(1) The environment
plan must include a comprehensive description of the activity including the
following —
(a) the
location or locations of the activity;
(b)
details of the construction and layout of any facility;
(c) a
description of the operational details of the activity and proposed
timetables;
(d) any
additional information relevant to consideration of the environmental impacts
and environmental risks of the activity.
(2) The environment
plan must —
(a)
describe the existing environment that may be affected by the activity; and
(b)
include details of the particular relevant values and sensitivities (if any)
of that environment.
(3) The environment
plan must include —
(a)
details of all environmental impacts and environmental risks of the activity;
and
(b) an
evaluation of those impacts and risks; and
(c) a
description of the environmental risk assessment process used to evaluate
those impacts and risks, including the terms used in that process to
categorise the levels of seriousness of those impacts and risks.
(4) For the avoidance
of doubt, the evaluation mentioned in subregulation (3)(b) must evaluate
all the environmental impacts and environmental risks arising directly or
indirectly from —
(a) all
aspects of the activity; and
(b)
potential emergency conditions, whether resulting from accident or any other
cause.
(5) The environment
plan must include —
(a)
environmental performance objectives that define the goals of the operator in
relation to the —
(i)
processes, policies and practices to be followed; and
(ii)
equipment to be used; and
(iii)
actions to be taken,
for the purposes of
minimising the environmental impacts and environmental risks of the activity;
and
(b)
environmental performance standards —
(i)
that state the performance required of persons, equipment
and procedures for the purposes of managing the environmental impacts and
environmental risks of the activity; and
(ii)
against which the performance of the operator in meeting
the environmental performance objectives in the environment plan can be
measured;
and
(c)
measurement criteria for the purposes of determining whether —
(i)
the environmental performance objectives and
environmental performance standards in the environment plan have been met; and
(ii)
the implementation strategy in the environment plan has
been complied with.
(6) The environment
plan must describe the requirements that —
(a)
apply to the activity under legislation (including conditions imposed under
legislation), international conventions or agreements, or applicable codes of
practice; and
(b) are
relevant to the environmental management of the activity.