DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 05/08/2024 to 11/08/2024
For further information see the referrals list at https://epbcpublicportal.awe.gov.au/all-referrals/
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actions determined as requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Controlling Provisions | Date |
2024/09855 | Michelle O'Hare / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / 350 Boulder Rd, Blackmans Flat / New South Wales / Mount Piper to Wallerawang Transmission Line Upgrade Project |
| 2/08/2024 |
2024/09868 | EQUIS WIND (AUSTRALIA) PROJECTS (LHWF2) PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Soldiers Settlement Road, George Town / Tasmania / Bell Bay Wind Farm |
| 5/08/2024 |
2024/09886 | Stuart McNair / Transport - Land / The address of the proposed action is a linear corridor approximately 2 to 2.5 km east of the centre of the Tiaro township. / Queensland / Bruce Highway (Gympie – Maryborough), Tiaro Bypass, construct four lane bypass |
| 5/08/2024 |
2024/09893 | Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority (trading as Seqwater) / Water Management and Use / 2323 Esk Kilcoy Road, Somerset Dam / Queensland / Somerset Dam Improvement Project |
| 5/08/2024 |
2024/09878 | ONESTEEL MANUFACTURING PTY LIMITED / Mining / Lincoln Highway, Middleback Range / South Australia / Magnetite Expansion Project Stage 2 / SIMEC Mining |
| 6/08/2024 |
2024/09892 | James Birkmanis / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 58 Hughes Road, Wurdong / Queensland / Hughes Road Battery Energy Storage System |
| 6/08/2024 |
2024/09895 | Shaun Flood / Natural Resources Management / 8km north-east of Leeton / New South Wales / Tuckerbil Wetland Hydrological Improvement Works |
(sections 16 & 17B)
| 7/08/2024 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2024/09891 | BAYWA R.E. PROJECTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Henty Highway, Jung / Victoria / Wimmera Plains Energy Facility | 2/08/2024 |
2024/09822 | TASMANIAN WATER & SEWERAGE CORPORATION PTY LTD / Waste Management (sewerage) / Wastewater pipeline from 20 Hunter St Macquarie Point to 10 Selfs Point Rd New Town. / Tasmania / Macquarie Point Sewage Pump Station and Rising Main | 8/08/2024 |
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2024/09868 | EQUIS WIND (AUSTRALIA) PROJECTS (LHWF2) PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Soldiers Settlement Road, George Town / Tasmania / Bell Bay Wind Farm | Environmental Impact Statement | 5/08/2024 |
2024/09886 | Stuart McNair / Transport - Land / The address of the proposed action is a linear corridor approximately 2 to 2.5 km east of the centre of the Tiaro township. / Queensland / Bruce Highway (Gympie – Maryborough), Tiaro Bypass, construct four lane bypass | Preliminary Documentation | 5/08/2024 |
2024/09893 | Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority (trading as Seqwater) / Water Management and Use / 2323 Esk Kilcoy Road, Somerset Dam / Queensland / Somerset Dam Improvement Project | Preliminary Documentation | 5/08/2024 |
2024/09878 | ONESTEEL MANUFACTURING PTY LIMITED / Mining / Lincoln Highway, Middleback Range / South Australia / Magnetite Expansion Project Stage 2 / SIMEC Mining | Preliminary Documentation | 6/08/2024 |
2024/09892 | James Birkmanis / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 58 Hughes Road, Wurdong / Queensland / Hughes Road Battery Energy Storage System | Preliminary Documentation | 6/08/2024 |
2024/09895 | Shaun Flood / Natural Resources Management / 8km north-east of Leeton / New South Wales / Tuckerbil Wetland Hydrological Improvement Works | Preliminary Documentation | 7/08/2024 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2021/9056 | Image Resources NL / Mining / Munbinea Road, Nambung / Western Australia / Atlas Mineral Sands Project | Approved with conditions | 2/08/2024 |
2022/09353 | Energy Corporation Of New South Wales / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / Merotherie Road, Merotherie / New South Wales / Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone Transmission Project | Approved with conditions | 8/08/2024 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Reference | Title | Date |
2017/7923 | The Trustee for ARD No.7 Discretionary Trust / Residential Development / Lot 11 and 74 Beenyup Road, Banjup / Western Australia / Residential Development on Lot 11 and 74 Beenyup Road, Banjup, WA | 6/08/2024 |
2017/8112 | NW INTERCONNECTED POWER PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / UCL, Section 91 License LIC 00811/2015_A5683256 / Western Australia / Asian Renewable Energy Hub, 220 km east of Port Hedland, Western Australia | 6/08/2024 |
2020/8867 | Lotus Creek Wind Farm Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Croydon, Marlborough Sarina Rd, Lotus Creek / Queensland / Lotus Creek Wind Farm | 8/08/2024 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
2021/9045 | Ransberg Pty Ltd / Mining / Lot 901 South Western Highway, Whitby / Western Australia / Byford Whitby Quarry, portion of Mining Lease M701240 | 5/09/2024 | 6/08/2024 |
lapsed proposals (EPBC Act s.155)
Reference | Title | Date |
2019/8445 | LANDMARK PROJECTS PTY. LTD. / Tourism and Recreation / Lot 4 on RP743792 / Queensland / Resort and Equestrian Centre, Bluewater, Qld | 1/08/2024 |
2011/6218 | Capital Airport Group / Transport - Air and Space / Canberra Airport, Majura Valley / Australian Capital Territory / Malcolmvale West Detention Basin | 5/08/2024 |
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