Welcome to Melbourne Airport s Third Runway

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Welcome to Melbourne Airport’s Third Runway

Online Community Engagement Event

Health & Social

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Important Information

T

o understand the background information and full context of this

presentation, we recommend that this slide presentation is viewed

in conjunction with the recording of this online event.

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Melbourne Airport's Third Runway – Health & Social

Welcome & Introduction

• Welcome and introduction

• Acknowledgement to country

• Format for the event

– Introduction of staff – Housekeeping

– Tony Brun, Head of Planning (10 min)

– Tim Gill, Manager Airspace, Safeguarding & Noise (15 min) – Q&A opportunity (30 min)

– Ron Brent, Consultant, third Runway Planning: Health & Social Impact Assessment (15 min) – Q&A opportunity (30min)

• Access to event content – Recording, slide presentation and Q&A

document

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Melbourne Airport Staff

Maddison Steel Digital Marketing Manager - Technical support Paige Rici Community Engagement Advisor - Moderator Belinda Cliffe Community Engagement Coordinator - Facilitator Ron Brent

Consultant, Third Runway Planning

- Health & Social, Subject matter expert Tony Brun Head of Planning - Overview of project Tim Gill Manager Airspace, Safeguarding & Noise - Airspace, subject matter expert

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Housekeeping

• Your microphone is automatically muted

• Video is ON, turn OFF manually if you prefer not to have it on

• There will be allocated time slots for Q&A - format

• Please send any questions through via the chat function, throughout the

presentation

• Be constructive and respectful when using the chat

• Put your (electronic) hand up if you’d like to ask your question on camera

• Purpose of today

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Overview of the Third Runway project

Tony Brun Head of Planning

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Overview

• There is a strong need for a third runway at MEL

• Four runways has been planned since the 1960s with 2 built on day of opening

• The current planned position of the 4-runway system have been in plans since 1990

• 2013 Master Plan announced East-West as preferred third runway for sound reasons at the time

• New information obtained between 2016 – 2018

required an orientation review and pause on East-West • After industry consultation Melbourne

Airport announced preferred orientation now North-South

NEW NORTH SOUTH RUNWAY (16L/27R) EXTENTION TO EXISTING 09/27 WIDENING OF EXISTING 09/27 EXTENSION TO EXISTING 16/34 EXTENTION TO EXISTING 09/27 FURTHER EXTENTION TO 09/27

NEW EAST WEST RUNWAY (09R/27L) EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH EXISTING Existing East West North South

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Melbourne Airport must comply with statutory assessment

requirements

Why? Airports Act 1996

• As the airport-lessee company for the airport, Melbourne Airport is required to follow the

statutory process for requesting approval for this MDP, which is set out in the Airports Act 1996. • Melbourne Airport is required to seek approval

for any major airport development from the Commonwealth Government, primarily through the preparation of a Major Development Plan in accordance with the Airports Act 1996.

• Major airport developments must be carried out in accordance with an approved major development plan (MDP)

• Specifies the contents of a major development plan

• Specifies the matters the Minister for Infrastructure must regard in deciding whether to approve or refuse a MDP:

• the likely impact on the environment

• the consultations undertaken in preparing the MDP, and the outcome of the consultations

• the views of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Airservices Australia (safety and operational aspects)

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Melbourne Airport must comply with statutory assessment

requirements

Environment Protection and

Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

• Advice from the Minister for the Environment must be obtained and considered for: • the adoption or implementation of a plan for aviation airspace management involving

aircraft operations that have, will have or are likely to have a significant impact on the environment

• the adoption or implementation of a MDP (as defined in the Airports Act 1996) EPBC Act 1999 Significant Impact Guidelines 1.2 ‘Actions on, or impacting upon, Commonwealth land, and actions by Commonwealth agencies’

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What will the MDP include?

“PROJECT” CHAPTERS

Chapter A1 Introduction (Background) Chapter A2 Need for the Project Chapter A3 Options and Alternatives Chapter A4 Project Description Chapter A5 Project Construction Chapter A6 Stakeholder Engagement Chapter A7 Sustainability

Chapter A8 Assessment and Approval Process

“ON GROUND” CHAPTERS

Chapter B1 Introduction (Airport) Chapter B2 Land Use and Planning

Chapter B3 Soils, Groundwater (and Pollution Mgt) Chapter B4 Surface Water and Erosion

Chapter B5 Ecology

Chapter B6 Indigenous Cultural Heritage Chapter B7 European Heritage

Chapter B8 Surface Transport

Chapter B9 Ground Based Noise and Vibration Chapter B10 Air Quality

Chapter B11 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Chapter B12 Landscape and Visual Amenity

Chapter B13 Climate Change and Natural Hazard Risk

“IN AIR” CHAPTERS

Chapter C1 Introduction (Airspace)

Chapter C2 Airspace Architecture and Airspace Capacity Chapter C3 Aircraft Noise Modelling Methodology Chapter C4 Aircraft Noise & Vibration Assessment Chapter C5 Airspace Hazard & Risk Assessment

“IMPACT ASSESSMENT” CHAPTERS

Chapter D1 Introduction (Community) Chapter D2 Economic Impact Assessment Chapter D3 Health Impact Assessment Chapter D4 Social Impact Assessment

“MANAGEMENT” CHAPTERS

Chapter E1 Introduction (Management)

Chapter E2 Environmental Management Framework Chapter E3 Offset Management Strategy

Chapter E5 Risk Management Plan Chapter E4 Draft Runway Operating Plan

Chapter E6 Summary, Commitments & Conclusion

“IN AIR” CHAPTERS

Chapter C1 Introduction (Airspace)

Chapter C2 Airspace Architecture and Airspace Capacity Chapter C3 Aircraft Noise Modelling Methodology Chapter C4 Aircraft Noise & Vibration Assessment Chapter C5 Airspace Hazard & Risk Assessment

“IMPACT ASSESSMENT” CHAPTERS

Chapter D1 Introduction (Community) Chapter D2 Economic Impact Assessment Chapter D3 Health Impact Assessment Chapter D4 Social Impact Assessment

“MANAGEMENT” CHAPTERS

Chapter E1 Introduction (Management)

Chapter E2 Environmental Management Framework Chapter E3 Offset Management Strategy

Chapter E5 Risk Management Plan Chapter E4 Draft Runway Operating Plan

Chapter E6 Summary, Commitments & Conclusion

• Detailed assessment of the likely impacts associated with the construction and

operation of the third runway

• Management and mitigation measures for identified impacts

• Assessments being undertaken by expert consultants

• Health and social impact assessments can only be completed once preliminary airspace concept design & aircraft noise modelling is finished

• MDP public exhibition is anticipated for the second half of 2021 - once all

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Airspace Design & Noise – Overview of Process

Tim Gill

Manager Airspace, Noise & Safeguarding

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A new runway and noise

A new runway means:

• Changes in existing noise

patterns

• More flexibility to manage

noise

• More capacity to work with

communities

Day Operations (Mixed Mode)

Night Operations

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Information about aircraft noise

Traditional tools such as Aircraft Noise

Exposure Forecast (ANEF) are not always

helpful for the public:

• This is the ANEF formula

• It delivers a single number

• It doesn’t describe aircraft noise: when,

how loud, seasonality, daily variations

Melbourne Airport uses other tools for

describing aircraft noise, like the online

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How will aircraft noise be considered?

Aircraft noise modelling

• Australian Noise Exposure Forecast / Concept (ANEF/C)

• N-above contours for school day, day, evening & night periods

• Single event noise contours (single aircraft Lmax) • Continuous noise level contours (Leq)

Within aircraft noise contours

• Dwelling counts (residences)

• Identify community facilities: aged care, childcare and kindergarten, community centres, hospitals, libraries, places of worship and schools

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Aircraft noise considerations

• Are inevitable impacts of an airport

• Must be managed to minimise its impact on communities

• Like car traffic noise, railway noise and industrial noise, it

cannot be eliminated

• Aircraft are getting quieter BUT more numerous

• Changing navigation technology changes impacts for

better and worse

• The last seven years have seen major changes in aircraft

noise management

• Extensive research, generally at very busy airports (Ron's

expertise)

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Q&A – Noise (Tim & Ron)

30 Minutes for this Q&A session

• Keep on topic

• Raise your (virtual) hand and wait for the facilitator

to acknowledge your turn OR enter your question in

the chat function

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Approach to health & social impact assessments

• Assess construction and operation of third runway

• Comparison of ‘No Build’ (existing runways only) and ‘Build’ (with third runway) for:

▪ Day of runway opening

▪ After 5 years

▪ After 20 years

• Two broad study areas: 15-kilometre radius & 15-50 kilometre radius

• Opportunities for avoidance, mitigation or enhancement measures

▪ Flight path design & operational procedures

▪ Noise abatement procedures (preferred runway use & preferred flight paths e.g. at night)

▪ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) balanced approach to aircraft noise

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What are the noise issues?

Noise has both health and social impacts

• Potential annoyance

• Possible sleep disturbance and awakenings

• Possible direct and indirect health impacts such as myocardial

infarction rates

• Possible impacts for learning on younger children

• Potential communication impacts

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Approach to health & social impact assessments

National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure National Environment Protection (Air Toxics) Measure

National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure

Health impact assessment guidelines

Environmental health risk assessment: Guidelines for assessing human health risks from environmental hazards

The health effects of environmental noise - other than hearing loss State Environment Protection Policy (Ambient Air Quality) No. S 19

Variation to the State Environment Protection Policy (Ambient Air Quality): G 30 State Environment Protection Policy (Air Quality Management) No. S 240

Guidelines for Community Noise Air Quality Guidelines

Burden of disease from environmental noise

Environmental noise guidelines for the European region Night noise guidelines for Europe

Social Impact Assessment: Guidance for assessing and managing the social impacts of projects

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What will the social and health impact assessments consider?

Potential positive and negative social impacts associated with the construction and operation of the third runway

Assessment of historical and potential property value impact

Air and ground-based noise

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What will the air quality assessment consider?

Potential effects on air quality

– Potential emissions of airborne particulate matter associated with construction earthworks

– Potential emissions from jet aircraft engine exhausts, road vehicles, airport ground support

equipment, aircraft auxiliary power units

– Calculation of any potential mortality effects and hospitalisation effects (PM

₁₀

, PM

_2.5

, NO2)

– Potential air pollution and any possible health consequences

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Q&A - Health & Social Impact Assessments

30 Minutes for this Q&A session

• Keep on topic

• Raise your (virtual) hand and wait for the facilitator

to acknowledge your turn OR enter your question in

the chat function

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Next steps

• Video recording and slide presentation, online by COB tomorrow

• Q&A document to be collated and online by COB Wednesday 2 December

• We would appreciate your feedback on this event to make improvements for our final event • You’ll receive an email tomorrow including:

– A link to the feedback form

– A link to the health and social page where the recording and presentation will be available, along with the Q&A document at the later date

– Information on the final event

• Translation hub available in ten different languages. If you or someone you know speaks another language, go to: my.melbourneairport.com

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Event close

Get in touch

belinda.cliffe@melair.com.au or community@melair.com.au 0429 999 217