Correspondence And Documents Relating To Browse To North West Shelf Referral Brief - EPBC 2018/8319.

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This email correspondence concerns the EPBC referral for Woodside's Browse to North West Shelf Development (EPBC 2018/8319) in Western Australia. The Department's Environmental Approvals and Compliance Division was finalizing a referral brief recommending a controlled action decision. The document details the project's greenhouse gas emissions profile: 4 Mt CO2-e/annum at Scott Reef extraction site, 4 Mt CO2-e/annum at Karratha Gas Plant liquefaction facility, and 48 Mt CO2-e/annum from overseas combustion, totaling 56 Mt CO2-e/annum average annual emissions across direct and indirect sources. The email notes departmental consideration of whether these GHG emissions would adversely impact "the environment generally" as a protected matter under Part 3 of the EPBC Act. Supporting documentation includes the applicant's referral statement and climate impact analysis. The email raises analytical questions comparing Australia's 8 Mt domestic component and the global 56 Mt total to respective national and worldwide emission baselines.