FORTESCUE RIVER GAS PIPELINE ENVIRONMENT PLAN Revision 4.2 PUBLIC SUMMARY DOCUMENT FGP-5501-0504-01 (E-PLN-012) April 2020 Fortescue River Gas Pipeline Environment Plan – Public Summary Document DOCUMENT CONTROL Rev Date Description 0 April 2020 Initial Submission Title Name Author HSE Advisor Kirsten Merritt Reviewed Approved Senior HSE Advisor Mark Brown ii Fortescue River Gas Pipeline Environment Plan – Public Summary Document Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Background ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Proponent .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3. Location ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.4. Project Approvals ................................................................................................................................................. 2 2. Existing Environment ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1. Biogeographic and regional setting ................................................................................................................... 4 2.2. Climate ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.3. Geology .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 2.4. Hydrology .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 2.4.1. Surface water .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2.4.2. Groundwater ............................................................................................................................................... 5 2.4.3. Millstream Water Reserve.......................................................................................................................... 5 2.5. Flora and Vegetation ........................................................................................................................................... 6 2.5.1. Flora ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.5.2. Threatened and priority flora .................................................................................................................... 6 2.5.3. Vegetation ................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.5.4. Vegetation condition .................................................................................................................................. 6 2.5.5. Priority and Threatened Ecological Communities ................................................................................... 7 2.5.6. Introduced species ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2.6. Conservation Areas .............................................................................................................................................. 8 2.7. Fauna ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.7.1. Fauna habitats .......................................................................................................................................... 11 2.7.2. Conservation fauna species ..................................................................................................................... 12 2.8. Community .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.9. Cultural ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 3. Activity Description ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.1. Facilities ............................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.2. Communications System ................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3. SCADA .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.4. Access .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.5. Transportation Services Control Centre .......................................................................................................... 16 3.6. Enhancements and Modifications (Projects)................................................................................................... 16 3.7. Decommissioning and Rehabilitation ............................................................................................................... 16 3.8. Vegetation Maintenance .................................................................................................................................... 16 iii Fortescue River Gas Pipeline Environment Plan – Public Summary Document 4. Implementation Strategy ............................................................................................................................................ 17 4.1. Soils and Sediment............................................................................................................................................. 17 4.2. Flora ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.3. Weeds .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 4.4. Bushfire ............................................................................................................................................................... 19 4.5. Fauna ................................................................................................................................................................... 20 4.6. Cultural Heritage and Stakeholder Engagement ............................................................................................ 21 4.7. Air Emissions including Dust and Noise .......................................................................................................... 21 4.8. Surface and Groundwater ................................................................................................................................. 22 4.9. Hazardous Materials Storage and Handling .................................................................................................... 23 4.10. Waste Management ........................................................................................................................................... 24 5. Environmental Management System ......................................................................................................................... 25 5.1. Induction and Training ...................................................................................................................................... 25 5.2. Incident Management ........................................................................................................................................ 25 5.3. Emergency Preparedness and Response ........................................................................................................ 25 5.4. Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................................... 26 5.5. Inspections and Audits ...................................................................................................................................... 26 5.5.1. EP Review and Compliance Audit ........................................................................................................... 26 5.6. Review and Improvement ................................................................................................................................. 26 5.7. Reporting ............................................................................................................................................................