Port Botany container terminal “ticks the green boxes”
Port Botany’s Container Terminal expansion has passed its compulsory first year environmental audit, exceeding all compliance requirements and winning an unqualified endorsement for a raft of environmental management initiatives.
“The $1 billion Port Botany Terminal expansion is into its second year. This tick of approval shows significant construction progress has been achieved without any major impact on the local environment,” Australian Ports and Waterways Minister Mr Tripodi said.
The First Annual Independent Environmental Audit found a high level of compliance with the ‘Minister’s Conditions of Approval’ as well as with the Department of Environment and Climate Change environmental protection licences, and other permits and approvals.
Mr Tripodi said the project consortium, Jan De Nul, and Sydney Ports Corporation have invested a large amount of resources and dedicated environmental professionals to ensure the third terminal project meets its environmental licence requirements.
“This includes employing over eight, dedicated, on-site environmental staff supported by a team of specialists ranging from marine scientists and bird experts, to soil and landscape advisors and noise and vibration engineers,” Mr Tripodi said. “Parsons Brinckerhoff, the independent project verifier, also employs an environmental specialist full time on site.”
The Terminal Expansion works are scheduled for completion in 2011.
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