Guidelines

Guidelines relevant to resource activities including petroleum, geothermal and greenhouse gas storage activities.

• Application requirements for petroleum activities—ESR/2016/2357 (formerly EM705) (PDF, 347.4KB)
• Final rehabilitation report for resource activities other than mining—ESR/2016/1874 (formerly EM2840) (PDF, 318.5KB)
• Financial assurance under the Environmental Protection Act 1994—ESR/2015/1758 (formerly EM1010) (PDF, 854.2KB)
• Preparing a plan of operations for an environmental authority relating to a petroleum lease—ESR/2016/1821 (formerly EM1009) (PDF, 353.5KB)
• Prescribing noise conditions for environmental authorities for petroleum activities—ESR/2016/1935 (formerly EM632) (PDF, 435.1KB)
• Public notice and submissions about site-specific applications for environmental authorities for resource activities other than mining—ESR/2016/2384 (formerly EM877) (PDF, 367.2KB)
• The duty to notify of environmental harm—(formerly EM467) (DOCX, 199.3KB)
• Transitional environmental program (TEP)—ESR/2016/2277 (formerly EM1365) (PDF, 308.4KB)
• Treated coal seam gas (CSG) water injection well construction requirements—ESR/2016/2379 (formerly EM719) (PDF, 250.0KB)
• Transfer of Petroleum Infrastructure to Landholders—ESR/2020/5403 (PDF, 736.8KB)
• Guideline—Reef discharge standards for industrial activities—ESR/2021/5627 (PDF, 661.4KB)

Environmental impact statements

• Criteria for environmental impact statements for resource projects under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (PDF, 589.4KB)
• The environmental impact statement process for resource projects under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (PDF, 431.9KB)

Read more information about the environmental impact statement process.

Regulated structures

• Structures which are dams or levees constructed as part of environmentally relevant activities—ESR/2016/1934 (formerly EM634) (PDF, 376.2KB)
• Manual for assessing consequence categories and hydraulic performance of structures— ESR/2016/1933 (formerly EM635) (PDF, 907.9KB)

• Regulated dam register—ESR/2016/2506 (XLSX, 1.4MB)

Underground water management

• Baseline assessments—ESR/2016/1999 (formerly EM1088) (PDF, 473.4KB)
• Bore assessments—ESR/2016/2005 (formerly EM1178) (PDF, 504.3KB)
• Quick Guide—Make Good Obligations—ESR/2016/2681 (PDF, 349.7KB)
• Underground water impact reports and final reports— ESR/2016/2000 (formerly EM1089) (PDF, 495.6KB)
• Requirements for site-specific and amendment applications—underground water rights—ESR/2016/3275 (PDF, 421.8KB)