Arrow Bowen GAs Project - Arrow Energy

Arrow Bowen Gas Project EIS | Executive summary
5 Field Development Planning 24
5.1 Limitations and Opportunities 24
5.2 Development Planning 24
5.2.1 Exploration and Test Drilling 25
5.2.2 Environmental and Social Constraints 25
5.2.3 Development Plans 25
6 Impact Assessment 27
6.1 Climate 27
6.2 Air Quality 27
6.3 Greenhouse Gas 28
6.4 Contaminated Land 29
6.5 Soils and Land Suitability 29
6.6 Geology 29
6.7 Groundwater 30
6.8 Surface Water 32
6.9 Aquatic Ecology 33
6.10 Terrestrial Ecology 33
6.11 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 34
6.12 Land Use and Tenure 36
6.12.1 Co-existence with Mining 39
6.13 Landscape and Visual Amenity 39
6.14 Roads and Transport 40
6.15 Noise and Vibration 40
6.16 Economics 41
6.16.1 Regional Context 41
6.16.2 Gross Regional, State and National Product 41
6.16.3 Government Taxes and Revenues 41
6.16.4 Impacts on Employment, Workforce,
Business, Population and Wages 42
6.16.5 Impacts on the Property Market 42
6.16.6 Economic Impact Issues and Mitigation 42
6.17 Social 43
6.17.1 Regional Context 43
6.17.2 Social Impact Issues and Mitigation 43
6.18 Cultural Heritage 44
6.18.1 Indigenous Cultural Heritage 44
6.18.2 Non Indigenous Cultural Heritage 45
6.18.3 Mitigation Measures 45
6.19 Preliminary Hazard and Risk 45
6.20 Waste 46
6.21 Decommissioning and Rehabilitation 46
7 Cumulative Impacts 47
7.1 Groundwater 49
7.2 Social and Economic 49
7.3 Roads and Traffic 49
8 Environmental Management 50
8.1 Environmental Management System 51
8.2 Environmental Management Plans 52
9 Ecological Sustainable Development 52
10 Submissions 54
Tables
Table 1 EIS Milestone Dates 5
Table 2 EIS Viewing Locations 6
Table 3 Certified Project Area Reserves in Petajoules as
at 31 December 2011 10
Table 4 Permissible Project Activities based on Level of Constraint 12
Table 5 Indicative Field Development Timing for Reference Case 14
Table 6 Bowen Gas Project Main Project Components 19
Table 7 Environmental and Social Design Specifications
of Arrow’s HSEMS 25
Table 8 Predicted Concentrations for Regional Scale Scenario 1
(Year 2023) and Scenario 2 (worst case) 27
Table 9 Project Contribution Estimates of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions 28
Table 10 Stakeholder Contributions on Managing Project Impacts 44
Table 11 HSEMS Roles and Responsibilities 51
Table 12 Requirements for Public Submission 54
Figures
Figure 1 Project Location 3
Figure 2 Arrow LNG Project 4
Figure 3 Approvals Process for Petroleum Gas Activities 8
Figure 4 Australian Gas Resources by Basin 10
Figure 5 Relationship of the Environmental Framework
to the Arrow HSEMS 13
Figure 6 Project Development Area 15
Figure 7 Gas and Water Production and Treatment 18
Figure 8 Indicative SIS Well Schematic 20
Figure 9 Conceptual Integrated Processing Facility Arrangement 21
Figure 10 Conceptual CSG Water Management Overview 22
Figure 11 Conceptualisation of Groundwater Resources 30
Figure 12 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 35
Figure 13 Good Quality Agricultural Land 37
Figure 14 Potential Strategic Cropping Land 38
Figure 15 Projects Considered in Cumulative Impacts Assessment 48
Plates
Plate 1 Typical Production Wellhead 19
Plate 2 Central Gas Processing Facility 20