Environmental authorities (petroleum activities)
[Environmental authorities (petroleum activities) for level 1 and level 2 petroleum activities]Under section 20(1) of the EP Act, a petroleum activity is either a level
1 or a level 2 environmentally relevant activity and requires a corresponding
environmental authority (petroleum activities) under the EP Act.
For a new petroleum project you must jointly apply for an environmental authority
(petroleum activities) for a petroleum project under the EP Act and a petroleum
authority under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004. For
an off-shore petroleum project, you can apply for a licence, permit, pipeline
licence, primary licence, secondary licence or special prospecting authority
under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982.
Applications are submitted to the Industry Liaison Unit, Department of Natural
Resources and Mines, corner Main and Vulture Streets, Woolloongabba (PO Box
1475 Coorparoo Qld 4151).
Petroleum activities that have a low risk of causing serious environmental harm
are called level 2 activities (either code compliant or non-code compliant).
If you're applying for a code compliant authority for a level 2 petroleum activity,
you must certify that all petroleum activities proposed to be carried out under
the authority can comply with the standard environmental conditions in the relevant
code of environmental compliance.
If you’re applying for a non-code compliant environmental authority (petroleum activities) for a level 2 petroleum activity, you must supply enough information in support of the application to allow the administering authority to decide the application.
Petroleum activities that are a level 1 environmentally relevant activity as prescribed in Schedule 1 of the Environmental Protection Regulation 1998 are level 1 activities. They require a non-code compliant authority for a level 1 petroleum activity. Applications for level 1 petroleum activities should include site-specific environmental management plans.
Last updated: 15 March 2005
