DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 02/12/2024 to 08/12/2024
For further information see the referrals list at https://epbcpublicportal.environment.gov.au/all-referrals/
and type the reference number in the Filter by Referral Number box
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2024/09914 | STRIKE WEST PTY. LTD. / Exploration (mineral, oil and gas - non-marine) / Tomkins Rd and Robb Rd, Shire of Three Springs / Western Australia / Southwest Erregulla-1 (SWE-1), Drilling Exploration Well | 29/11/2024 |
2024/09942*
| Ronald Karunamoorthy / Residential Development / David Low Way, Pacific Paradise / Queensland / Twin Waters West Masterplanned Community | 29/11/2024 |
2024/09946* | BLUE ECONOMY CRC-CO LTD / Aquaculture / Bass Strait Blue Economy Zone, approximately 12km north of Emu Bay, Burnie / Commonwealth Marine / Bass Strait Blue Economy Zone, Marine Aquaculture Trial in Commonwealth Waters | 29/11/2024 |
2024/09953 | Tessa Cox / Commonwealth / Barton Highway, Blocks 1426, 1427, 1545, 1609 and 1630 District of Belconnen / Australian Capital Territory / CSIRO Divestment of Rural Blocks | 5/12/2024 |
* 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.environment.gov.au/all-referrals/
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2023/09446 | SHIRE OF YORK / Transport - Land / York-Tammin Rd, Malebelling, Badgin, Greenhills, and Narraloggan / Western Australia / Road Verge Clearing for Road Reconstruction and Widening | Approved without conditions | 2/12/2024 |
OUTCOME OF REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF S75(1) DECISION (EPBC Act s.78C)
Reference | Title | Reconsideration Decision | Date |
2019/8485
| BOWEN BASIN COAL PTY. LTD. / Mining / Lot 10 on Plan CNS93. / Queensland / Lake Vermont Meadowbrook Coal Mine Project, Qld | Controlled Action | 3/12/2024 |
2021/8875 | Boggabri Coal Pty Limited / Mining / Leards Forest Road, 15 km north east Boggabri, Boggabri / New South Wales / Boggabri Coal Mine SSD 09_0182 Modification 8 | Controlled Action | 3/12/2024 |
2021/9031 | BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Limited / Mining / Caval Ridge Mine, Moranbah / Queensland / Caval Ridge Mine Horse Pit Extension, Bowen Basin | Controlled Action | 3/12/2024 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Reference | Title | Date |
2014/7217 | Alexander Seal / Residential Development / Lot 7369 Myall Rd Cardiff & Lots 10 & 100 Myall Rd, Garden Suburb / New South Wales / Residential development, Hillsborough, NSW | 2/12/2024 |
2015/7530 | Pioneer Fortune Pty Ltd / Residential Development / Wyatt Road, Undullah, 50 km south of Brisbane / Queensland / Greater Flagstone master planned residential development, Undullah, Qld | 2/12/2024 |
2019/8468 | ELECTRANET PTY LIMITED / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Multiple lots / South Australia / SA-NSW Energy Interconnector, Robertstown to NSW Border, SA | 2/12/2024 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
2021/9124 | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications / Commonwealth / Kingston Pier, Kingston and the Old Cascade Quarry, Cascade. / Norfolk Island / Kingston Pier Channel Construction Project | 31/01/2025 | 2/12/2024 |
2019/8587 | Lendlease Communities (Figtree Hill No. 3) Pty Limited / Residential Development / west of Appin Road, near Campbelltown / New South Wales / Mt Gilead Stage 2 Residential Development | 6/02/2025 | 4/12/2024 |
2017/8096 | UPC ROBBINS ISLAND PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Lot 110402/1 (Robbins Island) and some areas of Crown land. The locati / Tasmania / Robbins Island Renewable Energy Park, Robbins Island, Tasmania | 7/03/2025 | 5/12/2024 |
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 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water or may not meet timeframes for notification. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 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 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 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.