COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Invitation to comment on a draft bilateral agreement
with Queensland under section 49A of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
In accordance with subsection 49A(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (the EPBC Act) and Division 16.1 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, I, GREG HUNT, Minister for the Environment, give notice that the draft bilateral agreement with Queensland is publicly available at http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18543 or can be obtained from the contact below. The draft bilateral agreement is intended to be an amendment of the existing bilateral agreement with the State of Queensland.
The bilateral agreement (as amended) may declare classes of actions do not need assessment under Part 8 of the EPBC Act.
Any person is invited to provide written comments on the draft agreement by no later than 5pm on Friday, 6 December 2013. Written comments are to be directed to:
Regulatory Reform Taskforce
Department of the Environment
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Or
Onestopshop@environment.gov.au