Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under Section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (80) (17/06/2009) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (80)

I, PETER ROBERT GARRETT, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, pursuant to section 184(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list referred to in section 178 of that Act by:

deleting from the list in the endangered category:

• Epacris sp. Graniticola (A.Moscal 4210) R.Crowden

• Spyridium microphyllum

including in the list in the critically endangered category:

• Epacris graniticola

• Marginaster littoralis

including in the list in the endangered category:

• Spyridium lawrencei

• Tasmanipatus anophthalmus

including in the list in the vulnerable category:

• Patiriella vivipara

including in the list in the extinct category:

• Hypolimnus pedderensis

Dated 17 day of June 2009

Peter Robert Garrett

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts