Fortescue River Gas Pipeline Operations Environmental Plan
Background
The Fortescue River Gas Pipeline (FRGP) is an approximately 270 km buried natural gas pipeline, which transports natural gas from the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline(DBNGP) to the Solomon Power Station. The Solomon Power Station is a 125 MW power station which supplies power to the Solomon Hub in the Pilbara region of Western Australian (WA). The FRGP (Pipeline Licence PL105) connects to the DBNGP (PL40) at Compressor Station 1 (CS1) via an Inlet Station and delivers gas to the Solomon Power Station through a Delivery Station.
The Petroleum Pipeline (Environment) Regulations 2012 (PPE Regs) require the development and implementation of an Environment Plan (EP) to the satisfaction of the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration (DPME). The Fortescue River Gas Pipeline Environment Plan (FRGP EP) has been prepared to satisfy this requirement.
AGI Fortescue is currently undertaking 5-yearly update on our FRGP EP and would like to invite you to provide your input. The purpose of the 5-year update is to:
- Review and update to demonstrate environmental impacts and risks associated with pipeline activities are up-to-date and always reduced to as far as reasonably practicable.
- Review and analyse to ensure that environmental performance objectives and standards have been met.
Objective
The objective of the FRGP EP is to demonstrate that AGI Fortescue River Pty Ltd provides and maintains an effective environmental management system that is capable of systematically and continually identifying, assessing and managing environmental aspects arising from the operation of the FRGP. The FRGP EP aims to establish suitable controls so as to eliminate or minimise the risks to environment to a level that is low, negligible or reduced to as low as is reasonably practicable (ALARP). The FRGP EP further seeks to provide a framework for measuring environmental performance against legislative requirements and AGIG policies and standards.
In order to achieve this overarching objective, this EP specifically aims to:
- Establish a set of performance standards and associated measurement criteria to inform the development of specific environmental controls procedures.
- Provide rational and practical environmental guidelines for the operation of the FRGP, to ensure construction or operational activities carefully consider the principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) and do not adversely affect adjacent environmental values.
- Ensure that any potential environmental impacts from the FRGP are managed in accordance with legislative requirements.
- Develop environmental guidelines for conducting staff induction and training.
Scope
The scope of this EP includes all activities associated with ongoing operation and maintenance of the FRGP. This can also include minor enhancement or construction activities as required.
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