Barrow Island Act 2003. País/Territorio Australia Subdivisión territorial Western Australia Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2003 (2015) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoAn Act - to ratify, and authorize the implementation of, an agreement between the State and the Gorgon joint venturers relating to a proposal to undertake offshore production of natural gas and other petroleum and a gas processing and infrastructure project on Barrow Island; the agreement having been entered into having regard to the need to minimize environmental disturbance on Barrow Island (a class A nature reserve) and providing for the support of conservation programs relating to Barrow Island and other parts of the State; - to make provisions to enable land on Barrow Island (but no more than 332 ha in total of uncleared land) to be used, under the Land Administration Act 1997, for gas processing project purposes; - to make provisions as to the conveyance and underground disposal of carbon dioxide recovered during gas processing on Barrow Island, and for incidental purposes. Materia Aire y atmósfera, Tierra y suelos, Recursos minerales, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas, Desechos y sustancias peligrosas Palabra clave Emisiones Roza Arrendamiento Autorización/permiso Zona protegida Protección del medio ambiente Restricciones para el uso Gas natural Hidrocarburos Minería Eliminación de desechos Gestión de desechos Áreas marinas protegidas Área geográphica Asia y Pacifico, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, Océano Índico, Oceania, Pacífico Sur Resumen The Act is organized in 5 Parts. Part 1 Preliminary, Part 2 ratifies the Agreement. Part 3 provides for the use of reserve under the Land Administration Act 1997, this include the following activities and requirments: leasing parts of reserve, licences affecting reserve, easements affecting reserve, limits to the amount of hectares of cleared land, among others. Part 5A Indemnification by State for long-term liability resulting from underground disposal of carbon dioxide. Texto completo Inglés Página web www.legislation.wa.gov.au