Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993
Notice of completion of an Initial Environmental Evaluation
I, Charlton David Clark, Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, give notice pursuant to Regulation 7 of the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993 that I have determined pursuant to 12H and 12J of the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980 that the proposed geotechnical site investigations and environmental investigations to support the Year Round Aviation Access Project that the Antarctic Modernisation Branch has proposed to undertake in the Vestfold Hills in the Australian Antarctic Territory is likely to have a minor or transitory impact on the environment, and I have authorised the Antarctic Modernisation Branch to carry on the activity.
To obtain a copy of the Initial Environmental Evaluation, please contact:
Stuart Gibson
Antarctic Modernisation Branch
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston TAS 7050
Dated this 28th day of November 2018
Charlton Clark
General Manager Strategies Branch
Australian Antarctic Division
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment
Subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person or persons whose interests are affected by this decision may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Energy for the reasons for the decision. An application for independent review of the decision may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, on payment of the relevant fee, by or on behalf of the person or persons whose interests are affected, either within 28 days of receipt of the reasons for the decision, or within 28 days of this notice if reasons for the decision are not sought. Further information may be obtained from:
Strategies Branch
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
KINGSTON TAS 7050
Telephone: 03 6232 3210