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AuditCodeSubject Action How Evidence Satisfy Advice Phase When Status Ref.Satisfactory during this period.801:M4.5801:M4.6801:M5.1801:M5.2801:M5.3ComplianceReportingComplianceReportingMarine Ecology– BenthicPrimaryProducerHabitatMarine Ecology– BenthicPrimaryProducerHabitatMarine Ecology– BenthicPrimaryProducerHabitatThe Proponent shall advise the CEO of any noncomplianceas soon as practicableThe Proponent shall submit to the CEO a ComplianceAssessment Report annually from the date of issueof this Statement addressing the previous twelvemonthperiod or other period as agreed by the CEO.The date of the first Compliance Assessment Reportshall be 15 months from the date of this Statement,with each subsequent report 12 months from thedate of the previous ReportPrior to dredging activities the proponent shallprepare maps showing the: 1. Gage Roads BenthicPrimary Producer Habitat Management Unit; 2.location and extent of the benthic primary producerhabitat types; 3. boundaries of the directdisturbance area and predicted levels of impact,including coordinates; 4. boundaries of the indirectdisturbance area and predicted levels of indirectimpact, including coordinates; 5. the spatiallydefined offshore spoil disposal ground, includingcoordinates; and 6. boundary of the Rous Headreclamation area, including coordinatesThe proponent shall ensure that there are no director indirect losses of coral or macroalgal BenthicPrimary Producer Habitat within the Gage Roadsmanagement unit (referred to in condition 5-1)caused by this dredging campaign and that losses ofseagrass BPPH within this management unit causedby the dredging campaign do not exceed 50hectaresThe proponent shall monitor and record the loss ofBenthic Primary Producer Habitat (seagrass,macroalgae, coral) within the Gage Roadsmanagement unit referred to in condition 5-1 for theduration of the dredging campaign and for sixmonths following the dredging campaign if impactsare within predicted levels, or for up to 5 years ifimpacts exceed predictions, to the requirements ofthe Department of Environment and ConservationA letter describing the noncompliancewill be sent to theCEO of OEPAThe Compliance AssessmentReport shall: 1. be endorsed bythe Proponent’s Chief ExecutiveOfficer or a person, approved inwriting by the Department ofEnvironment and Conservation,delegated to sign on the ChiefExecutive Officer’s behalf; 2.include a statement as towhether the Proponent hascomplied with the conditions; 3.identify all non-compliances anddescribe corrective andpreventative actions taken; 4. bemade publicly available inaccordance with the approvedCompliance Assessment Plan;and 5. indicate any proposedchanges to the ComplianceAssessment Plan required byCondition 4.1Prepare maps listed under ActioncolumnMeasurement of baseline coral,macro-algal and seagrass BPPHextent (801: M5.1) andcomparative post-dredging BPPHsurvey to ensure that there areno losses of coral or macroalgalBPPH and no more than 50 ha ofseagrass BPPHMeasurement of baseline coral,macro-algal and seagrass BPPHextent (801: M5.1) andcomparative post-dredging BPPHsurvey/s to ensure that there areno losses of coral or macroalgalBPPH and no more than 50 ha ofseagrass BPPHLetter to CEO ofOEPAAnnual ComplianceAssessmentReportsMaps to beprovided to OEPAwithin the firstComplianceAssessmentReport.ComplianceAssessment Reportincluding habitatloss calculationsComplianceAssessment Reportincluding habitatloss calculations;Monitoring resultsprovided to theCEO of OEPA asoutlined in M5.4CEO OverallCEO OverallMin for Env DesignMin for Env OverallCEO OverallWithin 72 hours of anon-compliance beingidentified (subsequent toprocessing of data)Annually with the firstreport due 15 monthsfrom the date of issue ofthis Statement. Thatwas on 18 November2010.Maps prepared prior todredging activities, to beprovided together withcomparative maps fromBPPH monitoringsurveys referred to in801:M5.2, 801:M5.3 and801:M5.4. Maps to beprovided within the firstCompliance AssessmentReport.Two months followingthe completion of theproposalThroughout the dredgingcampaign and for sixmonths following thedredging campaign ifimpacts are withinpredicted levels, or forup to 5 years if impactsexceed predictionsThere have been no noncomplianceswith the conditions ofMinisterial Statement 801 asspecified by this audit table todate.Satisfactory during this period.Compliance Assessment Report:Phase 1 (Oceanica 2010b)submitted 18 November 2010.Compliance Assessment Report:Phase 2 (Oceanica 2011)submitted by 18 November 2011.Compliance Assessment Report:2012 (this document) submitted by18 November 2012CompletedMaps and coordinates provided inCompliance Assessment Report:Phase 1 (Oceanica 2010b).CompletedPost-dredging BPPH surveydetermined no direct or indirectnet losses of coral, macroalgal orseagrass Benthic Primary ProducerHabitat within the Gage Roadsmanagement unit.CompletedPost-dredging BPPH surveydetermined no direct or indirectnet losses of coral, macroalgal orseagrass Benthic Primary ProducerHabitat within the Gage Roadsmanagement unit.This TableComplianceAssessmentReport: Phase 1(Oceanica 2010b)ComplianceAssessmentReport: Phase 2(Oceanica 2011)This documentComplianceAssessmentReport: Phase 1(Oceanica 2010b)ComplianceAssessmentReport: Phase 2(Oceanica 2011)ComplianceAssessmentReport: Phase 2(Oceanica 2011)801:M5.4Marine Ecology– BenthicPrimaryProducerHabitatTwo months following the conclusion of monitoringof each program referred to in condition 5-3 theproponent is to report to the CEO of the Departmentof Environment and Conservation the totalcumulative loss of each Benthic Primary ProducerHabitat type (seagrass, macroalgae, and coral) inthe Gage Roads management unit referred to incondition 5-1. The report is to include a mapshowing area and losses of benthic primary producerhabitat typeCalculate cumulative habitatlosses based on monitoringresults. Prepare a report withthese losses as well as a mapshowing area and losses of BPPH.ComplianceAssessment Reportincluding a mapand cumulativehabitat losscalculations foreach BPPH type;Report provided tothe CEO of OEPACEO OverallTwo months followingthe conclusion ofmonitoring of eachprogram referred to incondition 5-3CompletedPost-dredging BPPH surveydetermined no direct or indirectnet losses of coral, macroalgal orseagrass Benthic Primary ProducerHabitat within the Gage Roadsmanagement unit.ComplianceAssessmentReport: Phase 2(Oceanica 2011)6 Oceanica: Fremantle Ports: Fremantle Port Inner Harbour and Channel Deepening, Compliance Assessment Report 2012
AuditCodeSubject Action How Evidence Satisfy Advice Phase When Status Ref.Satisfactory during this period.801:M5.5801:M5.6801:M6.1801:M6.2801:M6.3Marine Ecology– BenthicPrimaryProducerHabitatMarine Ecology– BenthicPrimaryProducerHabitatMarine WaterQuality andSedimentQualityMarine WaterQuality andSedimentQualityMarine WaterQuality andSedimentQualityThe proponent shall annually survey the footprint(as per coordinates) of the offshore spoil ground fortwo years after completion of the disposal activitiesand after any severe storm event within the twoyear period exceeding a one in five year ARI for thepurposes of demonstrating that the dredging spoilhas remained within the footprint of the approveddredge spoil disposal groundThe future use of the offshore disposal site fordisposal outside the approved coordinates is notpermitted under this assessment and thereforerequires an additional consideration under the EP ActTo achieve the Environmental Quality Objectives(EQOs) established for the marine environment bythe Environmental Protection Authority in PerthCoastal Waters Environmental Values andObjectives, specifically for the ‘high’ EcologicalProtection Area adjacent to the reclamation returnwater discharge zone, the proponent shall prepareand implement a Water Quality Monitoring Program(WQMP) as a component of the Dredge SpoilDisposal Management Plan (DSDMP) to thesatisfaction of the CEO of the Department ofEnvironment and ConservationPrior to dredging activities causing sedimentdispersion into the marine environment theproponent shall prepare a map defining the levels ofEcological Protection that will apply for the durationof the dredging campaign including: 1. Theboundary of the Rous Head reclamation area andadjacent seabed where the level of ecologicalprotection is reduced to ‘moderate’ for the durationof the project implementation 2. The boundary ofthe Rous Head reclamation area and adjacentseabed where a high level of ecological protectionwill be met after completion of the dredgingcampaign 3. Identify environmental qualityindicators and associated ‘trigger’ levels, based onthe guidelines and recommended approaches in theAustralian and New Zealand Guideline for Fresh andMarine Water Quality (ANZECC & ARMCANZ, 2000)and the Environmental Quality Criteria ReferenceDocument for Cockburn Sound (2003 – 2004) (EPA,2005), for assessing the performance of thedischarges in meeting the EQOs for the moderateecological protection areas and at the boundary ofthe ‘high’ Ecological Protection Area, both during andafter completion of the dredging campaign 4. Designand employ protocols and schedules for reportingperformance against the EQOs using theenvironmental quality ‘trigger’ levels for discharges5. Specify appropriate management and mitigationmeasures to be applied if monitoring demonstratesthat the environmental quality ‘trigger’ levels areexceeded at any point during the dredging andreclamation program, or if they are exceeded for ahigh level of ecological protection adjacent to RousHead after completion of the dredging campaignIf the Water Quality Monitoring Program required incondition 6-1 demonstrates that the environmentalquality ‘trigger’ levels (as determined in condition6.2) are not met, the proponent shall immediatelyreport to the CEO of the Department of Environmentand Conservation with the remedial managementand/or preventative actions to be implementedAnnually survey footprint ofoffshore disposal ground for twoyears after completion ofdisposal. Survey after anysevere storm event exceeding aone in five-year annualrecurrence interval within thetwo-year period.No offshore disposal will occur tothe site described in MS801 otherthan that approved under thisassessment.Implement the Water QualityMonitoring Program (WQMP).Prepare Water Quality MonitoringProgram (WQMP) to include: mapdefining levels of ecologicalprotection as described in actioncolumn; environmental qualityindicators and associated triggerlevels; protocols and schedulesfor reporting performanceagainst the EQOs; andmanagement and mitigationmeasuresProvide report to the CEO of theOEPA with the remedialmanagement and/or preventativeactions to be implementedfollowing the exceedance oftrigger levelsProvide surveydetails to OEPAwithin annualcompliance reportRecords of volumedumped will beprovided to theDEC in the annualreportsResults of theWater QualityMonitoring Programwill be provided inannual ComplianceAssessmentReports.Fortnightly WQMPdata reports to besubmitted to theOEPA.Min for Env OverallMin for Env Overall AnnuallyCEO OverallWQMP Min for Env DesignReport to the CEOof the OEPACEO OverallAnnually for two yearsafter completion of thedisposal activities andafter any severe stormevent within the twoyear period exceeding aone in five year ARICompliance assessmentreports to be submittedannually through thedredging campaign.Fortnightly WQMP datareports to be submittedto the OEPASubmit WQMP prior todredging activitiescausing sedimentdispersion into themarine environmentWithin 72 hours of anexceedance ofenvironmental quality‘trigger’ levels(subsequent toprocessing of data).The first annual survey of theoffshore spoil ground was duringDecember 2011.The second annual survey will bein 2012.A one in five-year storm has notyet occurred (as determined by anoffshore wave height of Hs > 8 m).Satisfactory during this periodThe spoil ground has not beenused by Fremantle Ports to receivematerial from unapproved sources.CompletedResults of the WQMP during bothphases of the Project works wereprovided fortnightly to the OEPAand posted on Fremantle Portswebsite, and have beensummarised in prior ComplianceAssessment Reports.CompletedWQMP (Oceanica 2010c) preparedto the requirements of Condition801:M6.2 and approved by theOEPA on 4 January 2010, prior todredging activities.CompletedAny exceedances were reported tothe OEPA within 72 hours, togetherwith intended managementmeasures, as required during theProject.Section 3This reportComplianceAssessmentReport: Phase 2(Oceanica 2011)Water QualityManagement Plan(Oceanica 2010c)WQMP DataReportssubmitted toOEPA & postedFremantle PortswebsiteOceanica: Fremantle Ports: Fremantle Port Inner Harbour and Channel Deepening, Compliance Assessment Report 2012 7
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Figure 1.3Bathymetry for Gage Roads
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Figure 1.4 Benthic habitat within G
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2. Methods2.1 Benthic habitat surve
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2.2 Seagrass recovery2.2.1 Permanen
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Table 2.1Seagrass sites, zone desig
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Table 2.3Limits of Reporting (LOR)
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Sediment nutrients and metalsNutrie
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3. Results3.1 Benthic habitat mapA
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Figure 3.2 Benthic habitat post dis
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Table 3.4PERMANOVA table of results
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Table 3.7Data ranges and detection
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The bathymetry data for December 20
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Bathymetry data from December 2011
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4. DiscussionWithin the Offshore Di
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Appendix AGeo Oceans Report
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Benthic Habitat AssessmentTowed Vid
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1. IntroductionGeo Oceans was commi
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Table 2 Tide predictions for the Po
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Figure 1 Substrate and biota habita
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Figure 2 Depth data collected durin
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Appendix 1: Video analysis biologic
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Appendix BGeoImage Report
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Table of ContentsIntroduction......
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Appendix CSeagrass Monitoring Site
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Appendix ESeagrass Shoot Count Data
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Appendix GSediment Field Log
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Appendix INutrient and Metals Data
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