GORGON GAS PROJECT —
CHEVRON PROCESSING FACILITY — FAUNA
1271. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Minister for Environment:
I refer to Chevron's record
of animal deaths on Barrow Island between 2006 and 2014.
(1) Can the
minister confirm that the department has received these figures from Chevron,
as per its licensing and reporting requirements?
(2) Will the minister please table a comparable
document submitted by Chevron for the years 2015 to present?
(3) Is the
minister aware that the total animal deaths on the island number 8 384
individuals prior to 2015?
(4) If no to (1),
will the minister investigate the issue of mass animal deaths on Barrow Island
whilst it has been under the custodianship of Chevron?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following response is provided as it relates
to obligations under ministerial statements 769 and 800 for the Gorgon gas development
and Jansz feed gas pipeline. Questions about fauna reporting for the Barrow
Island joint venture operations—WA oil—should be referred to
the Minister for Mines and Petroleum.
(1) Ministerial
statements 769 and 800 require Chevron Australia to submit a terrestrial and
subterranean environment protection plan. The plan outlines the procedures for
reporting of threatened or listed fauna cared for, injured or killed within the
terrestrial disturbance footprint to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation
and Attractions. The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has
advised that these requirements have been met. It is not a requirement of these
statements to report total animal deaths.
(2) I table a paper
that outlines the threatened or listed fauna cared for, injured or killed
within the terrestrial disturbance footprint as reported in the environment
performance reports from 2015 to 2019.
[See paper 4596.]
(3) DWER has
advised that Chevron Australia has reported 2 595 threatened or listed fauna
deaths within the terrestrial disturbance footprint as reported in the
environmental performance reports for 2010 to 2015.
(4) Not
applicable.