❓ Hon Alison Xamon asks about the progress and scope of the mining environmental annual reporting system and whether a similar system will be implemented for petroleum projects. The Minister outlines the development timeline for the mining system and indicates intent to implement a similar system for petroleum, but declines funding EPA staff.
AnsweredQoN 5712Legislative Council
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I refer to the third dot point on page 171 of the 2012-13 State Budget papers regarding transparency, and I ask —
(1) How far advanced is the mining environmental annual reporting system?
(2) When is the Minister expecting that system to be available to the public?
(3) Will the information on the site still only be for projects that have been part of a formal EPA-assessment?
(4) Will the reporting and monitoring information for all projects be available, and if so, when?
(5) Will a similar system to make public the environmental reporting information for petroleum projects by put into place?
(6) If yes to 5 —
(a) when is this likely to occur;
(b) will it provide information on all projects, or only projects that have been formally assessed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and
(c) will it at least provide this information for all unconventional gas projects?
(7) Has the Minister considered funding and locating monitoring/enforcement staff with the EPA?
(1) How far advanced is the mining environmental annual reporting system?
(2) When is the Minister expecting that system to be available to the public?
(3) Will the information on the site still only be for projects that have been part of a formal EPA-assessment?
(4) Will the reporting and monitoring information for all projects be available, and if so, when?
(5) Will a similar system to make public the environmental reporting information for petroleum projects by put into place?
(6) If yes to 5 —
(a) when is this likely to occur;
(b) will it provide information on all projects, or only projects that have been formally assessed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and
(c) will it at least provide this information for all unconventional gas projects?
(7) Has the Minister considered funding and locating monitoring/enforcement staff with the EPA?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 August 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
62 days
(1) The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) is expanding its database system (EARS: Environmental Assessment and Regulatory System) to allow online lodgement of mining annual environmental reports. This new enhancement will also include the environmental performance data being made publicly available on DMP's website.
(2) The enhancement to the database is under development and the functionality is planned to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2012.
(3) The implementation of the online lodgement system will not be restricted to those projects that have been part of the Part IV process under the
Environmental Protection Act 1986
.
(4) The enhancements to EARS to enable online lodgement and public availability of data will be implemented in stages. The system functionality for mining environmental performance reports will be in place in the fourth quarter of 2012. The timeframe for other projects (for example exploration) will be determined once this stage of the new functionality is implemented.
(5) DMP has already signalled its intention to implement a similar system through the draft petroleum regulations recently released for public comment.
(6) (a) - (c)
The timing and scope of this will be determined following the passing of the regulations under the
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 196
7,
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982
and the
Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969
.
(7) No.
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(2) The enhancement to the database is under development and the functionality is planned to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2012.
(3) The implementation of the online lodgement system will not be restricted to those projects that have been part of the Part IV process under the
Environmental Protection Act 1986
.
(4) The enhancements to EARS to enable online lodgement and public availability of data will be implemented in stages. The system functionality for mining environmental performance reports will be in place in the fourth quarter of 2012. The timeframe for other projects (for example exploration) will be determined once this stage of the new functionality is implemented.
(5) DMP has already signalled its intention to implement a similar system through the draft petroleum regulations recently released for public comment.
(6) (a) - (c)
The timing and scope of this will be determined following the passing of the regulations under the
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 196
7,
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982
and the
Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969
.
(7) No.
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