COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY IN AUSTRALIA OF A DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A NEW CHINESE RESEARCH STATION IN MARIE BYRD LAND, ANTARCTICA
I, Gillian Louise Slocum, Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993, give notice that I have received from a foreign party to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty a draft comprehensive environmental evaluation for the following proposed activity:
“Proposed construction and operation of a new Chinese research station in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica” prepared under the jurisdiction of China.
An electronic copy of the draft evaluation is available online on the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website: https://www.ats.aq/e/eia.html
A hardcopy of the draft evaluation may be obtained via:
Antarctic and Environmental Regulation Section
Policy and Strategy Branch
Australian Antarctic Division
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
GPO Box 3090, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Closing date for public comment is 5:00pm AEDT Monday 14 April 2025.
Please submit comments via email: EIA@aad.gov.au
Or via mail:
Gillian Slocum
Director, Antarctic and Environmental Regulation Section
Policy and Strategy Branch
Australian Antarctic Division
GPO Box 3090, Canberra City ACT 2601
[SIGNED]
Gillian Louise Slocum
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water
3 March 2025