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Public Information Booklet Question: Can the site be further inland? As part of this ñ what are the impacts on rundown lines and look at soil thickness issues and foundation systems/requirements. As described in the answer above, the layout at James Price Point has already located the tanks and process trains away from the coast. Consideration has been given to moving the LNG storage tanks inland, but this has been assessed as becoming too great given the distance to the ship loading point, which from the above table is already greater than other plants. It also needs to be understood, that pushing the plant further inland will require more land than if the Precinct is located closer to the coast. Locating the site for the LNG tanks further inland has been assessed to be unacceptable for the reasons outlined above. It is possible for the condensate tanks, however a pipeline will be required and potentially additional land to ensure safety distances are maintained. Although the main consideration is the length of the connecting pipelines, the plant foundations must be of high quality and at James Price Point this is expected to be the underlying sandstone below the pindan. Woodside is seeking to minimise the disturbance to the pindan. Moving the plant inland is expected to increase the depth of pindan needing to be removed or treated and this is not considered desirable. Question ñ What technical issues would arise from moving the Plant 1-2 kilometres east? Moving the LNG plant further east has a number of technical issues related to it. The LNG trains are already over 1.8 kilometres (about 1.2 miles) inland from the coast. This distance combined with the length of the jetty result in the total distance from the LNG train through the tanks to the ship loading point of approximately 5.6 kilometres (approximately 3.5 miles). Moving the plant even further back creates a number of technical challenges including: � Cost of the heavy insulated pipelines constructed with special type of steel for the refrigerated LNG; � The loss of energy due to heating of the LNG over longer pipelines; � Increased land required to connect the facility to the tanks and jetty; and � Increased disturbed land to connect the pipelines from the gas fields to the LNG facility (this land will be rehabilitated and public access will be maintained after rehabilitation is completed. As a comparison aerial photos showing the set-back of all other LNG plants of the world are included in Appendix 1. 5279225 43
Public Information Booklet Traditional Owner and Public Access Questions: � With respect to the complete site ñ what are the exclusion zone requirements and what can/canít people access? � Explain the buffer zone � What can/canít occur in the buffer zone outside the fenced area? � Is camping permitted in the buffer zone? � Are Traditional Owners allowed to access the buffer zone for fishing and hunting activities? � Will harvesting and gathering of food be restricted in buffer zones? � What kind of proximity restrictions will there be on people near the plant? Access to the Precinct will be restricted by a fenced boundary. This is limited to the LNG facilities and associated common user facilities. The Heads of Agreement with the KLC limits this to a maximum of 2,500 hectares with a requirement to minimise it where practicable (note that the foundation development would have an initial fenced area much smaller than this). Areas outside the Precinct fence are not managed and controlled by the facility Proponents. Buffer zones beyond the Precinct boundary are established by the Environmental Protection Authority for land planning and development purposes. The buffer zones are defined to address separation distances between industrial and sensitive land uses with a focus to protect sensitive land uses from unacceptable impacts resulting from industrial activities, emissions and infrastructure. Sensitive land uses, as defined by the Environmental Protection Authority, include residential development, hospitals, hotels, motels, hostels, caravan parks, schools, nursing homes, child care facilities, shopping centres, playgrounds, retail outlets, offices and training centres. The buffer areas are unfenced and public access is not restricted. Activities such as harvesting and gathering of food; driving, walking and fishing can occur in the buffer zones. People undertaking activities in the buffer zone will have to abide by local laws and regulations as in any other area. The definition of sensitive land use does not restrict camping within the buffer areas. 5279225 44
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