COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993
NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF AN INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION:
MILLION YEAR ICE CORE, INLAND STATION AND TRAVERSE PROJECT
I, Gaia Puleston, Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, 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 operation of the Million Year Ice Core, Inland Station and Traverse Project is likely to have a minor or transitory impact on the environment, and I have authorised the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to carry on the activity.
To obtain a copy of the Initial Environmental Evaluation, please contact:
Kirsten Leggett
Environmental Management Unit
Science Branch
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston Tasmania 7050
Signed
Gaia Puleston
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water
22 November 2022