Waitangi Valley 1 Exploratory Well Drilling and Testing - TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Waitangi Valley‐1
Exploratory Well Drilling and Testing
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
Tag Oil Limited and Apache Corporation NZ LDC
PO Box 402
NEW PLYMOUTH
9 October 2013
Waitangi Valley‐1 Exploratory Well Drilling and Testing
Transportation Management Plan
Approved for release by:
…………………………………………………………..
Karl Henderson
Document Control
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Waitangi Valley‐1 Exploratory Well Drilling and Testing
Transportation Management Plan
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Other Management Plans ..................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Variations to this Management Plan .................................................................................... 3
2 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................ 4
3 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES ........................................................................ 5
4 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES................................................................................................. 6
5 PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION MODES AND ACTIVITIES .......................................................... 7
5.1 Land Transportation Modes.................................................................................................. 7
5.1.1 Heavy Goods Transport ..................................................................................................... 7
5.1.2 Light Goods Transport ....................................................................................................... 7
5.1.3 Personnel Transport .......................................................................................................... 7
5.1.4 Hazardous Goods Transport.............................................................................................. 8
6 TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................... 9
6.1 Vehicle Occupancy Rate ........................................................................................................ 9
6.2 Staff Travel Routes ................................................................................................................ 9
6.3 Heavy Goods Transport and Over‐size Loads ....................................................................... 9
6.4 Transport of Hazardous Substances ................................................................................... 12
6.5 Driver Road Safety .............................................................................................................. 12
6.6 Vehicle Safety ...................................................................................................................... 13
7 MONITORING ........................................................................................................................15
8 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS .............................................................................................16
9 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT.........................................................17
Waitangi Valley‐1 Exploratory Well Drilling and Testing
Transportation Management Plan
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
TAG Oil Ltd (TAG) is exploring on‐shore petroleum resources within three Petroleum Exploration
Permit (PEP) areas on the East Coast of the North Island. As part of Phase 1, TAG proposes to drill,
complete and test an exploration well on a property approximately 12km north‐east of Te Karaka in
the Gisborne District (Figures 1 and 2). The wellsite is referred to as the Waitangi Valley‐1 wellsite.
Figure 1: Locality Plan for Waitangi Valley‐1 Wellsite
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Figure 2: Larger scale Locality Plan for Waitangi Valley‐1 wellsite
This document is the Transportation Management Plan (“TMP”) for the Waitangi Valley‐1 Project.
This TMP is part of a suite of Management Plans that are appended to the AEE supporting the
resource consent applications for the project.
The purpose of this TMP is to identify and define the set of environmental performance measures,
procedures and plans that will apply to land transportation activities associated with the Waitangi
Valley‐1 Project. The transportation activities for the project will be for a limited duration of
approximately three months.
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This Plan applies to all vehicles, their drivers, and passengers, whether the vehicles are owned,
leased, hired or contracted, and whether the vehicles are operating on company premises, public
roads, or private property.
1.2 Other Management Plans
This document complements, and should be read in conjunction with, TAG’s other Management
Plans for the Waitangi Valley‐1 Project:
Hazardous Substances Management Plan
Spill Control Management Plan
Waste Management Plan
Stormwater Management Plan
1.3 Variations to this Management Plan
This Management Plan shall be varied if required, with any such variations ensuring that the
objectives and environmental performance measures that are set out below can and will be met. A
copy of any variation shall be provided to the Gisborne District Council prior to it being
implemented.
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2 OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the TMP are:
to meet the specific requirements for traffic management associated with rig, equipment,
and personnel movement including, where required, obtaining approval from the
appropriate road control authorities for the activities;
to adopt the New Zealand Transport Agency’s Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic
Management, including rig and equipment moving activities that vary the normal operating
conditions of any road;
to ensure the application of best practices to all traffic controls associated with operations;
and
to identify and define the set of environmental performance measures, procedures, and
plans that will apply to land transportation activities for the Waitangi Valley‐1 Project.
These objectives shall be deemed to be achieved if the Environmental Performance Measures set
out in Section 3 below are complied with.
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3 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES
TAG shall comply with the following Environmental Performance Measures during all activities
related to transportation management:
Transportation of people, materials (including hazardous substances) and equipment to and
from the site shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Land Transport
Act 1998 and this Management Plan.
A Journey Transport Plan shall be prepared and approved by the Drilling Supervisor or
Completions Supervisor for all journeys that will involve the transportation of hazardous
substances.
Heavy goods transport and over‐size vehicle operators shall take all reasonable steps to
schedule their trip movements to avoid normal school bus travel hours on Kanakanaia Road
and Waitangi Road, Monday to Friday (except Public Holidays). The transportation operators
shall liaise with the local schools and bus operators to confirm bus timetables and proposed
heavy goods movements.
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4 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The key personnel involved in the Project are shown in the chart below. Those that have particular
responsibilities relevant to transportation management are discussed below.
The Construction Supervisor shall have overall responsibility for transportation to and from the
wellsite during the wellsite construction phase. The Construction Supervisor shall pass this
responsibility to the Drilling Supervisor for the Drilling Phase, and similarly the Drilling Supervisor
shall then pass this responsibility to the Completions Supervisor for the completions phase.
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5 PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION MODES AND ACTIVITIES
5.1 Land Transportation Modes
The following land transportation modes will be used for the Waitangi Valley‐1 project:
Heavy Goods Transport
Light Goods Transport
Personnel Transport
Hazardous Goods Transport
Each of these modes is described below.
Details about traffic that will be generated during the various stages of the project are provided in
the AEE.
5.1.1 Heavy Goods Transport
Heavy goods transport, including over‐size loads, will be required for the following project activities:
moving Portacom buildings and other structures and equipment, including for construction
materials and fuel for the wellsite generators, to the wellsite during the wellsite
establishment stage;
moving cranes, a forklift, and Hough loader to the wellsite to load and off‐load the drilling
rig, containers, drill pipe and other heavy equipment;
moving the Nova‐1 Rig and associated equipment from the Taranaki Region (or possibly the
Tararua District) to the wellsite; and
moving waste materials from the wellsite to approved disposal sites in accordance with the
Waste Management Plan for the project.
5.1.2 Light Goods Transport
Light goods transport will be used to deliver various consumable items to the site, including:
Equipment, materials, and consumables;
Catering supplies including food and water; and
Office supplies.
5.1.3 Personnel Transport
The majority of staff working on the project will probably be accommodated in Gisborne, a close
commute from the wellsite. A significant level of daily personnel transport (other than rig crew) will
be required between company and contractor bases (mainly in New Plymouth) and the drilling site
throughout the project.
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5.1.4 Hazardous Goods Transport
Routine deliveries of hazardous substances will be delivered to the site by licensed carriers and will
be undertaken in accordance with the HSNO Act and Hazardous Substances Regulations 2003.
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6 TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
6.1 Vehicle Occupancy Rate
The contractor shall encourage its staff and/or sub‐contractors’ staff to car‐pool, or to use the
highest occupancy vehicles as far as possible, targeting an average vehicle occupancy rate of at least
two persons per vehicle, to minimise the number of vehicles travelling to the wellsite.
Wherever possible personnel transport shall be undertaken during daylight hours.
6.2 Staff Travel Routes
All traffic movements (excluding heavy goods transport and over‐size loads where the travel routes
are specified below) associated with project staff and sub‐contractors shall be monitored and
managed by the contractor during the life of the project.
Each contractor shall prepare a Journey Transport Plan that recommends specific routes that all
contractor and sub‐contractor staff shall use when travelling to and from the project site during the
life of the project, as far as practicable, with reference to the requirements set out below.
6.3 Heavy Goods Transport and Over‐size Loads
All heavy goods transport and over‐size load vehicle operators shall be directed to use the following
approved travel routes as far as practicable:
(a) Route 1: New Plymouth to Te Karaka – all vehicles shall travel (refer to Figure 3):
i. north on State Highway 3 (SH3) towards Te Kuiti,
ii. after approximately 150 km turn right onto SH4 (towards Taumaranui),
iii. after approx. 15 km turn left onto Kopaki Rd
iv. after approx. 8 km turn right onto SH30,
v. follow SH30 until reaching SH2 (after Te Teko),
vi. follow SH2 until reaching Te Karaka
(b) Route 2: Te Karaka to Waitangi Valley‐1 Wellsite – all vehicles shall travel east along
Kanakanaia Road for approx. 18 km, then turn left onto Waitangi Road and travel approx. 5
km to the site access road. Refer to Figure 4 (and Figure 2).
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Figure 4: Route 2: Te Karaka to Waitangi Valley‐1 Wellsite
Turn off to site
access road
TAG shall ensure that any contractor abides by the requirements for pilot vehicles and other safety
measures, as detailed in the New Zealand Transport Agency’s (“NZTA”) “Vehicle Mass and
Dimensions Rule 2002”, in order to ensure that the over‐size loads are delivered without affecting
the safety or convenience of other road users.
TAG shall ensure that any contractor abides by the New Zealand Transport Act and NZTA’s “Vehicle
Mass and Dimensions Rule 2002” and submits details for the intended travel route(s) to the
appropriate road controlling authorities in order to gain their prior approvals. Additionally, the
contractor shall be required to gain permits from the road controlling authorities to transport over‐
sized or over‐weight materials over any bridge structure located on the approved travel route.
TAG shall ensure that any contractor involved in the transportation of any over‐size loads complies
with the provisions contained in Section 5 of the New Zealand Electrical Code of Practice
(NZCP34:2001) with respect to the safe distances for the operation of mobile plants (including loads
carried) near electricity conductors. In particular, the minimum approach distance between any live
overhead electric line and any part of any load carried shall be at least 4.0 metres.
Heavy goods transport and over‐size vehicle operators shall take all reasonable steps to schedule
their trip movements to avoid normal school bus travel hours on Kanakanaia Road and Waitangi
Road, Monday to Friday (except Public Holidays). The transportation operators shall liaise with the
local schools and bus operators to confirm bus timetables and proposed heavy goods movements.
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6.4 Transport of Hazardous Substances
The consent holder shall ensure that the contractor involved in the transportation of all
hazardous substances abides by the New Zealand Hazardous Substances and New Organisms
Act 1996 (HSNO) and the Hazardous Substances Regulations 2003 (HSNO regulations).
Additionally, the contractor shall be required to gain permits from the road controlling
authorities to transport hazardous substances on the approved travel route(s).
In relation to heavy goods transport, a Journey Transport Plan shall be prepared and
approved by the Drilling Supervisor or Completions Supervisor for all journeys that will
involve the transportation of hazardous substances.
Deliveries of hazardous substances to site shall be by licensed carriers.
The unloading and moving of hazardous substance containers and any transfer of contents
into storage vessels shall be done by an Approved Handler as defined in the HSNO
regulations.
All vehicles transporting oil or oil‐ filled equipment shall be equipped with oil absorbent
materials so that any oil spills can be mopped up without delay and without the release of
oil to the environment.
Hazardous Substances Declarations shall be prepared for any consignment of hazardous
substances that may need to be transported from the site.
The Drilling Supervisor or Completions Supervisor shall check that Hazardous Substances
Declarations are supplied with each consignment of hazardous substances to/from the site.
In the event of a transport related emergency (road accident/spill), the driver shall take all
practicable steps to make safe the incident scene and assist the emergency services with the
required response, including providing information about the load and precautions to take in
any clean up, especially for chemical spills. For more detail, refer to the Spill Control
Management Plan.
6.5 Driver Road Safety
Occupants of any vehicle shall use seatbelts at all times. All vehicles (owned, leased or
rented) must be fitted with effective seat belts for each occupant. Exception to this
requirement is for public transportation in which seat belts are not available i.e. airport
buses (Note: buses & vans contracted to transport rig personnel must be fitted with seat
belts for all passengers). Drivers are responsible for ensuring that all vehicle occupants use
seatbelts at all times.
Drivers shall be appropriately licensed, trained (to New Zealand requirements), and have the
functional capacity to operate the vehicle.
Drivers shall neither initiate nor answer a mobile telephone call while driving a vehicle.
Drivers shall not operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, narcotics or
medication that could impair the driver's ability to safely operate the vehicle.
Drivers shall not allow unauthorised passengers in the vehicle e.g. people not working on the
project.
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Drivers shall not operate vehicles unless appropriately rested and alert and shall not exceed
prescribed driving and duty hours as specified in law or by TAG Apache standards, whichever
is more stringent.
Drivers shall reduce speed according to prevailing road, traffic, and environmental / weather
conditions;
Driver shall not exceed whichever of the following is the sign posted speed limit:
o The national legal limit
o The sign‐posted limit
Drivers shall have a current Dangerous Goods Endorsement (D) on their drivers licence in
accordance with the Land Transport Rule ‐ Dangerous Goods 1999 when transporting
Dangerous Goods.
Drivers shall ensure that all loads are accompanied with the relevant documentation
regarding the contents of the load with the primary purpose of facilitating emergency
response.
Drivers shall ensure that loads are safely secured prior to commencement of a journey.
When parking, drivers shall make every effort to park the vehicle in a manner that allows the
first move when leaving the parking space to be forward.
Smoking in Company or Contractor vehicles shall be prohibited.
6.6 Vehicle Safety
Company owned, contracted or leased vehicles shall be fit for purpose based on an
assessment of usage, and be maintained in safe working order in line with manufacturers’
specifications and local legal requirements. As a minimum they shall meet local legislation
and include seatbelts, head restraints and airbags.
All vehicles for transportation of goods, equipment and product shall be selected for use and
loaded in accordance with legislative requirements and industry best practice.
All vehicles shall have headlights in the dipped (low beam) mode switched on permanently
when the vehicle is in use.
All vehicles shall be subject to a full mechanical inspection prior to mobilisation.
All vehicles used for a journey shall be subject to a daily check.
No modifications shall be made to any vehicle without endorsement from the vehicle
manufacturer, or the custodian of this specification or relevant local regulations.
All Vehicles shall have four‐way hazard lights fitted.
All vehicles shall be fitted with an in‐cab multi‐purpose dry powder fire extinguisher with a
capacity of at least 2 kg. The fire extinguisher shall be securely mounted on a bracket and
located so that it is easily accessible in an emergency without becoming a hazard in case of
an accident.
All vehicles shall be fitted with a securely stowed first aid kit and flashlight/torch.
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All vehicles shall carry a minimum of two collapsible hazard‐warning triangles.
All vehicles shall carry a high‐visibility jacket for the Driver to be used in case of emergency
stops.
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7 MONITORING
A Road Monitoring Protocol will be prepared and submitted to Gisborne District Council and NZTA as
part of the final TMP, including but not limited to the specific data to be monitored, the method of
monitoring, the frequency with which monitoring will be undertaken, the personnel responsible,
trigger levels for intervention, and the corresponding response. As a minimum the Monitoring
Protocol will address the following matters:
Queues, delays and other disruptions resulting from slow‐moving, over‐size loads and/or
construction vehicles; and
The condition of Kanakanaia Road and Waitangi Road between SH2 (Te Karaka) and the
Waitangi Valley‐1 wellsite before, during and after the wellsite activities occur, including
checks for ruts, pot holes, flushing and bleeding.
The Protocol will identify trigger levels for intervention, and the corresponding response (including
time frames) to ensure that the condition of the road pavements is maintained to the pre‐project
standard. The monitoring will also ensure that there are no inappropriate or unreasonable delays,
disruption, or adverse safety effects on other vehicles using the network. Where that monitoring
shows that there are problems the contractor will take steps immediately to address them.
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8 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
A communications protocol will be developed and implemented, including but not limited to the
following matters:
names and contact details of key staff and/or contractors responsible for implementing the
TMP;
contact details of key staff within Gisborne District Council , NZTA, and/or any other third
party who have operational interests in the surrounding road network;
contact details and location of the main site office and any satellite offices;
details of signage to be established in accordance with the Gisborne District Council rules for
signage in the Rural Zone, including content and locations;
location of all relevant consents, management plans, health and safety plans, and other key
project documentation;
a process for receiving and responding to complaints, including a register for recording all
complaints and actions taken;
a process for scheduling planned heavy goods transport and over‐sized load vehicle trips,
such that this can be communicated to the general public and road controlling authorities;
a process for managing construction traffic during any large community events.
Communication with key event organisers will be required; and
a list of people and organisations that the TMP will be distributed to. All amendments and
updated to the TMP will then be forwarded to those named on the list.
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9 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
Serious accidents or emergencies shall be reported immediately to the relevant emergency services.
All reports of accidents and other environmental emergencies, regardless of their origin are to be
reported to the Construction/Drilling/Completions Supervisor (depending on the stage of the
Project) and the TAG Environmental Monitoring Officer. An environmental emergency is any event
that causes or has the potential to cause material harm to the environment and/or people. With
regard to spill response, refer to the Spill Control Management Plan.
Where disruption to traffic or significant damage has occurred within the roading network, the
appropriate road controlling authority shall be notified immediately.
All incidents on the project involving environmental non‐compliance will be recorded and reported
through the Contractor’s incident and non‐compliance procedures. An environmental incident
register will be held at the Site office. Any environmental incidents will be regularly discussed
between TAG and the contractors.
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