Public Environmental Review - Gorgon Gas Development Fourth Train Expansion Proposal

Overview

Chevron Australia, on behalf the Gorgon Joint Venturers (GJVs), is progressing approval for the development of the Gorgon Gas Development Fourth Train Expansion Proposal (Fourth Train Proposal) to gain approval for future development phases and to provide certainty on future conditions that would apply. In addition to the expansion of the Gorgon Gas Development from the approved 15 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 20 MTPA, the Public Environmental Review / Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PER/Draft EIS) covers the development of additional fields, utilising existing Project infrastructure to maintain gas supply as well as a third trunkline.

Matters of National Environmental Significance relevant to the Fourth Train Proposal were determined by the Commonwealth Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (now Department of the Environment) (EPBC Reference: 2011/5942) following referral of the Fourth Train Proposal by Colin Beckett on behalf of Chevron Australia, as:

• National Heritage Places (Sections 15B and 15C of the EPBC Act)
• Listed threatened species and communities (Sections 18 and 18A of the EPBC Act)
• Listed migratory species (Sections 20 and 20A of the EPBC Act)
• Commonwealth Marine Environment (Sections 23 and 24A of the EPBC Act).

Hard copies of the PER/Draft EIS may be purchased for $10 (including postage and packing) or a CD version is available free of charge from:

• Chevron Australia Pty Ltd
  Dynon's Plaza
  905 Hay Street PERTH WA 6000
  Telephone: (08) 9413 6000

For persons with special needs, please discuss with the above listed contact for access to the PER/Draft EIS in a form that satisfies the person's needs.

Copies of the PER/Draft EIS are available for download from: http://www.chevronaustralia.com/our-businesses/gorgon/environmental-responsibility/environmental-approvals

Copies of the PER/Draft EIS will be available for examination at:

• Library/Reading Room
  4th Floor, The Atrium, 168 St Georges Tce, Perth WA 6000
• JS Battye Library, 25 Francis Street, Perth
• Karratha Community Library, Dampier Highway, Karratha WA 6714
• Onslow Public Library, MPC Building, Corner of Hooley & McGrath Ave, Onslow WA 6710
• Exmouth Public Library Maidstone Crescent, Exmouth WA 6707
• National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600
   

Invitation to Comment (as issued under sub-section 103(1)(c) of the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) closes on 1 Sept 2014.

The EPA prefers submissions to be made online. Click below to make your submission.

Alternatively, submissions may be:

Posted to:
The Chairman, Environmental Protection Authority,
Locked Bag 10, East Perth WA 6892; or

Delivered to:
The Environmental Protection Authority,
Level 4, The Atrium, 168 St Georges Terrace, Perth,

If you have any questions on how to make a submission, please email info@epa.wa.gov.au.

Why your views matter

A PER/Draft EIS has been prepared by Chevron Australia on behalf of the GJVs to describe the principal components of the Fourth Train Proposal, which are located on Barrow Island and in State and Commonwealth waters. The PER/Draft EIS includes an assessment of the environmental impacts reasonably expected to occur, and the mitigation and management measures that the GJVs propose to implement.