Railway Colonnade Drive
  • Addendum 10: Pitt Street Loading Dock
  • Addendum 11: OSOM Movements Kurri Kurri – SYAB
  • Addendum 12: Lee Street Substation
• Construction Visual Amenity and Landscape Management Plan
• Construction Waste Management and Recycling Plan
• Pollution Incident Response Management Plan
• Sustainability Management Plan
• Station Design and Precinct Plan

Approvals

• CEMP and Sub Plans DPIE Approval
• Pre-Construction Compliance Report
• Pre-Construction Minor Works Application 001 ER and DPIE approved
• Pre-Construction Minor Works Application 002 ER and DPIE approved
• Pre-Construction Minor Works Application 003 ER and DPIE approved
• Pre-Construction Minor Works Application 005 ER and DPIE approved
• Pre-Construction Minor Works Application 007 ER and DPIE approved

Consistency Assessments

• Temporary office at Platform 0
• Access points and laydown area CSMW
• Randle Lane program and access
• Elizabeth St Hi-Rail Pad Improvements
• Phase A – CSR
• Northern Concourse canopy
• Mortuary Station and Darling harbour Goods Line
  • Revision 2: Mortuary Station and Darling Harbour Goods Line
• Phase B – CSR

Community notifications

Community notifications regarding upcoming work can be found on the Sydney Metro website.

Monitoring data and Reports

The Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) and CoA requires monitoring reports to be provided:

Groundwater monitoring

Groundwater monitoring well locations: CSM Monitoring Well Locations

• CSM_E1 Groundwater Sampling_Sept_2018
• CSM_E2 Groundwater Sampling_Oct_2018
• CSM_E3 Groundwater Sampling_Nov_2018
• CSM_E4 Groundwater Sampling_Dec_2018
• CSM_E5 Groundwater Sampling_Jan_2019
• CSM_E6 Groundwater Sampling_Feb_2019
• Baseline Groundwater Monitoring Report (09/18 – 02/19)
• CSM_E8 Groundwater Sampling_Apr_2019
• CSM_E9 Groundwater Sampling_May_2019
• CSM_E10 Groundwater Sampling_Jun_2019
• CSM_E11 Groundwater Sampling_Jul_2019
• CSM_E12 Groundwater Sampling_Aug_2019
• CSM_E13 Groundwater Sampling_Sept_2019
• Construction Groundwater Monitoring Report (04/19 – 09/19)
• CSM_E14 Groundwater Sampling_Oct_2019
• CSM_E15 Groundwater Sampling_Nov_2019
• CSM_E16 Groundwater Sampling_Dec_2019
• CSM_E17 Groundwater Sampling_Jan_2020
• CSM_E18 Groundwater Sampling_Feb_2020
• CSM_E19 Groundwater Sampling_Mar_2020
• Construction Groundwater Monitoring Report (10/19 – 03/20)
• CSM_E20 Groundwater Sampling_Apr_2020
• CSM_E21 Groundwater_Sampling_May_2020
• CSM_E22 Groundwater_Sampling_Jun_2020
• CSM_E22 Groundwater_Sampling_Jul_2020
• CSM_E23 Groundwater_Sampling_Aug_2020

Water Monitoring (Discharge)

• EPL 21148 M2.1 Dec 2018 – Dec 2019
• EPL 21148 M2.1 Jan 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 Feb 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 Mar 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 April 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 May 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 June 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 July 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 August 2020

Noise monitoring

• EPL 21148_M7.1_Nov_18
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Dec_18
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Jan_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Feb_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Mar_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Apr_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_May_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Jun_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Jul_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Aug_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Sep_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Oct_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Nov_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Dec_19
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Jan_20
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Feb_20
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Mar_20
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Apr_20
• EPL 21148_M7.1_May_20
• EPL 21148_M7.1_June_20
• EPL 21148_M7.1_July_20
• EPL 21148_M7.1_Aug_20

Vibration monitoring

• EPL 21148_M7.2_Jan_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Feb_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Mar_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Apr_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_May_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Jun_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Jul_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Aug_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Sep_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Oct_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Nov_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Dec_19
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Jan_20
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Feb_20
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Mar_20
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Apr_20
• EPL 21148_M7.2_May_20
• EPL 21148_M7.2_June_20
• EPL 21148_M7.2_July_20
• EPL 21148_M7.2_Aug_20

Construction Noise and Vibration Monitoring Reports

• 3rd August 2018 – 3rd August 2019