Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Environment) Regulations 2022
13Operators to submit summary of environment plan
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13 Operators to submit summary of environment plan
(1) Within 10 days after receiving written notice of the acceptance of an environment plan under regulation 12(1)(a) , the operator must submit to the Minister a summary of the environment plan in accordance with subregulation (2) .
(2) A summary of an environment plan for a petroleum activity –
(a) must include the following information from the environment plan:
(i) the coordinates of the petroleum activity;
(ii) a description of the receiving environment;
(iii) a description of the petroleum activity;
(iv) details of major environmental hazards and controls;
(v) a summary of the operator's management approach;
(vi) details of consultation already undertaken under regulation 14 , and plans for ongoing consultation, if any;
(vii) contact details for the operator's nominated liaison personnel for the petroleum activity; and
(b) must be to the satisfaction of the Minister.
(3) If the Minister is satisfied with the summary of an environment plan submitted under this regulation, the Minister may, at any time –
(a) make publicly known particulars of the summary of the environment plan; or
(b) on request by a person, make available to that person the summary of the environment plan.