DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
For further information see the referrals list at http://epbcnotices.environment.gov.au/referralslist/
and type the reference number in the Filter by Referral Number box
actions determined as requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Controlling Provisions | Date |
2020/8755 | CleanCo Queensland Limited / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / located approximately 40 km south-west of the township of Warwick / Queensland / Karara Wind Farm Project, QLD |
| 25/09/2020 |
2020/8744 | Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation / Water Management and Use / The project is located on the Belsar-Yungera floodplain complex, near Robinvale / Victoria / Belsar-Yungera Floodplain Restoration Project, VIC |
| 29/09/2020 |
2020/8768 | Transport Canberra and City Services / Transport - Land / Monaro Highway in the ACT between Sheppard St intersection and David Warren Rd intersection / Australian Capital Territory / Monaro Highway - Lanyon Drive Upgrade Package 1C |
| 29/09/2020 |
2020/8766 | NSW Electricity Networks Operations Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / Between Buronga and Wagga Wagga / New South Wales / EnergyConnect NSW - Eastern Section |
| 30/09/2020 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2020/8767 | Transport Canberra and City Services / Transport - Land / Monaro Highway in the ACT between Sheppard St intersection and David Warren Rd intersection / Australian Capital Territory / Monaro Highway - Lanyon Drive Upgrade Package 1B, Hume, ACT | 30/09/2020 |
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2020/8755 | CleanCo Queensland Limited / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / located approximately 40 km south-west of the township of Warwick / Queensland / Karara Wind Farm Project, QLD | Preliminary Documentation | 25/09/2020 |
2020/8768 | Transport Canberra and City Services / Transport - Land / Monaro Highway in the ACT between Sheppard St intersection and David Warren Rd intersection / Australian Capital Territory / Monaro Highway - Lanyon Drive Upgrade Package 1C | Preliminary Documentation | 29/09/2020 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2017/7932 | WATER CORPORATION / Transport - Water / see attached / Western Australia / Vasse Diversion Drain Upgrade | Approved with conditions | 24/09/2020 |
2016/7724 | Celestino Pty Limited / Residential Development / 40kms SW Brisbane and 17kms Nthe of Beaudesert / Queensland / Residential development, Teviot Road, north Beaudesert, Qld | Approved with conditions | 28/09/2020 |
2019/8469 | NT MINING OPERATIONS PTY LTD / Mining / Mary River West Station (Pastoral Lease 815) – NT Portion 1630, Volume 816, Folio 598 / Northern Territory / Union Reefs North Underground Gold Mine, near Pine Creek, NT | Approved with conditions | 28/09/2020 |
2016/7727 | Reward Minerals Ltd / Mining / Lake Disappointment approx 320km east of Newman / Western Australia / Lake Disappointment Potash Project, WA | Approved with conditions | 30/09/2020 |
2016/7729 | Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd / Transport - Land / Narrabri to North Star / New South Wales / Narrabri to North Star Section of Inland Rail, NSW | Approved with conditions | 1/10/2020 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Reference | Title | Date |
2012/6538 | Far North Queensland Ports Corporation Limited (t / a Ports North) / Transport - Land / Trinity Inlet, Cairns / Queensland / Cairns Shipping Development (Trinity Inlet) Project, QLD | 22/09/2020 |
2010/5500 | OAKAJEE PORT AND RAIL / Transport - Land / Oakajee Port to Jack Hills, with spur line to Weld Range / Western Australia / Oakajee Rail Development | 24/09/2020 |
2011/5797 | OAKAJEE PORT AND RAIL / Transport - Land / 25km north of Geraldton / Western Australia / Construction of the Oakajee Port and Rail Project | 25/09/2020 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
2016/7649 | Vickery Coal Pty Ltd / Mining / approx. 25km north of Gunnedah and 10km east of Boggabri / New South Wales / Vickery Coal Mine Extension Project, Gunnedah, NSW | 10/12/2020 | 29/09/2020 |
Some public notifications on the Internet and in the Gazette relating to the processing of referrals for approval under Chapter 4 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 may occasionally be missed in processing by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment or may not meet timeframes for notification. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has implemented systems and ongoing quality assurance procedures to minimise any risk of missing a notification within the required timeframe. Where a missed notification is identified the practice will be to notify these even though the timeframe for notification has lapsed. This will ensure that the history of notifications for each referral is available to the public. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment regrets any inconvenience that may be caused by a missed notification. Please note that late notifications have not affected subsequent processing of referrals or assessments and they do not affect decisions made.