Environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999

Environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999内容摘要：

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 Part 10 Strategic Assessments Section 146 Agreement Strategic Assessment of the Environmental Management Authorisation Process for Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Activities Administered by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 between THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT and THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY and THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL OFFSHORE PETROLEUM SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY CONTENTS 1 PARTIES..........................................................................................................................3 2 DEFINITIONS..................................................................................................................3 3 PREAMBLE.....................................................................................................................4 4 BACKGROUND...............................................................................................................5 5 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT REPORT...............6 6 PREPARATION OF THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT REPORT AND PROGRAM......6 7 ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROGRAM...........................................................................7 8 APPROVAL OF ACTIONS UNDER THE PROGRAM.....................................................8 9 VARIATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND TERMINATION.......................................8 SIGNATURES.....................................................................................................................10 Attachment A – Final Terms of Reference..........................................................................11 Page 2 of 15 1 PARTIES The Parties to this agreement are: The Minister for the Environment and The Minister for Industry and The Chief Executive Officer of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority 2 DEFINITIONS 2.1 Unless stated otherwise in this Agreement, the definitions, meanings and terms in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 apply to this Agreement and its attachments. 2.2 In this Agreement: agreement means this strategic assessment agreement entered into between the parties on the date the last party executes this agreement. Commonwealth waters refers to the waters beyond the designated state and territory coastal waters, from the three nautical mile baseline to 200 nautical miles of Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone. day means a business day in the Australian Capital Territory. Department means the Australian Government department administering the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). EPBC Act means the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). Minister means the Minister responsible for administering the EPBC Act or the Minister's authorised delegate. NOPSEMA National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority OPGGS Act means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. OPGGS environmental management authorisation process means the assessment and acceptance process for environment plans by NOPSEMA under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 and the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment Regulations) 2009. OPGGS Environment Regulations means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009 Page 3 of 15 Parties mean the Minister for the Environment, the Minister for Industry, and the Chief Executive Officer of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority; each a Party. Program describes a document (or documents) that outlines the OPGGS environmental management authorisation process for petroleum activities. These documents must also demonstrate how NOPSEMA’s environmental management authorisation process will ensure that impacts on matters protected under Part 3 of the EPBC Act are not unacceptable. This constitutes the ‘policy, plan or program’ pursuant to section 146 of the EPBC Act. strategic assessment means the strategic assessment to which this agreement relates, namely an assessment of the adequacy of the Program to identify and manage impacts on matters protected under Part 3 of the EPBC Act. Strategic Assessment Report means the report prepared by NOPSEMA and the Department of I