Australia – EPA recommends approval for brownfield biofuels mission.
An Environmental Safety Authority (EPA) report on a proposal to repurpose an outdated oil refinery for biofuel manufacturing flags the number of a brownfield website pretty much as good environmental follow.
The impartial EPA has beneficial environmental approval for BP’s Kwinana Renewable Fuels Mission, topic to strict circumstances.
EPA Chair Professor Matthew Tonts mentioned the proposal to redevelop the proponent’s present hydrocarbon refining and manufacturing infrastructure would facilitate the processing of vegetable oils, animal fat and different biowaste merchandise to course of as much as 1600 cubic metres of biofuel feedstock per day.
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Professor Tonts mentioned:
Utilizing a beforehand disturbed footprint inside an industrial space means no clearing of vegetation is required.
“The proponent’s website choice leverages using present pipeline, jetty and tank infrastructure for brand new operations.”
Professor Tonts mentioned an in depth environmental evaluation was required to find out the extent of the proposal’s influence on local weather change from greenhouse gasoline emissions.
Whereas BP Refinery (Kwinana) Pty Ltd proposed a linear trajectory of emissions reductions to web zero by 2050, Professor Tonts mentioned the EPA had beneficial strict circumstances to offer ongoing certainty that reductions could possibly be achieved.
“The EPA notes the proposed emissions discount trajectory will mitigate roughly 1,449,000 t CO2-e of Scope 1 emissions over the 20-year lifetime of the proposal,” he mentioned. “These reductions are thought of fairly achievable by adoption of rising know-how and using offsets.”
The EPA’s report back to the Minister for Setting is now open for a three-week public enchantment interval, closing 23 January 2024. Appeals ought to be directed to the Workplace of the Appeals Convenor. The Minister for Setting will make the ultimate determination on the proposal. EPA Report 1754 could be discovered on the EPA web site.
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EPA recommends approval for brownfield biofuels mission, January 2, 2023
