DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 06/05/2024 to 12/05/2024
For further information see the referrals list at https://epbcpublicportal.awe.gov.au/all-referrals/
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 |
2023/09764 | PORT HEDLAND GREEN STEEL PTY LTD / Manufacturing / North Boodarie Station Access Rd within the Boodarie SIA / Western Australia / Port Hedland Green Steel Project - Stage 1 |
| 3/05/2024 |
2023/09718 | Keysbrook Leucoxene Pty Ltd / Mining / 1424 Hopeland Road, North Dandalup / Western Australia / Keysbrook Mineral Sands Project Western Extension |
| 8/05/2024 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2023/09760 | HESPERIA PROPERTY PTY LTD / Manufacturing / 139, 117 and 127 Victoria Road Kenwick (Lots 25, 16 and 988 Victoria Road, Kenwick) / Western Australia / Industrial Development MKSEA Precinct 1 | 2/05/2024 |
2023/09762 | TASMANIAN WATER & SEWERAGE CORPORATION PTY LTD / Waste Management (sewerage) / Selfs Point Road, New Town TAS 7008 / Tasmania / Selfs Point Sewage Treatment Plant and Wastewater Pipeline | 6/05/2024 |
2023/09756* | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation / Commonwealth / 178 New Illawarra Road Lucas Heights NSW 2234 / New South Wales / Transport of OPAL Spent Fuel to France in 2025 | 8/05/2024 |
2024/09818 | Claire Driessen / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 328 Punchs Creek Road, Punchs Creek / Queensland / Punchs Creek Solar Farm | 10/05/2024 |
* Actions which are not controlled actions provided they are undertaken in a particular manner. Further information on provision and manner specified is available from https://epbcpublicportal.awe.gov.au/all-referrals/
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2023/09627 | BLUE POWER PARTNERS PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Lizzie Creek Road, Turrawulla / Queensland / Capricornia Energy Hub (CEH) Transmission Project | Accredited Assessment Process under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Qld) | 3/05/2024 |
2023/09764 | PORT HEDLAND GREEN STEEL PTY LTD / Manufacturing / North Boodarie Station Access Rd within the Boodarie SIA / Western Australia / Port Hedland Green Steel Project - Stage 1 | Preliminary Documentation | 3/05/2024 |
2023/09626 | BLUE POWER PARTNERS PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Corner Mount Barker Road and Eungella Dam Road, Eungella Dam / Queensland / Capricornia Energy Hub (CEH) Pumped Hydro-electric Energy Storage (PHES) Project | Accredited Assessment Process under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Qld) | 7/05/2024 |
2023/09718 | Keysbrook Leucoxene Pty Ltd / Mining / 1424 Hopeland Road, North Dandalup / Western Australia / Keysbrook Mineral Sands Project Western Extension | Accredited Assessment Process under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) | 8/05/2024 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
2020/8784 | Main Roads Western Australia / Transport - Land / Intersection of Roe Highway and Great Eastern Highway Bypass – Roe Highway SLK 37.54 / Western Australia / Roe Highway and Great Eastern Highway Bypass Grade Separation Interchange, Hazelmere WA | 6/06/2024 | 8/05/2024 |
2018/8372 | BOWDENS SILVER PTY LIMITED / Mining / Maloneys Road, Lue, NSW, 2850 / New South Wales / Bowdens Silver Project, 26km south-east of Mudgee, NSW | 28/06/2024 | 10/05/2024 |
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 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water or may not meet timeframes for notification. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 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 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 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.