Submitting regulatory documents

 The online submissions portal is to be used for environment plans and financial assurance documents only. 

NOPSEMA provides an online system to submit environment plans and financial assurance documents. If you choose to submit an environment plan or financial assurance document online then a cover sheet is not required.

Resubmissions of environment plans during the assessment process (e.g. after public comment or an opportunity to modify) must continue to be submitted via Secure File Transfer.

Secure file transfer is NOPSEMA‘s preferred submission method as this system:

• Issues a File Download Notice to the submitter when the documents are accessed by a NOPSEMA staff member, which provides verification that the submission has been received

• Provides for an attachment size of up to 4GB.

The secure file transfer system website is located at: https://securefile.nopsema.gov.au/filedrop/submissions

The submission type selected on the cover sheet is used to direct each submission to the appropriate team for processing. Please select the option that describes the purpose of your submission, and provide further details in the description if necessary. We recommend that you include the name and phone number of a contact person for the submission.

Submitted documents are limited to a list of accepted file types, which are listed near the bottom of the form. Click on "Accepted File Types" to see the full list.

After sending a submission, you should see an immediate response at the top of the submission page indicating 'Files sent successfully'. An email message will also be sent to you once your message and documents have been received. Please note that this acknowledgement of receipt does not signify the adequacy of the submission for any regulatory purpose, only that it has been received. Where the law requires submissions to satisfy specific validity criteria, a separate notice will be given after appropriate checks are completed.

Secure File Transfer is designed to ensure the confidentiality and reliable delivery of your submission. Care has been taken in the selection and construction of the system to apply good IT security practice and establish appropriate technical and personnel controls. All traffic to the system is encrypted and protected by multiple access control layers. The system is not operating on public cloud infrastructure but on servers operated by NOPSEMA within Australia.

Small regulatory documents less than 10Mb, such as monthly reports, may be emailed to submissions@nopsema.gov.au. An acknowledgement of receipt email will be sent to you when the submission is processed.

When a duty holder receives a Notice to Produce documents, the issuing inspector of the notice will provide details on how to access the Objective Connect portal for the electronic submission of those documents.

Objective Connect will be used at all times for the electronic transmission of documents unless another method of transfer is directed by the relevant inspector. Objective Connect is used for Secure File collaboration across devices, across teams and provides complete control over the information that is shared, maintaining an audit trail of access and changes.

Similar to NOPSEMA’s Secure File Transfer, Objective Connect is used for file sharing externally and limited to invited participants only. Objective Connect provides for an attachment size of up to 10GB.