DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 23/09/2024 to 29/09/2024
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 |
2024/09880 | Woolnorth Wind Farm Holding Pty Ltd (Woolnorth Renewables) / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 1665 Woolnorth Rd, Woolnorth / Tasmania / Woolnorth Wind Farm Repowering |
| 9/09/2024
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2024/09917 | Laree Walker / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / Kemerton substation, Wokalup to Marriott Road, Wellesley / Western Australia / Kemerton Substation to Kemerton Renewable Energy Node – 132 kV Over Head Transmission Line |
| 16/09/2024 |
2024/09919 | PORT OF BRISBANE PTY LTD / Transport - Water / Moreton Bay, in and adjacent to the existing Port of Brisbane navigational channels / Queensland / Port of Brisbane Channel Enhancement Project |
| 19/09/2024 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2024/09944 | Tim Kildea / Water Management and Use / Lot 10, St Andrews Drive, Port Lincoln / South Australia / Eyre Peninsula Desalination Plant | 24/09/2024 |
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2024/09917 | Laree Walker / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / Kemerton substation, Wokalup to Marriott Road, Wellesley / Western Australia / Kemerton Substation to Kemerton Renewable Energy Node – 132 kV Over Head Transmission Line | Preliminary Documentation | 16/09/2024 |
2024/09919 | PORT OF BRISBANE PTY LTD / Transport - Water / Moreton Bay, in and adjacent to the existing Port of Brisbane navigational channels / Queensland / Port of Brisbane Channel Enhancement Project | Accredited Assessment Process under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971. | 19/09/2024 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2019/8427 | Narrabri Coal Operations Pty Ltd / Mining / 10 Kurrajong Creek Road, Baan Baa, NSW, 2390 / New South Wales / Narrabri Underground Mine Stage 3 Extension Project, NSW | Approved with conditions | 24/09/2024 |
2020/8735 | MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd / Mining / 1100 Wybong Road, Muswellbrook / New South Wales / Mount Pleasant Optimisation Project | Approved with conditions | 24/09/2024 |
2022/09208 | Ashton Coal Operations Pty Limited / Mining / Ravensworth Underground Mine, Lemington Road, Ravensworth, NSW, 2330. / New South Wales / Ashton Coal Operations Ravensworth Underground Mine | Approved with conditions | 24/09/2024 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
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 | 9/12/2024 | 20/09/2024
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