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11 June 1997 in accordance with the requirements of the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974 and the Administrative Procedures made thereunder.

   2. Flight Paths

   Airservices Australia should implement the general structure and layout of the flight paths shown in the maps in the Airservices Australia Report incorporating the amendments indicated in the Proponent's Statement and including any adjustments necessary to meet the detailed design of the airspace arrangements and to satisfy safety requirements.

   3. Runway Selection

   3.1  Airservices Australia should introduce runway selection procedures as described in Chapter 6 of the Airservices Australia Report to facilitate the more equitable sharing of the impact of aircraft noise, taking into account forecast or prevailing weather and traffic levels including the balance between arrivals and departures. The modes of operation should be changed throughout each day, when traffic and weather conditions permit, to provide respite from noise affecting residents in different areas.

   3.2 Subject to paragraph 3.3, Airservices Australia should make available for use runway modes 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 14A (as described in the Airservices Australia Report).

   3.3 Operations under the Plan should not include runway mode 8 in the first instance. Runway mode 8 may be introduced at a later date if experience indicates that it would contribute to the Plan's objectives.

   3.4 Subject to paragraph 3.1 Airservices Australia should:

       (a) discontinue the current noise abatement requirements which mandate changing to, or continuing the use of, runways 16L and 16R for arrivals and departures (in a southerly direction) when there is up to 5 knots of downwind; and

       (b) adopt new runway selection criteria to:

           •  give preference to over-the-water operations (Mode 4) to minimise residential overflights;

           •   restrict the dedicated use of the east-west runway (Modes 12 and 13) to circumstances when weather requires use of these modes; and

           •  interchange use of the other modes to ensure a fair sharing of unavoidable aircraft noise subject to weather and traffic demands.

   3.5 Where traffic levels and disposition allow, preference should be given to the use of Runway 34L for arriving traffic when runways in that direction are in use subject to it assisting, and not detracting from, attainment of the noise sharing goals.

   4. Safety Review

   Airservices Australia should undertake formal safety analyses of the operational components of the Plan prior to their implementation. An independent review of safety issues by an independent third party with international expertise should also be undertaken.

   5. Implementation and Monitoring Committee

   5.1 Airservices Australia should establish an Implementation and Monitoring Committee whose membership should include two community representatives appointed by the Minister for Transport and Regional Development, the aviation industry, the Federal Airports Corporation, the Civil