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Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG Export Pipeline – Narrows Crossing Project QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG Export Pipeline – Narrows Crossing Project QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Rev E October 2011 Uncontrolled when printed Right to Information - QGC Pty Limited considers that this document contains information of a sensitive nature and is of concern to QGC for the purposes of section 37 of the Right to Information Act 2009. This document is provided on the condition that QGC Pty Limited will be consulted for the purposes of the Right to Information Act if an access application is made or some other form of release is being considered. QUEENSLAND CURTIS LNG PROJECT Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Revision E – October 2011 Note: This is a living document. Each species or ecological community management plan within this document has a separate identification number (Document Number) for reference in the event that the management plans require updating. Significant Species or Ecological Community Document Number White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000049 Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000051 Migratory Shorebirds and Egrets QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000050 Whole of Project Migratory Shorebird Management Plan QCLNG-AUS-PMT-ENV-PLN-0952 Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000069 Water Mouse (Xeromys myoides) QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000052 Cetaceans - Australian Snubfin Dolphin Orcaella heinsohnii and Pacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000048 chinensis Dugong Dugong dugon QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000045 Marine Turtles - Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta, Green Turtle Chelonia mydas, Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea, Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000047 imbricate, Olive Ridley Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea, Flatback Turtle Natator depressus Mangrove and Intertidal wetlands : Essential Habitat (Water Mouse) - RE 11.1.1, 11.1.2, 11.1.4, 12.1.2, QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000054 12.1.3 Seagrass Communities : Essential Habitat (Dugong) QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000053 2 of 39 Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Revision E – October 2011 DOCUMENT INFORMATION SHEET TITLE: QCLNG Export Pipeline – Narrows Crossing Project. Significant Species Management Plan. PURPOSE AND SCOPE: The purpose of this document is to fulfil QCLNG Project EPBC Act Approval (2008/4399) Conditions 8 and 9 for the Commonwealth relating to Significant Species Management Plans and the Environmental Authority Approval PEN101591310 for approval of the Species Management Program. The Significant Species Management Plans are designed to address and mitigate the actual and potential impacts arising with activity associated with the pre-construction, construction, operational and decommissioning phases of the Narrows Crossing Project on certain Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) under Part 3 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The scope of this document covers the Narrows Crossing Corridor from MLV7 with the LNG facility on Curtis Island (See Figure 1 below). The SSMPs in this document also cover listed threatened species and ecological communities under Qld Nature Conservation Act (1992), Qld Native Vegetation Act (1999) and protected marine plants under the Qld Fisheries Act (1994). 3 of 39 Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Revision E – October 2011 Revision Record Issue Date Reason for Issue Responsible Accountable Rev A 01/07/2011 Draft for Review Bruce French James MacDermott Rev B 23/07/2011 Draft for Internal Review Bruce French James MacDermott Rev C 25/07/2011 Final Draft for DSEWPC Approval Bruce French James MacDermott Rev D 21/09/2011 Response to DSEWPC Comments Bruce French James MacDermott Rev E 17/10/2011 Response to DSEWPC Comments Tracey Winters Tracey Winters 4 of 39 Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Revision E – October 2011 List of Acronyms Acronym Meaning CE Critically Endangered CEMP Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP) CM Construction Manager CSG Coal Seam Gas DIP Department of Infrastructure and Planning DERM The Department of Environment and Resource Management Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (now Department of DEWHA Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) DMP Dredge Management Plan DSEWPC Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities E Endangered EA Environmental Advisor EH Essential Habitat EIS Environmental Impact Statement EM Environmental Manager EMAP Environmental Management Action Plan EMP Environmental Management Plan EPBC Act Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 EP Export Pipeline EVNT Endangered, Vulnerable and Near Threatened flora and fauna species Endangered, Vulnerable, Rare (former NC Act conservation classification system. EVR Now EVNT) FMAP Fauna Management Action Plan FOM Fauna Observer Marine FS Fauna Spotter/Catcher GBRCMP Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park GCH Gas Collection Header GPS Global positioning system HDD Horizontal Directional Drilling HSSE Health, Safety, Security and Environment (manager) LNG Liquid Natural Gas MNES Matters of National Environmental Significance NC Act Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 NCP Narrows Crossing Project 5 of 39 Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Revision E – October 2011 Acronym Meaning NT Near Threatened PLR Phillipies Landing Road PM Project Manager QCLNG Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas QGC Queensland Gas Company RE Regional Ecosystem sEIS Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement SMP Species Management Program SS Site Supervisor SSi Site Superintendant SSMP Significant Species Management Plan TAW Temporary Access Way Threatened Ecological Community: listed in the Schedules of the EPBC Act and TEC classified as either Critically Endangered or Endangered. V Vulnerable VM Vessel Master VM Act Queensland Vegetation Management Act 1999 6 of 39 Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Revision E – October 2011 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 9 1.1 The Narrows Crossing Pipeline 9 1.2 Legislative Requirements 12 1.3 Potential Hazards to Significant Species and Ecological Communities 13 2. SCOPE and LIMITATION 13 2.1 Distribution and Intended Audience 14 2.2 Relationship to Other Documents 14 3. METHODOLOGY 15 3.1 Rationale for Inclusion of Significant Species and Ecological Communities 15 3.2 Significant Species and Ecological Communities 16 3.2.1 EPBC Act - Threatened Ecological Communities (TECs) 18 3.2.2 Significant Flora 18 3.2.3 Significant Fauna 19 3.2.4 Species also under Qld Nature Conservation Act (1992) 22 3.2.5 Offsets 22 4. PLANNING LEVELS 23 5. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR SIGNIFICANT SPECIES AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES 23 5.1 General Management Strategy 24 5.1.1 Flora 24 5.1.2 Fauna 24 5.1.3 General Environmental Management Measures 25 6. RESPONSIBILITIES 26 6.1 QGC Pipeline Management Team 26 6.2 General Environmental Duty 26 6.3 Project Manager 27 6.4 Construction Manager 27 6.5 Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Manager 27 6.6 Environment Manager 28 6.7 Environment Advisor 29 6.8 Site Superintendent 29 6.9 Site Supervisor 30 6.10 Vessel (Dredge) Master 30 6.11 Fauna Specialist 30 7. Significant Species Management Plans 31 7 of 39 Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Revision E – October 2011 Table of Contents – Appendices APPENDIX 1: SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTS 32 APPENDIX 2: GLOSSARY 35 APPENDIX 3: SIGNIFICANT SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLANS 39 1 White Bellied Sea Eagle 2 Red Goshawk 3 Migratory Shorebirds and Egrets 4 Grey Headed Flying Fox 5 Cetaceans 6 Marine Turtles 7 Dugongs 8 Mangroves and Intertidal Wetlands 9 Seagrass Communities 8 of 39 Significant Species Management Plan QCLNG-BG03-ENV-PLN-000036 Revision E – October 2011 1. INTRODUCTION QGC Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BG Group, has been given approval to proceed with the Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas (QCLNG) Project. The QCLNG Project includes the expansion of QGC’s Coal Seam Gas (CSG) extraction activities in the Surat Basin to supply CSG for export via a Gas Collection Header (GCH) that collects gas within the gas field tenements and then connects with the Export Pipeline (EP). The EP transports the gas to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facility on Curtis Island near Gladstone. 1.1 The Narrows Crossing Pipeline The QCLNG Export Pipeline-Narrows Crossing Project (NCP) component of the pipeline will run near Phillipies Landing Road (PLR), before being bundled with the Australia Pacific Liquefied Natural Gas project (APLNG) across the Targinie and Humpy Creeks, then it will cross the marshland area of Kangaroo Island and the Narrows Crossing section from Friend Point to Laird Point, arriving at the LNG process Plant on Curtis Island (Figure 1). 9 of 39 Phillipies Landing Creek Section Marshland Section Narrows Section Curtis Island Delivery Station Model Road Section Section Pipeline: 1 x QCLNG 42" 1x QCLNG 42" / 1x APLNG 42" 1x QCLNG 42" / 1x APLNG 42" 1x QCLNG 42" / 1x APLNG 42" 1 x QCLNG 42" Other: 2x Fibre optic cables 4x Fibre optic cables 4x Fibre optic cables 4x Fibre optic cables 2x Fibre optic cables Length: 2500m 1450m HDD 1560m Sheet piled coffer dam 2450m Dredge & Winched in 5590m Gas out to LNG Plant Wall Thickness: 18mm (excl. landbridge) 23.5mm 23.5mm 23.5mm 18mm Coating: FBE coated pipe FBE coated pipe with abrasion FBE concrete coated pipe FBE
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