DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 01/05/2023 to 07/05/2023
For further information see the referrals list at https://epbcpublicportal.awe.gov.au/all-referrals/
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 |
2023/09460 | MLG Oz Limited / Mining / Corner of Pianto Road and Goldfields Highway, Comet Vale, WA 6436 / Western Australia / Comet Vale Sand Project |
| 1/05/2023 |
2023/09449 | AUSTRALIAN POTASH LIMITED / Mining / Lake Wells Road on mining tenements M38/1274, M38/1275, M38/1276, M38/1287, M38/1288 and M38/1289 / Western Australia / Lake Wells Sulphate of Potash Project |
| 1/05/2023 |
2023/09457 | GROOTE EYLANDT MINING COMPANY PROPRIETARY LIMITED / Mining / Groote Eylandt / Northern Territory / Southern Lease Mining Project |
| 4/05/2023 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2022/09436* | Southern Winds OWP Project Pty Ltd as trustee for the Southern Winds OWP Project Trust / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Offshore between Cape Douglas (South Australia) and Portland (Victoria) / Commonwealth Marine / Southern Winds Offshore Wind Project Initial Marine Field Investigations | 28/04/2023 |
* Actions which are not controlled actions provided they are undertaken in a particular manner. Further information on provision and manner specified is available from https://epbcpublicportal.awe.gov.au/all-referrals/
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2017/7986 | KIMBERLEY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PTY LTD / Transport - Air and Space / N/A / Western Australia / Cockatoo Island Multi-User Supply Base, WA | Accredited Assessment Process under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) | 28/04/2023 |
2023/09460 | MLG Oz Limited / Mining / Corner of Pianto Road and Goldfields Highway, Comet Vale, WA 6436 / Western Australia / Comet Vale Sand Project | Preliminary Documentation | 1/05/2023 |
2023/09449 | AUSTRALIAN POTASH LIMITED / Mining / Lake Wells Road on mining tenements M38/1274, M38/1275, M38/1276, M38/1287, M38/1288 and M38/1289 / Western Australia / Lake Wells Sulphate of Potash Project | Preliminary Documentation | 1/05/2023 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2021/9113 | APA Transmission Pty Limited / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / Hart Rd, Loxford / New South Wales / Kurri Kurri Lateral Pipeline Project | Approved with conditions | 28/04/2023 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Reference | Title | Date |
2008/4250 | PEET LIMITED / Residential Development / Brigadoon, 25km northeast of Perth / Western Australia / Brigadoon Estate Rural Residential Development | 24/03/2023 |
2007/3464 | UNIMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED / Mining / North Stradbroke Island / Queensland / Extension of sand mining operation into ML 1108 (Vance Lease) | 4/04/2023 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
2021/8980 | Bowen Coking Coal Limited / Mining / Annandale Rd, Coppabella / Queensland / Isaac River Coal Mine Project | 19/05/2023 | 28/04/2023 |
lapsed proposals (EPBC Act s.155)
Reference | Title | Date |
2011/5860 | STANMORE COAL LIMITED / Mining / 25km south east of Wandoan Township & 20km east of Guluguba / Queensland / The Range Project | 4/05/2023 |
2014/7353 | MACMINES AUSTASIA PTY LTD / Mining / Moray Carmichael Road, Belyando / Queensland / China Stone Coal Mine Project, Belyando, central Qld | 4/05/2023 |
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