Environment plan Appendix 7-2 Protected matters search tool (PMST) report for the Risk EMBA Stromlo-1 exploration drilling program Equinor Australia B.V. Level 15 123 St Georges Terrace PERTH WA 6000 Australia February 2019 www.equinor.com.au EPBC Act Protected Matters Report This report provides general guidance on matters of national environmental significance and other matters protected by the EPBC Act in the area you have selected. Information on the coverage of this report and qualifications on data supporting this report are contained in the caveat at the end of the report. Information is available about Environment Assessments and the EPBC Act including significance guidelines, forms and application process details. Report created: 13/09/18 14:02:20 Summary Details Matters of NES Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act Extra Information Caveat Acknowledgements This map may contain data which are ©Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia), ©PSMA 2010 Coordinates Buffer: 1.0Km Summary Matters of National Environmental Significance This part of the report summarises the matters of national environmental significance that may occur in, or may relate to, the area you nominated. Further information is available in the detail part of the report, which can be accessed by scrolling or following the links below. If you are proposing to undertake an activity that may have a significant impact on one or more matters of national environmental significance then you should consider the Administrative Guidelines on Significance. World Heritage Properties: 11 National Heritage Places: 13 Wetlands of International Importance: 13 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: None Commonwealth Marine Area: 2 Listed Threatened Ecological Communities: 14 Listed Threatened Species: 311 Listed Migratory Species: 97 Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act This part of the report summarises other matters protected under the Act that may relate to the area you nominated. Approval may be required for a proposed activity that significantly affects the environment on Commonwealth land, when the action is outside the Commonwealth land, or the environment anywhere when the action is taken on Commonwealth land. Approval may also be required for the Commonwealth or Commonwealth agencies proposing to take an action that is likely to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere. The EPBC Act protects the environment on Commonwealth land, the environment from the actions taken on Commonwealth land, and the environment from actions taken by Commonwealth agencies. As heritage values of a place are part of the 'environment', these aspects of the EPBC Act protect the Commonwealth Heritage values of a Commonwealth Heritage place. Information on the new heritage laws can be found at http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage A permit may be required for activities in or on a Commonwealth area that may affect a member of a listed threatened species or ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, whales and other cetaceans, or a member of a listed marine species. Commonwealth Land: 20 Commonwealth Heritage Places: 25 Listed Marine Species: 168 Whales and Other Cetaceans: 41 Critical Habitats: 1 Commonwealth Reserves Terrestrial: None Australian Marine Parks: 49 Extra Information This part of the report provides information that may also be relevant to the area you have nominated. State and Territory Reserves: 1852 Regional Forest Agreements: 5 Invasive Species: 77 Nationally Important Wetlands: 115 Key Ecological Features (Marine) 13 Details Matters of National Environmental Significance World Heritage Properties [ Resource Information ] Name State Status Australian Convict Sites (Brickendon - Woolmers Buffer Zone) TAS Buffer zone Australian Convict Sites (Cascades Female Factory Buffer Zone) TAS Buffer zone Australian Convict Sites (Coal Mines Historic Site Buffer Zone) TAS Buffer zone Australian Convict Sites (Darlington Probation Station Buffer Zone) TAS Buffer zone Australian Convict Sites (Port Arthur Historic Site Buffer Zone) TAS Buffer zone Australian Convict Sites (Brickendon - Woolmers) TAS Declared property Australian Convict Sites (Cascades Female Factory) TAS Declared property Australian Convict Sites (Coal Mines Historic Site) TAS Declared property Australian Convict Sites (Darlington Probation Station) TAS Declared property Australian Convict Sites (Port Arthur Historic Site) TAS Declared property Tasmanian Wilderness TAS Declared property National Heritage Properties [ Resource Information ] Name State Status Natural Tasmanian Wilderness TAS Listed place Indigenous Jordan River levee site TAS Listed place Western Tasmania Aboriginal Cultural Landscape TAS Listed place Historic Brickendon Estate TAS Listed place Cascades Female Factory TAS Listed place Cascades Female Factory Yard 4 North TAS Listed place Coal Mines Historic Site TAS Listed place Darlington Probation Station TAS Listed place Great Ocean Road and Scenic Environs VIC Listed place Port Arthur Historic Site TAS Listed place Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area TAS Listed place Richmond Bridge TAS Listed place Woolmers Estate TAS Listed place Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) [ Resource Information ] Name Proximity Apsley marshes Within Ramsar site Corner inlet Within 10km of Ramsar East coast cape barren island lagoons Within Ramsar site Flood plain lower ringarooma river Within Ramsar site Glenelg estuary and discovery bay wetlands Within 10km of Ramsar Interlaken (lake crescent) Within Ramsar site Jocks lagoon Within Ramsar site Lavinia Within Ramsar site Little waterhouse lake Within Ramsar site Logan lagoon Within Ramsar site Moulting lagoon Within Ramsar site Pitt water-orielton lagoon Within Ramsar site The coorong, and lakes alexandrina and albert wetland Within 10km of Ramsar Commonwealth Marine Area [ Resource Information ] Approval is required for a proposed activity that is located within the Commonwealth Marine Area which has, will have, or is likely to have a significant impact on the environment. Approval may be required for a proposed action taken outside the Commonwealth Marine Area but which has, may have or is likely to have a significant impact on the environment in the Commonwealth Marine Area. Generally the Commonwealth Marine Area stretches from three nautical miles to two hundred nautical miles from the coast. Name EEZ and Territorial Sea Extended Continental Shelf Marine Regions [ Resource Information ] If you are planning to undertake action in an area in or close to the Commonwealth Marine Area, and a marine bioregional plan has been prepared for the Commonwealth Marine Area in that area, the marine bioregional plan may inform your decision as to whether to refer your proposed action under the EPBC Act. Name South-east South-west Temperate East Listed Threatened Ecological Communities [ Resource Information ] For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location data are used to produce indicative distribution maps.