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� Transport companies.
Buffer zone ñ An area of land specifically designed to separate one type of land use
from another.
In the case of the Browse LNG Precinct there are 2 types of buffer zones:
� An industrial buffer zone 2 kilometres from the fence line which means other
industrial plants canít be built there;
� A sensitive land use buffer 3 kilometres from the fence line of the LNG Precinct
which means that permanent houses, residences, schools, tourist facility canít be
built in that area, but a light industrial area could be built.
Shipping channel ñ this is narrow strip of ocean where the sea floor has been dug out to
make it deeper (at low tide) so that a ship can safely travel to and away from a port. It is
basically like a driveway for a ship to get into the port or to a jetty. The channel is marked
out with buoys.
Ship turning basin ñ when a ship travels down the shipping channel towards the jetty
they are going forwards, LNG tankers cannot reverse so before they pull up alongside the
jetty they need to turn around to face the way they will leave (back out through the
shipping channel). Because of this at the end of the shipping channel there needs to be
a big circle of deep water (the same depth as the shipping channel) where the ship can
turn around.
Materials Offloading Facility (MOF) ñ this is a bit like a small dock (like the one you
might see in Fremantle). It is a platform that crosses the shore from land to water which
means that ships can come right up to the edge and unload materials, building supplies
and equipment. Trucks can get up close to the ships so that the materials can be
unloaded straight from the ship to the truck.
Seagrass beds ñ areas of the sea floor that have seagrass growing on them. Seagrass
is a plant that looks a bit like small bits of lettuce or spinach that grows from the sea floor
in shallow water.
Vine thickets ñ patches or areas of plants and trees on the Dampier Peninsula that
include rainforest plants and fruit and berry trees. This is also the place where old
gubinge plants can be found. These thickets also have several animals living in them, for
example bats.
Proponent ñ A proponent is a company or group of companies/joint venture that want to
build and LNG plant in the Browse LNG Precinct. The Precinct is intended to allow for
more than one LNG proponent.
Precinct ñ means the proposed hydrocarbon processing facility, identified in the
agreement between the Commonwealth and the State under section 146(1) of the
Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) and includes the
land and waters required for the Precinct, port facilities, marine areas and all land and
waters necessary for ancillary and support infrastructure (which includes areas of
accommodation and also for a light industrial area, both located away from the
hydrocarbon processing area of the Precinct), roads, buffer zones and all other
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