APPENDIX 28 ARROW LNG PLANT Land Use and Planning Technical Report LAND USE AND PLANNING TECHNICAL REPORT Arrow LNG Plant September 2011 CR7033_12_v7 © Coffey Environments Pty Ltd 14/09/2011 Study manager Glenn Boddington Version: Distribution: Date: CR7033_12_v7 Electronic copy. 14/09/2011 Land Use and Planning Technical Report Arrow LNG Plant CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1. INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 Purpose and Scope 5 1.2 Project Description 5 1.2.1 Proponent 5 1.2.2 Arrow LNG Plant 5 2. LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT 15 2.1 Introduction 15 2.2 Commonwealth 15 2.3 State 16 2.3.1 Statewide Planning 20 2.3.2 State Planning Regulatory Provisions 20 2.3.3 Schedules of the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 20 2.3.4 Statutory Guidelines 21 2.3.5 State Planning Policies 21 2.3.6 Gladstone State Development Area 23 2.3.7 Gladstone Strategic Port Land 24 2.3.8 Gladstone Port Western Basin Master Plan 25 2.3.9 Clinton Urban Development Area 25 2.4 Regional 26 2.4.1 Central Queensland Regional Growth Management Framework 26 2.4.2 Gladstone Integrated Regional Transport Plan 26 2.4.3 Gladstone Region Social Infrastructure Strategic Plan 26 2.5 Local 27 2.6 Land Use and Planning Objectives 28 3. STUDY METHOD 29 3.1 Study Steps 29 3.2 Impact Assessment Method 29 3.2.1 Approach to Assessment of Significance of Impacts 29 3.2.2 Assessment of Significance of Impacts 30 3.3 Cumulative Impacts 34 3.3.1 Regional Scan and Scoping 34 3.3.2 GIS Spatial Analysis 35 3.3.3 Consultation and Engagement 35 3.3.4 Cumulative Assessment Baseline 35 3.3.5 Projects included in Cumulative Impact Assessment 36 4. EXISTING ENVIRONMENT 39 4.1 Introduction 39 4.2 Land Tenure 39 Coffey Environments Arrow_LNG_Plant_Land Use & Planning_v7.docx i Land Use and Planning Technical Report Arrow LNG Plant 4.3 Land Use 42 4.3.1 Existing Land Use 42 4.3.2 Existing Tenements and Restricted Areas 43 4.3.3 Gladstone State Development Area Land Use Planning Intent 43 4.4 Native Title 50 4.5 Economic Mineralisation and Extractive Resources, Petroleum and Gas Deposits 52 4.6 Infrastructure 54 4.7 Separation Distance, Sensitive Receptors and Zoning 54 4.8 Port Uses 58 4.9 Recreational and Commercial Fishing Activities and Values 58 4.10 Protected Area Estate and Treaty 59 4.11 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 60 4.11.1 National Parks, State Forests and Conservation Parks 60 4.11.2 Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park 60 4.11.3 World Heritage Listing 61 4.11.4 Regional Ecosystem and Essential Habitat 65 4.11.5 Marine Ecology 65 4.11.6 Other Identified Environmentally Sensitive Areas 66 5. ISSUES AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS 67 5.1 Introduction 67 5.2 Project Consistency with Existing Land Uses and the Long-term Policy Framework 67 5.3 Permits and Approvals 74 5.4 Change to Existing Land Uses 111 5.5 Property Disruption and Severance, and Fragmentation of Sites 111 5.6 Potential Environmental Harm to Adjacent Areas 111 5.7 Land Use Compatibility 114 5.8 Impacts on Surrounding Land Uses and Human Activities 114 5.9 Impact of Increase of Fire Risk 115 5.10 Native Title 115 5.11 Proximity to Electric Power Transmission Lines and Electrified Rail Lines 115 5.12 Impacts on Millable Timber or Quarry Resources 116 5.13 Summary of Impacts 116 6. AVOIDANCE, MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES 119 6.1 Introduction 119 6.2 Change to Existing Land Use 119 6.3 Potential Environmental Harm to Adjacent Areas 119 6.4 Impact of Increase of Fire Risk 120 7. RESIDUAL IMPACTS 121 7.1 Introduction 121 7.2 Residual Impacts 122 7.2.1 Change of Existing Land Use 122 Coffey Environments Arrow_LNG_Plant_Land Use & Planning_v7.docx ii Land Use and Planning Technical Report Arrow LNG Plant 7.2.2 Impact on Surrounding Land Use and Human Activities 123 7.2.3 Impact of Increase of Fire Risk 123 7.2.4 Potential Environmental Harm to Adjacent Areas 123 8. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS 125 8.1 Cumulative Impact Assessment 125 9. CONCLUSIONS 129 10. REFERENCES 133 10.1 Publications 133 10.2 Legislation, Regulations, Treaties and Standards 137 10.2.1 Acts and Regulations 137 10.2.2 Treaties 138 10.2.3 Australian / New Zealand Standards 138 11. GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS 139 Figures Figure 1.1 Regional Context Map 12 Figure 1.2 Locality Map 13 Figure 1.3 Arrow LNG Plant and associated infrastructure 14 Figure 4.1 Land tenure 41 Figure 4.2 Land Use and Infrastructure 45 Figure 4.3 Heavy Industry 46 Figure 4.4 Agricultural Land Classes 47 Figure 4.5 Tenements 48 Figure 4.6 Gladstone State Development Area Precincts 49 Figure 4.7 Native Title 51 Figure 4.8 Resources 53 Figure 4.9 Sensitive Receptors 55 Figure 4.10 Consolidated Calliope Zoning 56 Figure 4.11 Consolidated Gladstone City Zoning 57 Figure 4.12 Categories of Environmentally Sensitive Areas 63 Figure 4.13 Other Identified Environmentally Sensitive Areas 64 Figure 8.1 Cumulative Impact 126 Tables Table ES1 Summary of land use and planning impacts and significance (pre-mitigation and post mitigation measures) 2 Table 1.1 Summary cross reference table 5 Table 3.1 Assessment of significance of impacts 33 Table 3.2 Projects included in the baseline 36 Table 3.3 Projects to be included in cumulative impact assessment 36 Table 5.1 Assessment of project consistency with the GSDA Development Scheme 68 Table 5.2 Approvals, permits and licences required for the project 74 Table 5.3 Type and extent of disturbance 112 Table 5.4 Summary of land use and planning impacts and significance (pre-mitigation measures) 117 Coffey Environments Arrow_LNG_Plant_Land Use & Planning_v7.docx iii Land Use and Planning Technical Report Arrow LNG Plant Table 6.1 Summary of bushfire hazard mitigation measures 120 Table 7.1 Summary of land use and planning impacts and significance (pre-mitigation and post mitigation measures) 121 Table 9.1 Summary of land use and planning impacts and significance (pre-mitigation and post mitigation measures) 129 Attachment Attachment A Assessment of project consistency with the long-term policy framework Attachment B Terms of Reference cross-reference table Coffey Environments Arrow_LNG_Plant_Land Use & Planning_v7.docx iv Land Use and Planning Technical Report Arrow LNG Plant EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This technical study provides the specialist land use and planning assessment in response to the final terms of reference for an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Arrow LNG Plant (formerly known as the Shell Australia Liquefied Natural Gas Project) (Coordinator General, 2010) issued by the Coordinator-General of the State of Queensland in January 2010. The study area is shown on Figure 1.2. The study describes: • The legislative context in relation to existing land use and planning, tenure and relationship to protection of environmentally sensitive area values within the study area. • The existing environment. • The issues and potential impacts on the existing environment. • Avoidance, mitigation and management measures. • Assessment of residual impact. The study concludes the project is compatible with the existing land uses and consistent with the long term policy framework for the area. This is as reflected in Gladstone State Development Area Development Scheme, Gladstone Port Western Basin Master Plan, Curtis Coast Regional Coastal Management Plan, Central Queensland Regional Growth Management Framework, planning schemes, other statutory instruments, legislation, standards, codes and guidelines, to the extent: • The LNG plant, being a new export industry, is a coastally dependent development that requires a safe deep water port for LNG carriers, and proximity to the feed gas supply, which is being sourced from the Surat and Bowen basins. • The LNG plant will co-exist with other planned LNG facilities on Curtis Island. • The major project components will be located within the Gladstone State Development Area Precincts, as declared by the Coordinator-General, for major industrial development. The majority of proposed uses are considered likely to meet the objectives of the Gladstone State Development Area, subject to the approval of the Coordinator-General. However, a number of uses such as heavy industry, commercial premises, crushing plant, extractive industry, liquid fuel depot, and high impact industry and medium industry in some cases will be inconsistent uses with the potential to compromise the future orderly planning of some precincts. This inconsistency can be avoided if these proposed uses are established subject to approval in accordance with the planning intent of the Gladstone State Development Area Development Scheme. • The use of existing available marine terminals and infrastructure, and development of new marine terminals, materials offloading facility, jetties and infrastructure is consistent with the use of existing strategic port land, and the planning intent expressed in the Port Land Use Plan 1999 (Gladstone Port Authority, 1999), the 50 year Strategic Plan (Gladstone Ports Corporation, 2008a), the draft Land Use Plan 2010 (Gladstone Ports Corporation, 2010) and the Port of Gladstone Western Basin Master Plan (Queensland Government, 2010a). Table ES1 summarises the land use and planning impacts and significance prior to taking into consideration the proposed avoidance, mitigation or management measures, and post mitigation measures and environmental offsets. Coffey Environments Arrow_LNG_Plant_Land Use & Planning_v7.docx 1 Land Use and Planning Technical Report Arrow LNG Plant Table ES1 Summary of land use and planning impacts and significance (pre-mitigation and post mitigation measures) Project Land Use and Project Phase Summary Summary Component Planning Impact