Terms of Reference - North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation

• details of any emergency response plans and bushfire mitigation plans under theState Planning Policy 1/03: Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Flood, Bushfire andLandslide (Department of Local Government and Planning & Department ofEmergency Services 2003)• on-site firefighting equipment provided and the level of training of staff who will betasked with emergency management activities• detailed maps showing the plant outline, potential hazardous material stores,incident control points, firefighting equipment, etc• an outline of any dangerous goods stores associated with the plant operations,including fuel storage and emergency response plans.Present emergency planning and response strategies to deal with relevant incidents asmentioned above, which have been determined in consultation with the relevantauthorities (such as the Queensland Police Service, Queensland Ambulance Service,Queensland Fire and Rescue Service and Emergency Management Queensland), andwhich show integration of emergency services into the plans.9. Cumulative impactsSummarise the project’s cumulative impacts and describe how these impacts couldcontribute to or are in addition to those of existing or proposed major project(s) publiclyknown or advised by DSDIP to be in the region, to the greatest extent practicable.Assess the project’s contribution to cumulative impacts with respect to both geographiclocation and environmental values.Regarding local impacts and the contribution to regional cumulative impacts, matters ofparticular consideration include:• transport network, including impacts to the local and state-controlled roads, majorroad intersections and road/rail crossings, port and air services (see also Part B,Section 5.6)• rail network impacts including noise, vibration and dust during construction andoperation (see also Part B, Section 5.10)• housing availability and affordability (see also Part B, Section 6)• workforce and skills availability, including workforce recruitment and trainingopportunities and local industry participation (see also Part B, Section 6).Explain the methodology used to determine the project’s contribution to cumulativeimpacts, detailing the range of variables considered (including relevant baseline orother criteria upon which the cumulative aspects of the project have been assessed,where applicable).10. Sustainable developmentProvide a comparative analysis of how the project conforms to the objectives for‘sustainable development’—see the National Strategy for Ecologically SustainableDevelopment (Commonwealth of Australia 1992).Contents of the EISDudgeon Point Coal Terminals ProjectTerms of reference for an environmental impact statement- 67 -