DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
For further information see the referrals list at http://epbcnotices.environment.gov.au/referralslist/
and type the reference number in the Filter by Referral Number box
actions determined as requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Controlling Provisions | Date |
2020/8648 | Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation / Water Management and Use / Nyah-Vinifera Park / Victoria / Nyah Floodplain Restoration Project |
| 26/06/2020 |
2020/8669 | Idemitsu Australia Resources Pty Ltd / Mining / Duck Ponds Road, Comet / Queensland / Ensham Life of Mine Extension |
| 29/06/2020 |
2020/8676 | Vitrinite Pty Ltd / Mining / near Moranbah / Queensland / Vulcan Complex Project |
| 30/06/2020 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2020/8670 | Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited / Transport - Land / Multiple lots / New South Wales / Albury to Illabo Section of Inland Rail | 29/06/2020 |
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2020/8676 | Vitrinite Pty Ltd / Mining / near Moranbah / Queensland / Vulcan Complex Project | Preliminary Documentation | 30/06/2020 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2017/8065 | UPC ROBBINS ISLAND PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Part of 156356 / 1, 124651 / 19 and 142621 / 1, entire area of 124651 / 14, 124651 / 13, 124651 / 11, 126961 / 12 / Tasmania / Jim's Plain Renewable Energy Park, north-west Tasmania | Approved with conditions | 29/06/2020 |
2018/8322 | SNOWY HYDRO LIMITED / Commonwealth Development / The proposed action incorporates multiple land parcels in the Snowy Mountains Region / New South Wales / Snowy 2.0 Main Works, Snowy Mountains, NSW | Approved with conditions | 29/06/2020 |
2011/6053 | GRANGE RESOURCES LIMITED / Mining / Approx 90km east-north-east of Albany / Western Australia / Southdown Magnetite Project | Approved with conditions | 30/06/2020 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Title | Date | |
2010/5394 | MIDDLEMOUNT COAL PTY LTD / Mining / Bowen Basin / Queensland / Middlemount Coal Project Stage 2 | 25/06/2020 |
2016/7717 | MIDDLEMOUNT COAL PTY LTD / Mining / Approx. 2.4km east of Middlemount township / Queensland / Middlemount Coal Mine, North-eastern Extension, Bowen Basin, Qld | 25/06/2020 |
Some public notifications on the Internet and in the Gazette relating to the processing of referrals for approval under Chapter 4 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 may occasionally be missed in processing by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment or may not meet timeframes for notification. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has implemented systems and ongoing quality assurance procedures to minimise any risk of missing a notification within the required timeframe. Where a missed notification is identified the practice will be to notify these even though the timeframe for notification has lapsed. This will ensure that the history of notifications for each referral is available to the public. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment regrets any inconvenience that may be caused by a missed notification. Please note that late notifications have not affected subsequent processing of referrals or assessments and they do not affect decisions made.