DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 15/07/2024 to 21/07/2024
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 |
2023/09659 | The Trustee for the Bottle Tree Energy Park Unit Trust / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Beramah Road, Euthulla / Queensland / Bottle Tree Energy Park |
| 12/07/2024 |
2024/09848 | East Gippsland Shire Council / Transport - Air and Space / 345 Bengworden Road, Bairnsdale (Standard Parcel Identifier (SPI): 4\TP903513) / Victoria / Bairnsdale Airport Upgrade |
| 15/07/2024 |
2023/09637 | ARD No. 4 Pty Ltd / Mining / Lot 5 King Road, Oldbury on the corner of King Road and Anderson Road, Oldbury / Western Australia / King Road Sand Mining Project |
| 16/07/2024 |
2023/09752 | PSH 1 Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 2919 Mount Alma Road, Mount Alma / Queensland / Upper Calliope Solar Farm |
(sections 24B & 24C) | 16/07/2024 |
2024/09797 | MHWF Nominees Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 920 ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD SKIPTON / Victoria / Moreton Hill Wind Farm |
| 17/07/2024 |
2024/09856 | CLARENCE COLLIERY PTY LTD / Mining / Clarence Colliery Road, Clarence, NSW, 2790 / New South Wales / Clarence Colliery - Secondary Extraction of the 918 and 920 Panels using Partial Extraction Mining Methods |
| 18/07/2024 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2023/09682* | Jonothan Kennewell / Residential Development / The Bucketts Way, Tinonee / New South Wales / Carters Creek Estate Residential Development | 17/07/2024 |
2024/09806 | ORSTED OFFSHORE AUSTRALIA 1 PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Offshore of the Gippsland region of Victoria / Commonwealth Marine / Gippsland Offshore Wind Farm Marine Survey Investigations | 17/07/2024 |
* 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.awe.gov.au/all-referrals/
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2024/09847 | CRAIG MCGRATH / Transport - Land / 330 Berrimah Road, East Arm (section 5412) / Northern Territory / Berrimah Freight Terminal Expansion Project | Preliminary Documentation | 11/07/2024 |
2023/09659 | The Trustee for the Bottle Tree Energy Park Unit Trust / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Beramah Road, Euthulla / Queensland / Bottle Tree Energy Park | Preliminary Documentation | 12/07/2024 |
2023/09637 | ARD No. 4 Pty Ltd / Mining / Lot 5 King Road, Oldbury on the corner of King Road and Anderson Road, Oldbury / Western Australia / King Road Sand Mining Project | Preliminary Documentation | 16/07/2024 |
2023/09752 | PSH 1 Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 2919 Mount Alma Road, Mount Alma / Queensland / Upper Calliope Solar Farm | Public Environment Report | 16/07/2024 |
2024/09856 | CLARENCE COLLIERY PTY LTD / Mining / Clarence Colliery Road, Clarence, NSW, 2790 / New South Wales / Clarence Colliery - Secondary Extraction of the 918 and 920 Panels using Partial Extraction Mining Methods | Preliminary Documentation | 18/07/2024 |
2024/09819 | VECCO INDUSTRIAL PTY LTD / Mining / Punchbowl Road, Julia Creek (Bow Park, Malpas Trenton) / Queensland / Vecco Critical Minerals Open-Cut Mining Project | Accredited Assessment Process under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Qld) | 19/07/2024 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2021/9024 | Co-Operative Bulk Handling Limited / Agriculture and Forestry / Corrigin South Road, Corrigin / Western Australia / Corrigin Grain Receival Site Expansion | Approved with conditions | 16/07/2024 |
2019/8605 | Yarra Ranges Shire Council / Tourism and Recreation / Yarra Ranges National Park and Yarra State Forest / Victoria / Warburton Mountain Bike Destination | Approved with conditions | 17/07/2024 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Reference | Title | Date |
2013/7064 | Carabella Resources Limited / Mining / MLA 80194 southeast of Bluff / Queensland / Bluff open cut coal mine project, central Queensland | 16/07/2024 |
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.