ProjectProponent: Woodside Energy LtdProposal description: The construction of facilities for the development of the Pluto Gas Field on the North-West Shelf, and the processing and export of the gas at a liquefied natural gas plant to be constructed on the Burrup Peninsula. Extensive dredging will be undertaken adjacent to the export facility. Assessment Number: 1632Region: PilbaraReferred under EP Act: s38Industry sector: InfrastructureOil and gasLast updated: July 1, 2019Current Status: Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposalChair's Determination: Assess - Public Environmental ReviewPreliminary Environmental Factors: Air QualitySocial SurroundingsMarine Environmental QualityTerrestrial Environmental QualityDate published: Monday, 17 April, 2006 3. AssessmentScopingApproved: Monday, 7 August, 2006 Environmental ReviewPublic submissions: Monday, 11 December, 2006 to Monday, 19 February, 2007Environmental Review documentation: PER document (PDF, 37.47 MB) PER - Technical report (PDF, 41.95 MB)Proponent response to submissions: Response to submissions (PDF, 5.09 MB) Addendum to the Response to Submissions (PDF, 3.8 MB) Summary of revised dredging modelling (May 2007) (PDF, 340.3 KB) 4. EPA Report on assessmentEPA Report Number: 1259EPA Report: Pluto LNG Development, Burrup Peninsula (PDF, 17.51 MB)Key Environmental Factors: Air QualityMarine Environmental QualityMarine FaunaDate published: Monday, 9 July, 2007Appeals close: Monday, 23 July, 2007 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposalMinisterial StatementComments: Originally Statement 747, published on 3 September 2007, superseded by this Statement (757) on 24 December 2007. Date of approval: Monday, 24 December, 2007Ministerial Statement: Ministerial Statement 757.pdf (PDF, 3.07 MB) Post-assessment changesS46C changes to conditions: Attachment 4 - Change to Schedule 6 (Summary of Proponent Offsets) – change to conditions approved under section 46C on 24 January 2011. Date S46C: Monday, 24 January, 2011Section 46 inquiry: Pluto LNG Development (Site B option) Burrup Peninsula (s46)s. 45C amendments: Attachment 1 - increment of Pluto LNG development project disturbance footprint to allow for minor infrastructure reconfiguration and realignment, and for the addition of security fencing required due to the facility being classified as a site of Vital National Importance - s45C change to proposal approved on 6 May 2008. Attachment 2 - to include the construction of an Emergency Escape Route (walkpath) from Site B to Haul Road in the currently approved disturbance footprint of the proposal (as shown on Figure 5) - s45C change to proposal approved on 20 August 2009. Attachment 3 - To increase the land disturbance footprint of the proposal by 3.03 hectares - change to proposal approved under s45C on 29 March 2010. Attachment 5 - Changes: Deletion of the described gas field from the Proposal preamble, to clarify that gas from other fields can be processed at Pluto LNG (as per the Public Environmental Review); Deletion of the described gas turbine types used to drive the liquefaction compressors and for power generation from Schedule 1, to allow for greater flexibility in turbine design; Inclusion of gas export via shipping, trucking or piping to Schedule 1, to reflect the existence of the Pluto LNG trucking facility and proposed Pluto-North West Shelf Interconnector. Deletion of the described gas field Pluto North West Shelf from the Proposal Schedule 1 to gas fields. Changes to proposal approved under section 45C on 1 July 2019. Date of approval s. 45C: Tuesday, 6 May, 2008Thursday, 20 August, 2009Monday, 29 March, 2010Monday, 1 July, 2019
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