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
    • Addendum CSR AMS – Fire Booster Assembly
    • Archaeological Management CSR – Gibbons Street
  • 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
  • Addendum 13: Chalmers St Works
  • Addendum 14: Sydney Water Connection Works – Eddy Avenue
  • Addendum 15: Eastern Entrance Construction
  • Addendum 16: Sydney Water Connection Works – Chalmers St
• 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_E23 Groundwater Sampling Jul 2020
• CSM_E24 Groundwater Sampling Aug 2020
• CSM_E25 Groundwater Sampling Sept 2020
• CSM_E26 Groundwater Sampling Oct 2020
• Construction Groundwater Monitoring Report  (04/20 – 09/20)
• CSM_E27 Groundwater Sampling Nov 2020
• CSM_E28 Groundwater Sampling Dec 2020
• CSM_E29 Groundwater Sampling Jan 2021
• CSM_E30 Groundwater Sampling Feb 2021
• CSM_E31 Groundwater Sampling Mar 2021

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 Apr 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 May 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 June 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 July 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 Aug 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 Sep 2020
• EPL 21148 M2.1 Oct 2020
• EPL 21448 M2.1 Nov 2020
• EPL 21448 M2.1 Dec 2020
• EPL 21448 M2.1 Jan 2021
• EPL 21448 M2.1 Feb 2021
• EPL 21448 M2.1 Mar 2021

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
• EPL 21148 M7.1 Sep 20
• EPL 21148 M7.1 Oct 20
• EPL 21148 M7.1 Nov 20
• EPL 21148 M7.1  Dec 20
• EPL 21148 M7.1 Jan 21
• EPL 21148 M7.1 Feb 21
• EPL 21148 M7.1 Mar 21

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
• EPL 21148 M7.2 Sep 20
• EPL 21148 M7.2 Oct 20
• EPL 21448 M7.2 Nov 20
• EPL 21448 M7.2 Dec 20
• EPL 21448 M7.2 Jan 21
• EPL 21448 M7.2 Feb 21
• EPL 21448 M7.2 Mar 21

Construction Noise and Vibration Monitoring Reports

• August 2018 – August 2019
• August 2019 – January 2020
• February 2020 – July 2020