Hobart Airport Flight Path - Noise thresholds
Dear Airservices Australia,
Good afternoon,
Please provide a copy of your noise thresholds that Airservices Australia use to determine whether or not aircraft noise triggers a potential environmental significance.
I refer to your listing on p60 of your ASA Report:
Environmental Assessment of Proposed Changes to SIDs and STARs at Hobart Airport
CIRRIS EA-0001407 Version 1.3 Effective 8 November 2018
Yours faithfully,
Cathy Minnucci
OFFICIAL
Dear Ms Minucci
Airservices Australia (Airservices) acknowledge the receipt of your
request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth) (FOI Act) which has been given the reference FOI 24-15.
You have requested access to the following documents:
“ a copy of your noise thresholds that Airservices Australia use to
determine whether or not aircraft noise triggers a potential environmental
significance.” (refer Environmental Assessment of Proposed Changes to SIDs
and STARs at Hobart Airport CIRRIS EA-0001407 Version 1.3 Effective 8
November 2018”
The statutory period for processing your request is 30 calendar days
commencing from the day after the day the request for received, in this
case 10 April 2024.
However, if your request captures documents that contains information
concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of another
organisation or individual (third party), Airservices is required to
consult with these third parties concerned before deciding on the release
of those documents: see section 27 of the FOI Act.
If consultation is undertaken with third parties, the initial 30-day
period for processing your request will be extended by a further 30 days
(see section 15(6) of the FOI Act).
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FOI Coordinator
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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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OFFICIAL
Dear Ms Minucci
I write further to your below request.
Having reviewed your request in more detail, I confirm that the
information you are seeking is publicly available, being included in the
report referenced in your email.
[1]Environmental Assessment of Proposed Changes to SIDs and STARs at
Hobart Airport CIRRIS EA-0001407 Version 1.3 Effective 8 November 2018
Refer Table 6 (page 23) and Appendix A (page 66-> ) of the report (as
mentioned on page 60 of the report which you refer to in your email)
Section 12 of the FOI Act provides that access to a document is not
required to be given if it publicly available.
Based on this provision your request does not fall within the scope of the
FOI Act and we are unable to process it.
For further information on your rights and avenues for review of this
decision please refer to the website of the Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner at [2]www.oaic.gov.au.
Regards
Marcus Bourget
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
Alan Woods Building, 25 Constitution Ave
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
airservicesaustralia.com
OFFICIAL
From: MBX FOI
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 2:41 PM
To: Cathy Minnucci <[FOI #11219 email]>; MBX
FOI <[Airservices request email]>
Subject: FOI 24 - 15 - Freedom of Information request - Hobart Airport
Flight Path - Noise thresholds
Dear Ms Minucci
Airservices Australia (Airservices) acknowledge the receipt of your
request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth) (FOI Act) which has been given the reference FOI 24-15.
You have requested access to the following documents:
“ a copy of your noise thresholds that Airservices Australia use to
determine whether or not aircraft noise triggers a potential environmental
significance.” (refer Environmental Assessment of Proposed Changes to SIDs
and STARs at Hobart Airport CIRRIS EA-0001407 Version 1.3 Effective 8
November 2018”
The statutory period for processing your request is 30 calendar days
commencing from the day after the day the request for received, in this
case 10 April 2024.
However, if your request captures documents that contains information
concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of another
organisation or individual (third party), Airservices is required to
consult with these third parties concerned before deciding on the release
of those documents: see section 27 of the FOI Act.
If consultation is undertaken with third parties, the initial 30-day
period for processing your request will be extended by a further 30 days
(see section 15(6) of the FOI Act).
Airservices may impose a charge for the work involved in providing access
to the documents you requested. We will notify you of any charges in
relation to your request as soon as possible, before we process any
requested documents.
Please note that subject to certain exceptions, information released under
the FOI Act may later be published online on our disclosure log
([3]http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/abou...).
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at
[4][Airservices request email] .
FOI Coordinator
Alan Woods Building, 25 Constitution Ave
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
airservicesaustralia.com
Dear MBX FOI,
Thank you for your reply and clarification.
I requested the following:
“a copy of your noise thresholds that Airservices Australia use to
determine whether or not aircraft noise triggers a potential environmental significance.” (refer Environmental Assessment of Proposed Changes to SIDs
and STARs at Hobart Airport CIRRIS EA-0001407 Version 1.3 Effective 8
November 2018”
You provided this information:
Refer Table 6 (page 23) and Appendix A (page 66->) of the report (as
mentioned on page 60 of the report which you refer to in your email)
I note:
Table 6: lists “Newly overflown” Noise Metric N70 & N65 Day and Night that lists a trigger would occur for anything > 0 flights.
Primrose Sands was in a newly overflown area.
We have been in Primrose since 1968 and NO planes have ever flown through this area.
All planes are very low at or around 1,000ft over our home and noise levels have been >79dB, so my understanding of ASA’s Noise Metrics Table indicates that anything greater than ZERO flights >N65 triggers a potential environmental significance.
Given that we have gone from ZERO flight to >10,000 annually this would be considered a mammoth environmental significance.
I refer to Step 7 from the listed ASA's doc on page 69 Appendix A.
Step 7 – If any criteria are triggered, and the change is planned to proceed in its current form, then the change should be referred to the Commonwealth Environment Minister for advice and a determination of whether it constitutes ‘significant impact’ (as per the requirements of the EPBC Act).
Please provide a copy of the referrals sent to the Commonwealth Environment Minister and correspondence received back, regarding the determination of whether the increased noise incidents
(from 0 to 10,000) over the Newly overflown area constituted a 'significant impact'.
This would also include any document that permitted ASA to continue with the current flight path over Primrose Sands.
Yours sincerely,
Cathy Minnucci
OFFICIAL
Dear Ms Minucci
Airservices Australia (Airservices) acknowledge the receipt of your
request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth) (FOI Act) which has been given the reference FOI 24-20.
You have requested access to the following documents:
“copy of the referrals sent to the Commonwealth Environment Minister and
correspondence received back, regarding the determination of whether the
increased noise incidents (from 0 to 10,000) over [Primrose Sands]
constituted a 'significant impact'. This would also include any document
that permitted ASA to continue with the current flight path over Primrose
Sands.”
The statutory period for processing your request is 30 calendar days
commencing from the day after the day the request for received, in this
case 15 April 2024.
However, if your request captures documents that contains information
concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of another
organisation or individual (third party), Airservices is required to
consult with these third parties concerned before deciding on the release
of those documents: see section 27 of the FOI Act.
If consultation is undertaken with third parties, the initial 30-day
period for processing your request will be extended by a further 30 days
(see section 15(6) of the FOI Act).
Airservices may impose a charge for the work involved in providing access
to the documents you requested. We will notify you of any charges in
relation to your request as soon as possible, before we process any
requested documents.
Please note that subject to certain exceptions, information released under
the FOI Act may later be published online on our disclosure log
([1]http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/abou...).
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at
[2][Airservices request email] .
Regards
FOI Coordinator
Alan Woods Building, 25 Constitution Ave
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
airservicesaustralia.com
OFFICIAL
OFFICIAL
Dear Ms Minucci
Please find the attached decision in respect of your FOI request.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Alan Woods Building, 25 Constitution Ave
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
airservicesaustralia.com
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OFFICIAL
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Dear Ms Minucci
Please find the attached decision in respect of your FOI request.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Alan Woods Building, 25 Constitution Ave
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
airservicesaustralia.com
IMPORTANT: This email and any attachments, may contain information that is
confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended
recipient, you must not review, copy, disseminate, disclose to others or
take action in reliance on, any material contained within this email. If
you have received this email in error, please let Airservices Australia
know by reply email to the sender informing them of the mistake and delete
all copies of this email and any attachments.
OFFICIAL
Dear MBX FOI,
RE: copy of the referrals sent to the Commonwealth Environment Minister and correspondence
received back, regarding the determination of whether the increased noise incidents (from 0
to 10,000) over [Primrose Sands] constituted a 'significant impact'. This would also include
any document that permitted ASA to continue with the current flight path over Primrose
Sands.
I will take your reply and refusal, to imply that no referrals /correspondence / or documents were shared with the Commonwealth Environment Minister by Airservices Australia on this matter.
If this understanding is not correct, please just reply otherwise.
Thank you very much for your help on this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Cathy Minnucci