33Implementation strategy for the environment management plan

33 Implementation strategy for the environment management plan

An environment management plan must contain an implementation strategy that—

(a) identifies the controls, specific systems, practices and procedures to be used to ensure that—

(i) any potential environmental risks and impacts arising from the petroleum operation are eliminated or minimised as far as is reasonably practicable; and

(ii) the environmental performance objectives and standards in the environment management plan are met; and

(b) specifies why the controls, specific systems, practices and procedures to eliminate or minimise risks and impacts have been adopted, whether other measures were considered but not adopted and the reasons why; and

(c) establishes a clear chain of command, setting out the roles and responsibilities of personnel in relation to the implementation, management and review of the environment management plan; and

(d) includes measures to ensure that each employee or contractor working in connection with the petroleum operation—

(i) is aware of the employee's or contractor's responsibilities in relation to the environment; and

(ii) has the appropriate skills and training to be able to fulfil those responsibilities; and

(e) provides for the monitoring, audit and review of the environmental performance and implementation strategy of the holder of the authority; and

(f) provides for the maintenance of a quantitative record of emissions and discharges into the air, or onto the land surface environment, or below the land surface environment that is accurate and that can be monitored and audited against the environmental performance standards; and

(g) includes arrangements for recording, monitoring and reporting information about the petroleum operation (including information required to be recorded under the Act, these Regulations and any other environmental legislation applying to the activity) sufficient to enable the Minister to determine whether the holder of the authority is complying with the environment management plan; and

(h) provides for appropriate consultation, ongoing for the life of the petroleum operation, about the authority holder's environmental performance with—

(i) relevant agencies of the Commonwealth and the State; and

(ii) other relevant persons or organisations; and

(i) provides for the maintenance of an up-to-date emergency response manual prepared for the petroleum operation that includes detailed response arrangements for—

(i) dealing with any threat to individuals, public safety, public amenity or the environment in the vicinity of the petroleum operation; and