Corrib Natural Gas Project

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Corrib Natural Gas Project

• Permits and Consents
• Compliance

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Permits and Consents Compliance

• Environmental Aspect
• Design
• Construction and
• Operation
• Safety Aspects
• Design
• Construction and
• Operation.

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Key Consents

• Petroleum Lease - Entire development - Awarded
  November 2001.
• Plan of Development Entire development -
  Approved with conditions Apr-02.
• Pipeline Consent (Section 40) Offshore and
  onshore pipeline - Granted with conditions
  Apr-02.
• Foreshore Licence - Pipeline element below HWM
  and within Irish territorial (12 m) limit -
  Granted with conditions May-02.
• Planning Permission Bellanaboy Bridge terminal
  granted with conditions Oct-04.
• Integrated Pollution and Prevention Control
  Licence Emissions arising from terminal -
  Granted with conditions Nov-07.
• Strategic Infrastructure Development Application
  Onshore pipeline (above HWM) submit Feb-09.
• New Pipeline Application (Section 40) Offshore
  and Onshore Pipeline Submit Feb-09.
• New Foreshore Licence Application Submit
  Feb-09.

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Managing Environmental Compliance

• Making sure our activities (including design,
  construction and operations) are carried out in
  compliance with the law and with all the
  conditions set out in our licences and consents,
  and
• Making sure we do what we say we do.

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Principles and methods

• Prior assessment of environmental impact
• Environmental Impact Statement.
• Minimisation of potential impact through design
  and other mitigation controls
• Environmental Management Plan and Conditions.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of controls set
• Programme of monitoring and reporting.
• Auditing of performance
• Continuous improvement.

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System of managing compliance

• Prepare Environmental Management Plan (EMP) on
  the basis of
• Mitigation measures set out in EIS
• Conditions
• Requirements arising from consultation
• Legal requirements and
• Standards (e.g. ISO 14,001).

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Typical EMP contents

• Organisation
• Spill Contingency
• Dust Management
• Consultation
• Noise Management
• Reinstatement Management/Monitoring

• Waste Management
• Traffic Management
• Surface Water Management
• Hazardous substance management
• Monitoring and reporting

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Applying the EMP

• Procedures and guidance for site workers.
• Supported by full time environmental officers.
• Regular reporting of activities and monitoring
  results to relevant authority e.g. Mayo County
  Council fortnightly reports.
• Reporting to PMC/EMG.
• Internal reviews and inspections.
• External inspections and monitoring e.g. Mayo Co
  Co/DCENR/NPWS.

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Managing Safety Compliance

• Requirements set through Acts, Statutory
  Instruments, Codes of Practice, Standards.
• Additional requirements set out in Plan of
  Development and Gas Act approvals.
• TAG recommendations.
• Planning conditions.

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Safety

• Safety integrated in project activities through
  all phases from design through to operations.
• Assessed by regulatory bodies as part of
  applications processes.
• Independent 3rd party verification (by
  independent body e.g. DNV, BV or Lloyds) and
  DCENR Letter of Acceptance.
• Competent operators (extensive and intensive
  training of all operations staff).
• Implementation of safety case legislation through
  life of field.

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