Leigh Creek Energy Environmental Impact Report Geophysical Operations Petroleum Exploration Licence 650 Geophysical Operations EIR Prepared by: Leigh Creek Energy Limited ACN: 107 531 822 Level 11 19 Grenfell Street Adelaide SA 5000 Phone: 08 8132 9100 Fax: 08 8231 7574 Document Leigh Creek Energy Environmental Impact Report Geophysical Operations - Petroleum Exploration Licence 650 Date 25 October 2018 Prepared by John Centofanti, Alex Mutiso and Erica Dearlove, Leigh Creek Energy Limited Revision History Revision Date Purpose Prepared Reviewed Authorised 0.1 25/10/18 Draft prepared JC/ED AM AM 0.2 08/11/18 Review of comments and AM AM edits from JBS&G 0.3 12/11/18 Amended based on SM/BW AM/JC/ED AM comments from JBS&G /SB 0.4 15/11/18 Review of comments and RS AM edits 0.5 22/11/18 Draft released for KB AM consultation Leigh Creek Energy acknowledge the Adnyamathanha people, the traditional owners of the land on which our operations occur and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. Leigh Creek Energy Limited ACN: 107 531 82 Page 2 of 156 Geophysical Operations EIR Contents Summary .................................................................................................................................................. 6 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Project Proponent ................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 About this Document .............................................................................................................. 8 2 Legislative Framework ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act .................................................................................. 9 2.2 Other Legislation ................................................................................................................... 11 3 Description of Activities ................................................................................................................13 3.1 Seismic Surveys Method........................................................................................................ 13 3.2 Seismic Line and Access Track Preparation ........................................................................... 14 3.3 Line Surveying........................................................................................................................ 15 3.4 Recording ............................................................................................................................... 15 3.5 Uphole Drilling and Logging .................................................................................................. 18 3.6 Other geophysical surveying operations ............................................................................... 18 3.7 Water Usage .......................................................................................................................... 18 3.8 Site Access ............................................................................................................................. 18 3.9 Camp Sites and Associated Activities .................................................................................... 18 3.10 Restoration Activities ............................................................................................................ 19 4 Existing Environment .....................................................................................................................20 4.1 Historical Activity Overview .................................................................................................. 20 4.2 Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................................... 24 4.3 Climate................................................................................................................................... 25 4.4 Bioregions, Land Systems and Soils ....................................................................................... 26 4.5 Existing Site Contamination................................................................................................... 31 4.6 Geology .................................................................................................................................. 33 4.7 Hydrogeology ........................................................................................................................ 33 4.8 Surface Water ........................................................................................................................ 37 4.9 Flora and Fauna ..................................................................................................................... 39 4.10 Air Quality .............................................................................................................................. 42 4.11 Noise ...................................................................................................................................... 42 4.12 Land Use ................................................................................................................................ 42 4.13 Socio-economic ..................................................................................................................... 47 5 Environmental Impact Assessment ...............................................................................................49 5.1 Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................................... 49 Leigh Creek Energy Limited ACN: 107 531 82 Page 3 of 156 Geophysical Operations EIR 5.2 Soils ........................................................................................................................................ 49 5.3 Groundwater ......................................................................................................................... 50 5.4 Surface Water ........................................................................................................................ 51 5.5 Flora and Fauna ..................................................................................................................... 51 5.6 Air Quality .............................................................................................................................. 52 5.7 Noise ...................................................................................................................................... 53 5.8 Land Use ................................................................................................................................ 53 5.9 Public Safety and Risk ............................................................................................................ 53 5.10 Economic Impact ................................................................................................................... 54 5.11 Environmental Risk Assessment Summary ........................................................................... 54 6 Environmental Management Framework .....................................................................................61 6.1 Environmental Management System .................................................................................... 61 6.2 Emergency Response and Contingency Planning .................................................................. 63 6.3 Environmental Monitoring and Audits .................................................................................. 63 6.4 Incident Management, Recording and Corrective Actions ................................................... 63 6.5 Reporting ............................................................................................................................... 63 7 Consultation ..................................................................................................................................65 7.1 Stakeholder Consultation ...................................................................................................... 65 7.2 Stakeholder Feedback ........................................................................................................... 66 7.3 Online Community Portal ...................................................................................................... 67 8 References .....................................................................................................................................68 9 Abbreviations and Glossary ...........................................................................................................70 Appendix A: Flora and Fauna Information .............................................................................................. 1 Leigh Creek Energy Limited ACN: 107 531 82 Page 4 of 156 Geophysical Operations EIR Tables Table 2-1: Summary of applicable legislation ........................................................................................ 11 Table 4-1: Temperature and rainfall records for Leigh Creek ................................................................ 26 Table 4-2: Land systems in PEL 650 ....................................................................................................... 29 Table 4-3: Land Owners