Terms of Reference - North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation

Consider the cumulative impacts (both beneficial and adverse) of the project from alife-of-project perspective, taking into consideration the scale, intensity, duration andfrequency of the impacts to demonstrate a balance between environmental integrity,social development and economic development.11. Environmental management plansDetail the EMPs for the construction and operation stages of the project. The EMPsshould be developed from, and be consistent with, the information in the EIS. TheEMPs must address discrete project elements and provide life-of-proposal controlstrategies. They must be capable of being read as a stand-alone documents withoutreference to other parts of the EIS.The EMPs must comprise the following components for performance criteria andimplementation strategies:• the proponent’s commitments to acceptable levels of environmental performance,including environmental objectives, performance standards and associatedmeasurable indicators, performance monitoring and reporting• impact prevention or mitigation actions to implement the commitments• corrective actions to rectify any deviation from performance standards• an action program to ensure the environmental protection commitments areachieved and implemented. This will include strategies in relation to:– continuous improvement– environmental auditing– monitoring– reporting– staff training– a rehabilitation program for land proposed to be disturbed under each relevantaspect of the proposal.- 68 - Contents of the EISDudgeon Point Coal Terminals ProjectTerms of reference for an environmental impact statement