The Port  of Melbourne Corporation recognises that Port Phillip Bay is not only Victoria’s gateway to more than 300 international markets but also one of the state’s key natural and recreational assets. Over two years of investigation into these assets has resulted in the development of the Supplementary Environment Effects Statement (SEES). As part of the SEES process, detailed studies into the existing conditions of the bays natural assets and assessment of potential impacts from project works were undertaken. The outcome of these studies, plus a detailed risk assessment, played an integral part in the development of the project, including technology selection, work methods and the development of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and monitoring program. The EMP prepared by the Port of Melbourne Corporation sets out the environmental safeguards required to protect bay assets during dredging. It consists of a combination of regulatory controls, environmental controls, project delivery standards and environmental monitoring to do this. Importantly, the EMP will be subject to continual audit and review to ensure that its aim of minimising environmental impacts is achieved. The EMP, detailed designs and method statements are available on this page. For further information on baywide environmental monitoring click here. To view the latest turbidity monitoring results please click here. To view archived versions of the EMP and other EMP related documents please click here.

In this section Environmental Management Plan (EMP) - Rev 8 (PDF, 23.8mb) Summary of changes - EMP Rev 8  (PDF, 84kb) EMP Compliance Entrance Dredging Turbidity monitoring results Incident Report - Entrance Dredging (PDF, 6.65mb) Management Review Meetings   Associated Procedures Turbidity detailed design  (PDF, 2.4mb) Underwater noise detailed design (PDF, 2.9mb) Airborne noise detailed design (PDF, 5.2mb) Method statement for material placement in PoM DMG Rev 2 (PDF, 911kb) Summary of changes - Rev 2 (PDF, 100kb) Method statement for dredging works in North of Bay -Contaminated   (PDF, 306kb) Method statement for dredging works in South of Bay - Entrance Rev1 (PDF,  397kb) Summary of changes - Rev 1 (PDF, 121kb)