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Table 27:Relevant Standards

The Sydney Metro Southwest Project will be carried out in accordance with the following consents; • The Sydney Metro City & Southwest – Sydenham to Bankstown – State Significant Infrastructure Assessment (SSI 8256), dated 12th December 2018 • The Sydney Metro City & Southwest – Sydenham to Bankstown - Environmental Impact Statement , dated 7th September 2017; • The Sydney Metro City & Southwest – Sydenham to Bankstown – Submissions and Preferred Infrastructure Report June 2018; • The Sydney Metro City & Southwest – Sydenham to Bankstown – Instrument of Approval, dated 12th December 2018

• Sydney Metro City & Southwest – Sydenham to Bankstown Upgrade Staging Report (Sydney Metro, 2019). • The Sydney Metro Construction Environmental Management Framework v3.2; • Department’s Guideline for the Preparation of Environmental Management Plans. • The Overarching Stakeholder and Community Involvement Plan (Sydney Metro Community Consultation Strategy (CCS)); • The Sydney Metro Construction Noise and Vibration Strategy (including out-of-hour works protocol) • City and Southwest – Sydenham to Bankstown Compliance Monitoring and Reporting Program Report (Sydney Metro, 2019). Full details of the relevant legislative instruments are provided in Appendix J

14.3.2 Standards and Codes

The environmental publications, standards, codes of practice and guidelines included in Table 27 are relevant to Sydney Metro Southwest Project and are referenced throughout this Plan.

Table 27:Relevant Standards

Standard/Guideline

ISO14001:2015 Environmental ManagementSystems – Requirements with Guidelinesforuse

Relevant Authority

DPIE

Guideline for the Preparation of Environmental Management Plans (Department ofInfrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, 2001) Interim Construction Noise Guidelines (Department of Environment and Climate Change,2009) DPIE

EPA

Managing Urban Stormwater: Soil and Construction (Landcom, 2008) EPA/DPIE AS4282:1997 Control of the Obtrusive Effect of Outdoor Lighting Australian Standards Waste Classification Guidelines (Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water,2008) EPA AS1742.3ManualofuniformtrafficcontroldevicesPart3:Trafficcontrolfor worksonroads RMS (TfNSW) RMS Traffic Control at Worksites Manual RMS (TfNSW)

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Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality EPA AS/ NZS 1940: 2017 - The Storage and Handling of Flammable and Combustible Liquids Australian Standards

14.3.3 Health, Safety and Environmental Management System

LOR maintains an industry-leading HSEMS that is applied across all operations and is accredited by Sci Qual International to ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems – Requirements with Guidance for Use.

The HSEMS is available to access via https://nextgearsms.com. The system includes three core environmental components: System Requirements, Environmental Primary Standards and Severe Environmental Risk protocols.

The Company is currently certified (No. 4749) with SciQual(Appendix K)

All works carried out on the site (including works carried out by sub-contractors and others) will be in accordance with:

− Client requirements as detailed in the Contract − LOR’s environmental requirements, as detailed in the HSEMS − ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System − LOR’s compliance obligations including mandatory and voluntary requirements. This Plan references relevant parts of the Company’s environmental management system and incorporates the additional elements necessary to satisfy the client’s environmental system requirements. An outline of the LOR HSEMS is provided in Appendix K

14.3.4 Environmental Policy

The environmental policy differs from the quality policy in that it dictates how construction activities should be conducted from a environmental perspective. And this also includes the degree to which the performing organization’s management is committee to social responsibility and environmental conservation issues.

A Joint Venture (JV) Environmental Policy has been produced for the project. The Policy states in

Appendix L

Sydney Metro Environmental&Sustainability Policy(SM SE MM 102) will be referred to Appendix L

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