DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
For further information see the referrals list at http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/notices
and type the reference number in the Search box
actions determined as requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Controlling Provisions | Date |
2013/7042 | Main Roads Western Australia/Transport - land/Btwn Tonkin Hway & Reid Hway junction to Muchea/WA/Perth-Darwin National Highway alignment (Swan Valley Section), WA |
| 27/11/2013 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2013/7041 | Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water Corporation/Waste management (sewerage)/Rupanyup/VIC/Rupanyup sewerage scheme and wastewater sewerage plan | 27/11/2013 |
2013/7044 | Curtin University of Technology/Commercial development/Bentley/WA/Curtin Main Street Project - Transformation of Bentley Campus to a major urban centre WA | 27/11/2013 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2011/5968 | Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd/Mining/140km west of Mackay in the Northern Bowen Basin/QLD/Newlands Coal Extension Project | Approved with conditions | 26/11/2013 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Reference | Title | Date |
2010/5350 | BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal Holdings Pty Ltd /Mining/25km north-west of Wollongong /NSW/Extension of Underground Mining Operations at The Bulli Seam Operations | 22/11/2013 |
2011/6061 | Department of Infrastructure Energy and Resources/Transport - land/Howrah and Rokeby /TAS/Rokeby Main Road Upgrade | 25/11/2013 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
2009/4737 | Waratah Coal Incorporated/Mining/Alpha in the Galilee Basin to Abbot Point/QLD/Establishment of Galilee Coal Mine and Associated Infrastructure | 20/12/2013 | 25/11/2013 |
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 the Environment or may not meet timeframes for notification. The Department of 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 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.