New consultation and transparency requirements
New regulatory requirements to improve consultation and increase transparency of offshore oil and gas activities were announced by Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan today.
These changes include:
- publication of full environment plans, both on submission to, and acceptance by, the independent regulator NOPSEMA
- a 30 day public comment period on environment plans for all seismic surveys and exploratory drilling
The new regulations have been registered on the Federal Register of Legislation and will commence on 25 April 2019.
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