Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00998:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00998
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 16940–19495

7  Contents of offshore project proposal
 (1) This section sets out the required contents of an offshore project proposal.
 (2) The proposal must include:
 (a) the proponent's name and contact details; and
 (b) a summary of the project, including the following:
 (i) a description of each activity that is part of the project;
 (ii) the location or locations of each activity;
 (iii) a proposed timetable for carrying out the project;
 (iv) a description of the facilities that are proposed to be used to undertake each activity;
 (v) a description of the actions proposed to be taken, following completion of the project, in relation to those facilities; and
 (c) a description of the existing environment that may be affected by the project; and
 (d) details of the relevant values and sensitivities (if any) of that environment; and
 (e) the environmental performance outcomes for each activity that is part of the project; and
 (f) a description of any feasible alternative to the project, or an activity that is part of the project, including:
 (i) a comparison of the environmental impacts and risks arising from the project or activity and the alternative; and
 (ii) an explanation, in adequate detail, of why the alternative was not preferred.
Note: A proposal will not be suitable for publication and will not be capable of being accepted by NOPSEMA if an activity, or part of an activity, will be undertaken in any part of a declared World Heritage property (see sections 9 and 13).
 (3) Without limiting paragraph (2)(d), relevant values and sensitivities may include any of the following:
 (a) the world heritage values of a declared World Heritage property;
 (b) the National Heritage values of a National Heritage place;
 (c) the ecological character of a declared Ramsar wetland;
 (d) the presence of a listed threatened species or listed threatened ecological community;
 (e) the presence of a listed migratory species;
 (f) any values and sensitivities that exist in, or in relation to, part or all of:
 (i) a Commonwealth marine area; or
 (ii) Commonwealth land.
 (4) The proposal must describe:
 (a) the requirements, including legislative requirements, that apply to the project and are relevant to the environmental management of the project; and
 (b) how those requirements will be met.
 (5) The proposal must include:
 (a) details of the environmental impacts and risks of the activities that are part of the project; and
 (b) an evaluation of all the impacts and risks, appropriate to the nature and scale of each impact or risk.