Biosecurity Management Plan ABUE-450-EN-V01-C-00009
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Australia Business Unit Biosecurity Management Plan ABUE-450-EN-V01-C-00009 This document contains proprietary and confidential information of ConocoPhillips Company. It is not to be released or published without prior written consent of ConocoPhillips Company. Revision Detail Rev Number Date MOC Number Author Approver 002 13th May 2020 30380 R.H. J.C. Biosecurity Management Plan Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Purpose and Scope............................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Roles and Responsibilities .................................................................................................. 4 1.4 Acronyms, Terms and Definitions ...................................................................................... 5 2. Legislative and Permit Requirements ................................................................................ 6 2.1 Commonwealth.................................................................................................................. 6 2.1.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) ....... 6 2.1.2 Biosecurity Act 2015 ............................................................................................. 6 2.1.3 Australian Weeds Strategy (AWS) ......................................................................... 9 2.1.4 Australian Pest Animal Strategy (APAS) ................................................................ 9 2.1.5 Regulatory Framework for International Shipping Activities ................................ 9 2.2 Queensland ...................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.1 State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (SDPWO Act) ..... 11 2.2.2 Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act) – Environmental Authority (EA) ... 12 2.2.3 Biosecurity Act 2014 ........................................................................................... 12 2.2.4 Queensland Biosecurity Strategy (QBS) 2018-2023 ............................................ 13 3. Biosecurity Matter ........................................................................................................... 14 3.1 Invasive Plants and Other Weed Species ......................................................................... 14 3.1.1 Distribution of Priority and Other Weed Species................................................ 19 3.2 Biosecurity Matter Affecting Plants ................................................................................. 21 3.2.1 Distribution of Biosecurity Matter Affecting Plants ............................................ 22 3.2.2 Distribution of Invasive and Other Pest Animals ................................................ 23 3.3 Biosecurity Matter and Other Matter Affecting Animals ................................................ 24 3.4 Tramp Ants ....................................................................................................................... 25 3.4.1 Local Distribution of Tramp Ants ........................................................................ 25 3.5 Marine Pests – Plants and Animals .................................................................................. 26 3.5.1 Distribution of Marine Pests ............................................................................... 28 4. Management Strategy ..................................................................................................... 29 4.1 Objectives and Targets ..................................................................................................... 29 Document Number Revision Date: Revision Number: ABUE-450-EN-V01-C-00009 13 May 2020 002 Official copy located in EDMS. Unstamped, printed copies are UNCONTROLLED documents and MAY NOT BE CURRENT Biosecurity Management Plan 4.2 Environmental Control Measures .................................................................................... 29 5. Monitoring, Incident Response and Reporting ................................................................ 35 5.1 Monitoring ....................................................................................................................... 35 5.2 Incident Response ............................................................................................................ 35 5.3 Reporting ......................................................................................................................... 37 6. Auditing and Review ........................................................................................................ 38 7. References ....................................................................................................................... 39 Figures Figure 1.1: APLNG Facility location ........................................................................................................... 2 Figure 3.1: Distribution of priority weed species ...................................................................................... 20 Tables Table 1.1: Environmental roles and responsibilities ................................................................................... 4 Table 1.2: Acronyms, Terms and Definitions ............................................................................................. 5 Table 2.1: Information to be included in notice for international cargo ...................................................... 8 Table 2.2: Categories of biosecurity restricted matter .............................................................................. 13 Table 3.1: Prohibited plants ...................................................................................................................... 14 Table 3.2: Priority and alert weeds (restricted invasive plants and other weed species) ........................ 16 Table 3.3: Biosecurity matter affecting plants .......................................................................................... 21 Table 3.4: Restricted and other pest animals ........................................................................................... 23 Table 3.5: Biosecurity matter affecting animals ....................................................................................... 24 Table 3.6: National priority tramp ant species, with Qld classifications ................................................... 25 Table 3.7: Marine pest animals and plants............................................................................................... 26 Table 4.1: Biosecurity management objectives and targets..................................................................... 29 Table 4.2: Environmental control measures ............................................................................................. 30 Table 5.1: Response to Biosecurity Matter release or find ...................................................................... 36 List of Appendices Appendix 1: Compliance Matrix Addressing Approval Conditions of EPBC2009/4977 ........................... 40 Document Number Revision Date: Revision Number: ABUE-450-EN-V01-C-00009 13 May 2020 002 Official copy located in EDMS. Unstamped, printed copies are UNCONTROLLED documents and MAY NOT BE CURRENT Biosecurity Management Plan 1. GeneralIntroduction Document and Procedure Template 1.1 Background As part of the wider Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) Project and on behalf of the APLNG shareholders, Origin Energy Limited (Origin; 37.5% interest), ConocoPhillips Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd (ConocoPhillips; 37.5% interest) and SINOPEC Australia Pacific LNG Pty Limited (Sinopec; 25% interest), ConocoPhillips Australia Operations Pty Ltd (COPA) operates a natural gas to LNG production and marine export facility on Curtis Island near Laird Point, Queensland. The APLNG Project has a life of at least 30 years, and is made up of three primary elements: • Gas fields in the Bowen and Surat Basins of south-west and central Queensland; • A 530km high pressure gas transmission pipeline from the gas fields to Curtis Island, near Gladstone in Central Queensland; and • The LNG facility (APLNG Facility), which is currently comprised of two liquefaction trains each producing (at design capacity) approximately 4.5 million metric tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of LNG. The APLNG Facility includes gas processing plant, utilities such as power generation and distribution and marine and ancillary facilities required to support APLNG Facility operations. Origin Energy Upstream Operator Pty Ltd is responsible for the ‘upstream’ component of the APLNG Project which includes gathering, gas and water facilities, electrification and water treatment. COPA is responsible for the ‘downstream’ component of the APLNG Project, which includes the development, construction, operation and decommissioning of the APLNG Facility on Curtis Island. Figure 1-1 presents the regional setting and location of the APLNG Facility. The APLNG Facility lease is located on Lot 3 on Survey Plan 228454, Lot 5 on Survey Plan 283963 and Lot 6 Survey Plan 283963 within the Curtis Island Industry Precinct of the Gladstone State Development Area (GSDA), approximately 13km north-west of Gladstone (refer to Figure 1-1) (APLNG Facility