NOISE AND VIBRATION TECHNICAL REPORT - Arrow Energy

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Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment
Bowen Gas Project

OCTOBER 2012
Prepared for
Arrow Energy Pty Ltd
42-60 Albert Street
Brisbane, QLD 4000
42626960

Noise and VVibration Impact AAssessment

Project Manager:
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Dan Simmonss URS Auustralia Pty Ltd
Senior Associiate
Level 17, 240 Queeen Street
Environmentaal Scientist
Brisbanne QLD 40000
Australia
Principaal-In-Chargee:
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Chris Pigott F: [phone]
Principal
Author::
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MMichael Smithh
Acoustics Enggineer
Reviewwer: Date: Occtober 20122
Referennce: 422626960/REP/0002
……………………………… Status: Final
Dr Stephen Chiles
Principal
Acoustics Enggineer

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Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................ vii 
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 
1.1  Overview ............................................................................................................. 1 
1.2  Summary of Production Facilities .................................................................... 3 
1.2.1  Production Wells .............................................................................................................. 3 
1.2.2  Field Compressor Facilities (FCF) .................................................................................3  
1.2.3  Central Gas Processing Facilities (CGPF) ....................................................................3  
1.2.4  Integrated Processing Facility (IPF) ...............................................................................3  
2 Methodology ........................................................................................................... 4 
3 Environmental Values ............................................................................................ 5 
3.1  Environmental Values ....................................................................................... 5 
3.2  Existing Noise Environment ............................................................................. 6 
3.2.1  Locations .......................................................................................................................... 6 
3.2.2  Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 9 
3.2.3  Results ............................................................................................................................ 10 
4 Criteria ................................................................................................................... 14 
4.1  Introduction ...................................................................................................... 14 
4.2  Operational Noise ............................................................................................ 15 
4.2.1  General ............................................................................................................................ 15 
4.2.2  Adjustments for Characteristics ..................................................................................1 7 
4.2.3  Low Frequency Noise Criteria ......................................................................................1 7 
4.2.4  Off-Site Road Traffic Noise Criteria .............................................................................1 8 
4.3  Vibration Criteria .............................................................................................. 19 
4.4  Blasting ............................................................................................................. 20 
4.5  Impact of Noise on Livestock ......................................................................... 20 
5 Acoustics Modelling ............................................................................................. 21 
5.1  Introduction ...................................................................................................... 21 
5.1.1  Methodology ................................................................................................................... 21 
5.1.2  Propagation Algorithm ..................................................................................................2 1 
5.1.3  Meteorological Conditions ............................................................................................2 3 
5.2  Operational Noise ............................................................................................ 24 
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5.2.1  Inputs .............................................................................................................................. 24 
5.2.2  Results ............................................................................................................................ 27 
5.3  Construction Noise .......................................................................................... 33 
5.3.1  Inputs .............................................................................................................................. 33 
5.3.2  Results ............................................................................................................................ 34 
5.3.3  Mitigation Measures ......................................................................................................3 7 
5.4  Off-site Traffic .................................................................................................. 38 
5.5  Low-Frequency Noise ...................................................................................... 38 
5.6  Vibration ........................................................................................................... 39 
5.6.1  Operation ........................................................................................................................ 39 
5.6.2  Construction ................................................................................................................... 39 
5.7  Blasting ............................................................................................................. 39 
6 Framework for Noise and Vibration Management ............................................. 40 
6.1  Noise Limits ...................................................................................................... 40 
6.2  Site Selection and Detailed Design ................................................................ 41 
6.3  Noise Monitoring .............................................................................................. 41 
7 Impact Assessment .............................................................................................. 42 
7.1  Operational Noise ............................................................................................ 42 
7.2  Operational Vibration ...................................................................................... 42 
7.3  Construction Noise, Vibration, and Blasting ................................................. 42 
7.4  Off-site Traffic Generation .............................................................................. 42 
7.5  Livestock .......................................................................................................... 42 
8 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 43 
9 References ............................................................................................................ 44 
10 Limitations Statement ........................................................................................ 45 

Tables
Table 3-1  Environmental Values ....................................................................................................... 5 
Table 3-2  Noise monitoring locations ................................................................................................ 6 
Table 3-3  Noise monitoring equipment ............................................................................................. 9 
Table 3-4  Summary of acoustical environment features at each monitoring location .................... 11 
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Table 3-5  Summary of unattended monitoring results .................................................................... 12 
Table 3-6  Summary of attended monitoring results ........................................................................ 13 
Table 4-1  Applicable legislation, standards, and guidelines ........................................................... 14 
Table 4-2  Best practice measured noise emission limits ................................................................ 15 
Table 4-3  Deemed background noise levels ................................................................................... 16 
Table 4-4  Summary of background noise levels and ambient noise levels .................................... 16 
Table 4-5  Character adjustments to noise levels at receptors ........................................................ 17 
Table 4-6  Infrasound criteria - internal ............................................................................................ 17 
Table 4-7  Acceptable indoor criteria for non-tonal noise ................................................................ 18 
Table 4-8  Annoyance due to tonal noise threshold criteria ............................................................. 18 
Table 4-9  Road-traffic noise criterion .............................................................................................. 18 
Table 4-10  Human response to construction vibration ..................................................................... 19 
Table 4-11  Guide vibration values for cosmetic damage .................................................................. 19 
Table 4-12  Blasting noise and vibration criteria ................................................................................ 20 
Table 5-1  Model settings ................................................................................................................. 21 
Table 5-2  CONCAWE meteorological categories ........................................................................... 22 
Table 5-3  Comparison of predicted noise levels using ISO 9613-2 and CONCAWE ..................... 22 
Table 5-4  Proportions of meteorological conditions ........................................................................ 24 
Table 5-5  Equipment for FCF, CGPF, IPF and well sites ............................................................... 24 
Table 5-6  Acoustics treatment packages ........................................................................................ 26 
Table 5-7  Noise from long-term sources at production facilities – no mitigation ............................ 27 
Table 5-8  Acoustics treatment package selections - FCFs............................................................. 28 
Table 5-9  Acoustics treatment package selections - CGPFs ......................................................... 28 
Table 5-10  Acoustics treatment package selections - CGPFs and IPFs .......................................... 29 
Table 5-11  Noise from long-term sources at production facilities – with mitigation .......................... 29 
Table 5-12  Noise from short-term sources at production facilities .................................................... 33 
Table 5-13  Noise from long-term sources at production wells – without mitigation .......................... 33 
Table 5-14  Construction equipment and noise levels ....................................................................... 34 
Table 5-15  Predicted construction noise from the construction of production facilities .................... 34 
Table 5-16  Predicted construction noise from production wells ....................................................... 35 
Table 5-17  Predicted construction noise from pipelines ................................................................... 36 
Table 5-18  Predicted construction noise from the abandonment of production wells ...................... 37 
Table 5-19  Traffic generation during facility construction ................................................................ 38 
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Table 5-20  Low-frequency noise predictions ................................................................................... 38 
Table 6-1  Activity status .................................................................................................................. 40 
Table 6-2  Proposed noise limits at sensitive receptors ................................................................... 40 
Table 6-3  Character adjustments to noise levels at receptors ........................................................ 40 

Table Appendix C-1  Equipment sound power levels 
Table Appendix C-2  Acoustics treatment packages - noise attenuation 

Figures
Figure 1-1  Project Study Area ............................................................................................................ 2 
Figure 3-1  Noise monitoring locations ................................................................................................ 8 
Figure 5-1  Meteorological analysis locations ................................................................................... 23 
Figure 5-2  Noise contour plot – no mitigation .................................................................................. 31 
Figure 5-3   Noise contour plot – with mitigation ................................................................................ 32 

Figure Appendix B-1  IPF or CGPF Conceptual Design Layout 
Figure Appendix B-2  Typical Well-Site Conceptual Design Layout 

Appendices
Appendix A  Unattended Noise Monitoring 
Appendix B  Conceptual Design Layouts 
Appendix C  Equipment Sound Power Levels 

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Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
AADT annual average daily traffic
ANL ambient noise level
ATP Authority to Prospect
BOM Bureau of Meteorology
CGPF central gas processing facility
CSG coal seam gas
CSGI coal seam gas industry
CSGI Procedural Guide QLD Coal Seam Gas Industry (CSGI) Procedural Guide for site preparation
and operational noise
dB decibels
dB(A) decibels, A–weighted
dB(G) decibels, G–weighted
EHP Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
DERM Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management
(obsolete in Queensland: now EHP)
EIS environmental impact statement
EM Plan environmental management plan required under Environmental Protection
Act 1994 (Qld)
EM Plan Guideline Guideline for Preparing an EM Plan for CSG activities, 2010
EPA Environmental Protection Agency (obsolete in Queensland: now DEHP)
EP Act Environment Protection Act, 1994 (QLD)
EP Regulation Environment Protection Regulation, 2008 (QLD)
EPP (Noise) Environment Protection (Noise) Policy, 2008 (QLD)
FCP field compressor facility
Hz Hertz
IPF integrated processing facility
L statistical noise level exceeded 1% of the time period t, representing the
A1,t
typical maximum noise level
L statistical noise level exceeded 10% of the time period t, representing the
A10,t
typical upper noise level
L statistical level exceeded 90% of the time period t, representing the
A90,t
background noise level
L time average A-weighted sound pressure level, over time period t
Aeq,t
L time average A-weighted sound pressure level, over a period t, adjusted for
Aeq,adj,t
tonality
L time average G-weighted sound pressure level, over time period t
Geq,t
L equivalent noise level measure in decibels with no frequency weighting, over
Zeq,t
time period t
L sound pressure level
p
L A-weighted sound pressure level
pA
L G-weighted sound pressure level
pG
L Low-frequency A-weighted noise level (10-200 Hz)
pA,LF
L maximum A-weighted sound level
max pA,t
mtpa million tonnes per annum
Overpressure transient pressure wave generated by blasting
PGA Noise Guideline Prescribing Noise Conditions for Environmental Authorities for Petroleum
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