Environmental Management Plans & Impact Assessments
Pendoley Environmental’s highly qualified and experienced marine turtle specialists routinely prepare desktop marine turtle assessments, environmental referrals & management plans to satisfy industry environmental regulatory requirements. Staff routinely advice on ministerially appointed Expert Panel and boards and have strong links with world class marine turtle biologists.
Benefits
- Satisfy environmental regulatory requirements
- Cost-effective method of assessing potential industry impacts on marine turtles
- Undertaken by qualified marine turtle specialists who regularly publish in peer-reviewed scientific literature
- Access to the most current knowledge and experience in the field of marine turtle biology, ecology and management
Features
- Desktop marine turtle assessments: distribution, abundance, potential for industry impacts
- Marine Turtle Management Plans
- EPBC Act Referrals – marine and coastal habitats
- Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
- Technical and peer review scientific reports
Case Studies: Preparation of Marine Turtle Management Plans
- Chevron Angola LNG dredging project
- BHP Inner Harbour expansion Port Hedland
- BHP BIO Quantum Outer Harbour Development
- Gorgon Development project: Barrow Island
- Woodside: Pluto Development Dampier Archipelago
Case Studies: Environmental Impact Assessments
Gorgon Project Barrow Island
- Specialist input into Front End Engineering Design. Identification of long lead time, critical pathway activities, such as marine turtle habitat mapping, population demography studies and light measurement and management issues
Gorgon Development Project: Barrow Island
- Contributions to all sections of the ESE, ERMP and recent ERMP variation documents on all aspects that pertained to marine turtles
Tap Oil Pilbara permit area drilling and seismic programs 1998 – 2006
- Preparation of EIA documentation for all seismic and drilling programs conducted by Tap Oil in their Pilbara acreages
Support for Oil Spill Contingency Plan preparation
- WAPET/Chevron Western Mining, Tap Oil, BHP petroleum area. Maps showing seasonal sensitivities for marine turtle habitat usage, advice on appropriate clean up techniques and on wildlife rehabilitation