How is Santos guaranteeing the safety of endangered species in the exploration area?
Under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (NSW) 1979, the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is required to consider whether or not Santos’ proposed activities will affect threatened species, populations, ecological communities andtheir habitats. To help them do this, Santos must submit a Review of Environmental Factors (REF) identifying risks and explaining how they will be mitigated during work. The REF for PEL 452 – which includes the Caroona and Blackville areas – shows the results of a search for records of threatened ecological communities, plants and animals. The NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Atlas of NSW Wildlife On-line database was searched for records of threatened ecological communities, plants and animals within the study area. Matters of conservation significance listed under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwth) that are known or predicted to occur in the study area were determined using the EPBC Protect
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- How is Santos guaranteeing the safety of endangered species in the exploration area?
