Listed threatened species and ecological communities The survival and conservation status of listed threatened species and ecological communities will be promoted and enhanced, including through the conservation of critical habitat and other measures contained in any recovery plans, threat abatement plans or conservation advices NOPSEMA will not accept an Environment Plan that proposes activities that will result in unacceptable impacts to a listed threatened species or ecological community. NOPSEMA will not accept an Environment Plan that is inconsistent with a recovery plan or threat abatement plan for a listed threatened species or ecological community. NOPSEMA will have regard to any approved conservation advice in relation to a threatened species or ecological community before accepting an Environment Plan. NOPSEMA will develop guidance (that will be updated from time to time) that titleholders should have regard to in the preparation of their Environment Plans. The guidance will: make reference to consideration of the listing category and protection of the listed threatened species or ecological community include references to relevant guidance documents to be considered by titleholders in preparing Environment Plans such as recovery plans, threat abatement plans, conservation advice and EPBC Act guidance documents. In undertaking assessments, NOPSEMA will have regard to relevant policy documents, recovery plans, threat abatement plans, conservation advice and guidelines on the DoE website. Listed migratory species The survival and conservation status of listed migratory species and their critical habitat will be promoted and enhanced. NOPSEMA will not accept an Environment Plan that proposes activities that will result in unacceptable impacts to a migratory species or an area of important habitat for a migratory species. NOPSEMA will develop guidance (that will be updated from time to time) that titleholders should have regard to in the preparation of their Environment Plans. The guidance will: make reference to consideration and protection of the listed migratory species include references to relevant guidance documents to be considered by titleholders in preparing Environment Plans such as wildlife conservation plans, and EPBC Act guidance documents. In undertaking assessments, NOPSEMA will have regard to relevant policy documents, wildlife conservation plans and guidelines on the DoE website.
include references to relevant guidance documents to be considered by titleholders in preparing Environment Plans such as Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, plans of management and EPBC Act guidance documents. In undertaking assessments, NOPSEMA will have regard to relevant policy documents, guidelines, Statements of Outstanding Universal Value and plans of management on the DoE website. include environmental performance outcomes, environmental performance standards and measurement criteria. Environmental performance outcomes are defined as “measurable performance targets set for the management of the environmental aspects of an activity to ensure that environmental impacts and risks will be of an acceptable level”. Environmental performance standards relate directly to control measures used to reduce impacts and risks to acceptable levels and provide statements of performance required of these control measures. This allows the titleholder to determine whether control measures applied will be effective in eliminating and mitigating environmental impacts to the values of World Heritage properties. Measurement criteria allow a titleholder to determine whether environmental performance outcomes and standards have been met and thereby to determine whether impacts to the values of World Heritage properties are being managed to the defined acceptable levels demonstrate that the environmental impacts and risks of the activity will be of an acceptable level and reduced to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP). In order to meet this requirement a titleholder must include information to demonstrate that all practicable measures that can be taken to reduce impacts to the values of World Heritage properties will be taken. It is implicit in this requirement that impacts to the values of World Heritage properties cannot be unacceptable describe the legislative and other requirements that apply to the activity and that are relevant to the environmental management of the activity. Sections 318 and 321 of the EPBC Act set out the requirements for section 316 plans for the management of listed World Heritage properties. If these
requirements are relevant to the activities of a petroleum titleholder the Environment Plan must describe the requirements and provide appropriate control measures to ensure that these requirements will be met. If no section 316 plan of management exists, section 318 refers to consideration of the Australian World Heritage management principles (Schedule 5, EPBC Regulations). Any Commonwealth legislative requirement under the EPBC Act or any other Act that is relevant to the environmental management of a titleholder's activity is similarly captured through the requirements of the OPGGS(E) Regulations By placing the above obligations on titleholders the OPGGS(E) Regulations facilitate protection of the outstanding universal values of World Heritage properties and ensure that those values persist. NOPSEMA Responsibilities: With particular reference to World Heritage properties, Section 318 of the EPBC Act requires that a Commonwealth agency must not authorise any person to do anything that may contravene a plan made under Section 316 for management of a World Heritage property. If there is no section 316 plan, a Commonwealth agency must take all reasonable steps to ensure that acts relating to the property are not inconsistent with the Australian World Heritage management principles (Schedule 5, EPBC Regulations). These responsibilities ensure that Australia’s obligations under the World Heritage Convention and the Australian World Heritage management principles are met. The OPGGS(E) Regulations contain clear acceptance criteria against which NOPSEMA must assess all Environment Plans. NOPSEMA must not accept an Environment Plan that does not meet these criteria. In particular NOPSEMA will not accept an Environment Plan that involves the activity or part of the activity, other than arrangements for Mechanisms to ensure NOPSEMA’s responsibilities are met: Section 318 of the EPBC Act requires that a Commonwealth agency must not authorise any person to do anything that may contravene a plan made under Section 316 for management of a World Heritage property. If no plan made under Section 316 exists, a Commonwealth agency must take all reasonable steps to ensure that acts relating to a property are not inconsistent with the Australian World Heritage management principles (Schedule 5, EPBC Regulations). As a Commonwealth statutory authority, NOPSEMA must comply with this requirement. Regulation 10A(f) of the OPGGS(E) Regulations ensure that NOPSEMA will not accept an Environment Plan that