Royal North Shore Hospital - Acute Services Building

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1 Royal North Shore Hospital - Acute Services Building Thiess Services Pty Ltd Environmental Monitoring Data for EPL Monitoring of the Cogeneration Plant for Q3, 2013 September 2013

2 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION PROJECT OVERVIEW MONITORING POINTS AIR QUALITY MONITORING RESULTS... 4 Table 1: Monitoring Data for Discharge Point 1, Monitoring Requirement M2.1, Quarter 1, NOISE MONITORING... 5 Table 2: Noise Monitoring Data, Limit Condition L6... 5

3 1 INTRODUCTION Thiess Services Pty Ltd holds Environmental Protection Licence No for the scheduled activity of electricity generation at Royal North Shore Hospital - Acute Services Building, Reserve Road, St Leonards NSW The information in this report describes the monitoring requirements and provides the pollution monitoring data for period during Jul-Sep 2013 for which Thiess Services Pty Ltd was undertaking the scheduled activity, electricity generation, at Royal North Shore Hospital - Acute Services Building. This report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements for publishing pollution monitoring data as provided by the New South Wales Department of Environment and Heritage (March 2012). 2 PROJECT OVERVIEW Thiess Services is responsible for facilities maintenance and management which includes retaining existing facilities and new buildings, asset management, maintaining the building, building services, utilities, fittings, furniture and fixtures. This monitoring data relates to conditions and monitoring requirements contained in EPL for the operation of the cogeneration plant and diesel generator at Royal North Shore Hospital - Acute Services Building. 3 MONITORING POINTS EPA Identification Number Type of Monitoring Point Type of Discharge Point Description of Location 1 Discharge Point 1 Discharge Point 1 Cogeneration Plant elevated stack located 8 th floor (level 9) at the south western end of the Acute Hospital Building 2 Discharge Point 2 Discharge Point 2 Diesel generator elevated stack located 8 th floor (Level 9) at the south western end of the Acute Hospital Building

4 4 AIR QUALITY MONITORING RESULTS Table 1: Monitoring Data for Discharge Point 1, Monitoring Requirement M2.1, Jul-Sep, 2013 EPL held by Thiess Services for Royal North Shore Hospital-Acute Services Building, Reserve Road, St Leonards, NSW 2065 Sample taken for Jul-Sep 2013 Sample taken by: I. Brash, Air Labs Environmental for Thiess Services Sampling time period: 28 August 2013 (12:11-14:19) Sampling Position: Two 110mm flanges in a circular stack POINT 1 Pollutant Sampling Method Used EPL Condition L3 Concentration Limits Sample Concentration Unit Comments Carbon monoxide Dry gas density OM mg/m 3 71 mg/m 3 Within EPL limit TM-23 Not specified kg/m 3 Moisture TM-22 Not specified 7.41 % Molecular weight of stack gases TM-23 Not specified g/grammole Nitrogen Oxides TM mg/m mg/m 3 Within EPL limit Oxygen (O2) TM-25 Not specified 9.02 % Solid Particles TM mg/m mg/m 3 Within EPL limit Temperature TM-2 Not specified 454 C Velocity TM-2 Not specified 24.6 m/s Volatile organic compounds OM-2 40 mg/m 3 <0.4 mg/m 3 Within EPL limit Volumetric TM-2 Not Specified 290 m 3 /s flowrate This monitoring was undertaken in accordance with the sampling methods listed in the table above and any methodology required by or under the POEO Act (NSW) and/or the Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2002

5 5 NOISE MONITORING Table 2: Noise Monitoring Data, Limit Condition L6 EPL held by Thiess Services for Royal North Shore Hospital - Acute Services Building, Reserve Road, St Leonards, NSW 2065 Preliminary monitoring conducted in October 2012 Monitoring conducted by: Acoustic Logic Monitoring time: 7pm-8pm Monitoring Equipment: Norsonics Type 1 Sound Analyser set on A-weighted fast response mode Receiver Location Herbert Street, at residential properties closest to the Cogeneration Plant Period October 2012 Measured Levels db(a) Ambient Noise level Calculated contribution of the Cogeneration and Diesel Plant operation Noise Limit 50dB(A)L 90 40dB(A)L eq(15min) 43LA eq Comments Noise measurements for the calculated contribution were taken at a closer location where the Cogeneration Plant was audible. The audible noise was free from tonal, impulsive, low frequency or any other noise qualities (as defined by the EPA Industrial Noise Policy) which would attract a penalty to the noise level. Note: Cogen plant has not been operational due to an insufficient energy load requirement for the Acute Services Building. Noise limit monitoring will recommence at such time as the cogen plant becomes operational.