Darwin LNG Plant (Wickham Point) post construction biting insect trapping September and October 2006

Abstract

Phillips Petroleum Company Australia Pty Ltd (now ConocoPhillips Australia Pty Ltd) were given approval by both the NT and Commonwealth environmental ministers in 1998 for the construction and operation of a proposed 3 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) LNG facility at Wickham Point, in Middle Arm of Darwin Harbour. This project was deferred, and in March 2002 Darwin LNG Pty Ltd (a subsidiary company of ConocoPhillips) submitted a Public Environmental Report for an expanded 10MTPA LNG plant. The Medical Entomology Branch was also commissioned in late 2002 to conduct post construction adult biting insect trapping, to determine if adult biting insect levels significantly changed as a result of development. This report deals with the post construction trapping only, for results of post construction larval surveys and baseline surveys, please refer to the previous reports (Warchot & Whelan 2004 & 2006).