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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Drilling, Completion and Initial Production Testing in the Otway Basin, South Australia ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Drilling, Completion and Initial Production Testing in the Otway Basin, South Australia November 2013 Prepared by: and: RPS Beach Energy Limited Level 6 ACN 007 617 969 33 Franklin St 25 Conyngham St ADELAIDE 5000 GLENSIDE SA 5065 T: 61 8 8410 4000 T: (08) 8338 2833 F: 61 8 8410 6321 F: (08) 8338 2336 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.rpsgroup.com.au W: www.beachenergy.com.au A397B-Otway Basin Drilling EIR; Rev 2 / November 2013 RPS Aquaterra Pty Ltd (ABN 49 082 286 708) Beach Energy Environmental Impact Report – Otway Basin Drilling Document Status QA Release Issue Version Purpose of Document Orig Review Review Date Review Approval Date Rev A Draft for Beach input SM BW 30/8/2013 BW SM 30/8/2013 Rev B Issued for final Beach internal SM/TF BW 25/9/2013 BW SM 25/9/2013 review Rev C Summary & minor edits included SM/TF/BW BW/SM 26/9/2013 SM SM 26/9/2013 Rev 0 Beach review edits included SM TF 4/10/2013 SM SM 4/10/2013 Rev 1 Finalised following agency SM TF/BW 12/11/2013 BW SM 12/11/2013 consultation Rev 2 Final DMITRE comments TF SM 13/11/2013 SM SM 13/11/2013 addressed Beach Energy Environmental Impact Report – Otway Basin Drilling Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ....................................................................................... 1 1.2 Beach Energy Company Profile ........................................................ 1 1.3 About this document .......................................................................... 3 2 Legislative Framework .............................................................................. 4 2.1 Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act ............................................ 4 2.1.1 Statement of Environmental Objectives ............................. 4 2.1.2 Environmental Impact Report ............................................ 5 2.1.3 Environmental Significance Assessment and SEO Consultation Requirements ............................................................... 5 2.1.4 Activity Notification / Approval Process ............................. 6 2.2 Other Legislation ............................................................................... 6 3 Description of Activities............................................................................ 9 3.1 Well Site, Access and Camp ............................................................. 9 3.1.1 Well Site ............................................................................. 9 3.1.2 Access Track ...................................................................... 9 3.1.3 Water Supply .................................................................... 10 3.1.4 Camp ................................................................................ 10 3.2 Drilling Operations ........................................................................... 10 3.2.1 Traffic Movements............................................................ 12 3.2.2 Fuel and Chemical Storage ............................................. 13 3.2.3 Waste ............................................................................... 13 3.3 Completions and Workovers ........................................................... 13 3.4 Initial Production Testing ................................................................. 13 3.4.1 Initial Production Testing – Gas ....................................... 13 3.4.2 Initial Production Testing – Oil ......................................... 14 3.5 Well Abandonment .......................................................................... 14 3.5.1 Abandonment Following Drilling ...................................... 14 3.5.2 Abandonment Following Production ................................ 14 3.6 Site Clean-up and Reinstatement ................................................... 14 4 Description of the Environment ............................................................. 16 4.1 Climate ............................................................................................ 16 4.2 Landform and Soils.......................................................................... 16 4.3 Petroleum Geology .......................................................................... 17 4.4 Bioregions ........................................................................................ 18 4.5 Flora and Fauna .............................................................................. 19 4.5.1 Vegetation Communities .................................................. 19 4.5.2 Biodiversity Values ........................................................... 19 4.5.3 Threatened Ecological Communities ............................... 19 4.5.4 Threatened Flora.............................................................. 19 4.5.5 Threatened Fauna ........................................................... 20 4.5.6 Significant Migratory Species ........................................... 21 4.5.7 Introduced Species .......................................................... 22 4.6 Water Resources ............................................................................. 22 4.6.1 Surface water ................................................................... 22 4.6.2 Groundwater .................................................................... 23 A397B-Otway Basin Drilling EIR-Rev2.doc Page i Beach Energy Environmental Impact Report – Otway Basin Drilling 4.6.3 Water Use ........................................................................ 24 4.7 Land Use ......................................................................................... 24 4.7.1 General Land Use ............................................................ 24 4.7.2 Conservation Areas ......................................................... 25 4.8 Social Environment.......................................................................... 26 4.9 Indigenous Cultural Heritage ........................................................... 26 4.10 Non-Indigenous Cultural Heritage ................................................... 27 5 Environmental Impact Assessment ....................................................... 28 5.1 Soil and Shallow Groundwater ........................................................ 28 5.2 Surface Water .................................................................................. 29 5.3 Groundwater .................................................................................... 30 5.4 Native Vegetation and Fauna .......................................................... 31 5.5 Land Use ......................................................................................... 33 5.6 Landholders and Local Community ................................................. 34 5.7 Cultural Heritage .............................................................................. 35 5.8 Economic Impact ............................................................................. 36 5.9 Environmental Risk Assessment Summary .................................... 37 6 Environmental Management Framework .............................................. 47 6.1 Environmental Objectives ................................................................ 47 6.2 Responsibilities ................................................................................ 47 6.3 Environmental Management Procedure .......................................... 48 6.4 Job Safety Analysis and Permit to Work ......................................... 48 6.5 Induction and Training ..................................................................... 48 6.6 Emergency Response and Contingency Planning .......................... 48 6.7 Environmental Monitoring and Audits .............................................. 49 6.8 Incident Management, Recording and Corrective Actions .............. 49 6.9 Reporting ......................................................................................... 49 7 Stakeholder Consultation ....................................................................... 50 7.1 Community Consultation ................................................................. 50 8 References ............................................................................................... 52 9 Abbreviations and Glossary ................................................................... 56 Appendix 1: Flora and Fauna Information Appendix 2: Environmental Risk Assessment Tables Appendix 3: Invitation to Public Meeting Appendix 4: Community Consultation Presentation Appendix 5: Agency Consultation Comments and Responses A397B-Otway Basin Drilling EIR-Rev2.doc Page ii Beach Energy Environmental Impact Report – Otway Basin Drilling Tables Table 1: Temperature and rainfall records for Station #026091 (Coonawarra) .. 16 Table 2: Temperature and rainfall records for Station #026026 (Robe) ............. 16 Table 3: EPBC Act-listed threatened ecological communities potentially occurring within the area ..................................................................... 19 Table 4: EPBC Act listed plant species recorded in the area ............................. 20 Table 5: EPBC Act listed fauna species recorded or potentially occurring in the area ...................................................................................................... 20 Table 6: Listed migratory species recorded in the area ...................................... 21 Table 7: Population by Local Government
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