Conference Day Two - Permit Approvals NSW - Managing land access and project approvals risks

CONFERENCE DAY TWO
THURSDAY 8TH MARCH 2012

9.00	Opening Remarks by the Chair Michael Noonan, State Manager NSW, MALONEY FIELD SERVICES
LAND ACCESS & TENURE SOLUTIONS
9.15	KEYNOTE Reforming mining and petroleum tenure and land access processes Understanding the mining and petroleum tenure reform processes Balancing requirements of land title holders, the Crown and resource companies Reviewing the regulatory compliance framework Achieving engagement between resources companies and government, to supporting ongoing development Joshua Gilroy, Director Coal and Gas, OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE (NSW), DEPARTMENT OF PREMIER AND CABINET
10.00	Morning Tea
10.30	CASE STUDY Legislative compliance for environmental and land access approvals Highlighting legislative and framework changes for permit and project applications in NSW Understanding key compliance factors, to satisfy new legislative requirements for land access and environmental approvals Reducing time- lines and risk regarding applications for: environmental assessment exploration permits development proposals Brendan Tobin, Partner, MCCULLOUGH ROBERTSON
11.15	Project and risk management for permit and project approvals Identifying and actively minimising risks associated with permit applications Understanding and avoiding common reasons for approval delays Looking at which elements of applications can be lodged in parallel, integrated or linked Reducing administrative burdens, red tape, and unnecessary complexity Managing expectations of internal and external stakeholders when faced with uncertain approval time frames Simon Ball, Partner, MINTER ELLISON
12.00	Lunch
1.00	Assisting environmental approvals, through rigorous preparation, planning and impact assessment Interpreting information required for environmental impact assessments, and to support environmental approvals Limiting requirements for environmental regulators to seek further information which may delay approvals Learning from past experiences seeking environmental approvals Steven Peart, Manager, Planning and Approvals, COCKATOO COAL
1.45	Environmental approvals risk management for CSG projects Identifying and actively minimising risks associated with coal seam gas environmental permit applications Understanding and avoiding common reasons for approval delays Minimising duplication of effort Managing expectations of internal and external stakeholders when faced with uncertain approval timeframes Nick Thomas, Partner, CLAYTON UTZ
2.30	Afternoon tea
2.50	Achieving access to land and water: management of aquatic ecosystems to support permitting of mining and gas projects Understanding aquatic ecosystem management, to support your permitting applications Understanding the key issues for mining and gas projects Reviewing examples of aquatic ecosystem management in action, in the mining and coal seam gas (CSG) context Stephanie Clark, Director, INVERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION AUSTRALIA
3.35	Offset solutions for your NSW projects Establishing offset considerations for your approval applications Meeting increased regulatory offset requirements for permit and project approvals applicable in NSW Determining the right offset strategy for your project: direct land based offsets under the bio-banking offset scheme expansion of protected areas indirect financial offsets a combination of direct and indirect offsets Understanding specific-issue offset policies which apply in NSW, how they vary in the values that require offsets, and what constitutes an acceptable offset Berlinda Ezzy, Senior Environment Planner, UNIDEL
4.20	Closing remarks from the Chair, and end of conference