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Construction Environmental Management Plan E-PLN-026 Tanami Gas Pipeline EPBC 2017/7997 Construction Environmental Management Plan E-PLN-026 REVISION 2.0 June 2020 DOCUMENT CONTROL Rev Date Description 0 5 December 2017 Client submission 1 19 December Regulatory submission 2017 2 3 June 2020 Revised for new access track and minor updates (Section 4.2.6, 4.3, 6.6) Title Name Author Senior HSE Advisor M Brown Reviewed Approvals Manager N Parry General Manager Transmission Asset Approved T Rakai Management Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline Environmental Management Plan Prepared for AGIT May 2020 Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline DOCUMENT TRACKING ITEM DETAIL Project Name Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline Project Number 19PER_12341 Nicole McAlinden Project Manager (08) 6218 2200 Level 1 Bishops See, 235 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Prepared by Nicole McAlinden, Briana Wingfield, Talia Jenner Reviewed by Jen Longstaff Approved by Jen Longstaff Status Final Version Number 6 Last saved on 3 June 2020 Cover photo Tanami vegetation, R. Hide 2017 This report should be cited as ‘Eco Logical Australia, June 2020. Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline - Environmental Management Plan. Prepared for AGIT.’ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document has been prepared by Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd with support from AGIT. Disclaimer This document may only be used for the purpose for which it was commissioned and in accordance with the contract between Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd and AGIT. The scope of services was defined in consultation with AGIT, by time and budgetary constraints imposed by the client, and the availability of reports and other data on the subject area. Changes to available information, legislation and schedules are made on an ongoing basis and readers should obtain up to date information. Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for or in respect of any use of or reliance upon this report and its supporting material by any third party. Information provided is not intended to be a substitute for site specific assessment or legal advice in relation to any matter. Unauthorised use of this report in any form is prohibited. Template 29/9/2015 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD iii Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 The proponent - AGIT 1 1.3 Statutory role of this EMP 4 1.4 Objective of this EMP 4 1.5 Scope of this EMP 5 1.6 Structure and content of this EMP 7 2 Description of the TNP Project 9 2.1 Project objectives 9 2.2 Project location 9 2.3 Design 11 2.4 Schedule 12 2.1 Project components 12 2.2 Pipeline construction 16 2.3 Reinstatement and rehabilitation 21 2.4 Pipeline commissioning 22 2.5 Pipeline operation 22 2.6 Pipeline decommissioning 22 3 Environment management framework 24 3.1 Policy 24 3.2 Structure and responsibility 24 3.3 Legislation and environmental approvals 26 3.4 Regulatory framework and industry standards 27 4 Summary of environmental values 32 4.1 Physical Environment Setting 32 4.3 Cultural heritage environment 47 4.4 Social environment 47 5 Risk assessment 51 6 Construction Environmental Management Plan 56 6.1 Terrestrial fauna and habitat sub-plan 56 6.2 Flora and vegetation sub-plan 61 6.3 Weed sub-plan 65 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD iv Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline 6.4 Bushfire sub-plan 70 6.5 Soils and sediment sub-plan 74 6.6 Land users sub-plan 78 6.8 Surface and groundwater sub-plan 82 6.9 Hazardous Materials and Spill Response sub-plan 87 6.10 Waste management sub-plan 92 6.11 Rehabilitation sub-plan 96 7 Operation Environmental Management Plan 98 7.1 Terrestrial fauna sub-plan 98 7.2 Weed sub-plan 102 7.3 Rehabilitation sub-plan 105 8 Environmental management system 107 8.1 Induction and training 107 8.2 Job hazard analysis 107 8.3 Incident management 108 8.4 Emergency preparedness and response 111 8.5 Monitoring 115 8.6 Inspections and audits 115 8.7 Review and improvement 116 8.8 Reporting 116 8.9 Document control 117 8.10 Consultation 117 References 119 Appendix A Notice of Intent and Statement of Reasons 121 Appendix B AGIG Health, Safety and Environment Policy and Statement of Commitment 122 Appendix C Risk register 123 Appendix D Socio-economic risk assessment 124 List of figures Figure 2-1: Project location ............................................................................................. 10 Figure 2-2: Location of project components ...................................................................... 15 Figure 4-1: Mean annual rainfall at Rabbit Flat & Alice Springs (from IGS 2017) ................... 32 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline Figure 4-2: Location of the Pipeline corridor and surrounding region in relation to land systems .................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 4-3: Location of the Pipeline corridor and surrounding region in relation to surface water features ................................................................................................................ 37 Figure 4-4: Sites of Conservation Significance ................................................................... 39 Figure 4-5: Sites of Botanical Significance ......................................................................... 40 Figure 4-6: Fire history across the Project area ................................................................. 44 Figure 4-7: National Parks and Indigenous Protected Areas ................................................ 46 Figure 4-8: Archaeological records and likelihood .............................................................. 48 Figure 4-9: Declared heritage places ................................................................................ 49 Figure 4-10: Land tenure within the Project area ............................................................... 50 Figure 5-1: Risk assessment process ................................................................................ 53 Figure 5-2: Risk matrix.................................................................................................... 54 Figure 5-3: Risk rating, risk class and associated risk management response ....................... 54 Figure 8-1: Emergency and crisis teams - structures ........................................................ 113 Figure 8-2: Emergency and crisis management teams – flowchart .................................... 114 List of tables Table 1-1: NT EPA recommendations and EMP response ...................................................... 5 Table 2-1: Design parameters ......................................................................................... 11 Table 2-2: Disturbance footprint Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline ......................................... 16 Table 2-3: Summary of construction activities ................................................................... 17 Table 2-4: Anticipated crossings proposed for Horizontal Direct Drilling or Bored Installation 20 Table 3-1: Key environmental responsibilities .................................................................... 25 Table 3-2: Secondary environmental approvals and regulation ........................................... 27 Table 4-1: Land systems traversed by the Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline ........................... 33 Table 4-2: Known drainage lines and ephemeral lakes within Project area ........................... 34 Table 4-3: Declared weeds .............................................................................................. 41 Table 4-4: Threatened fauna likelihood assessment ........................................................... 42 Table 6-1 Threatened fauna species recorded or likely to occur in the Project area .............. 56 Table 6-2 Threatened fauna with potential to occur in Project area ..................................... 56 Table 6-3Terrestrial fauna performance management ........................................................ 57 Table 6-4 Terrestrial fauna control measures .................................................................... 58 Table 6-5 Terrestrial fauna monitoring and recording ........................................................ 59 Table 6-6 Terrestrial fauna contingencies and corrective action .......................................... 60 Table 6-7 Flora and vegetation performance management ................................................. 62 Table 6-8 Flora and vegetation control measures .............................................................. 62 Table 6-9 Flora and vegetation monitoring and recording ................................................... 64 Table 6-10 Flora and vegetation contingencies and corrective action................................... 64 Table 6-11 Distribution of weed species in the Project area ................................................ 65 Table 6-12 Weeds performance management ................................................................... 66 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD vi Tanami Newmont Gas Pipeline Table 6-13 Weed control measures .................................................................................. 67 Table 6-14 Weed monitoring and recording ...................................................................... 68 Table 6-15 Weed contingencies and corrective actions....................................................... 69 Table 6-16 Bushfire performance management ................................................................. 71 Table 6-17 Bushfire control measures .............................................................................
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