DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 18/08/2025 to 24/08/2025
For further information see the referrals list at https://epbcpublicportal.environment.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 |
2025/10228 | Atlas Iron Pty Ltd / Mining / N/A / Western Australia / Atlas Iron Pty Ltd - Sanjiv Ridge Stage 1 Below Groundwater Table Mining |
| 15/08/2025 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2025/10174* | Northern Minerals Limited / Mining / 160 km southeast of Halls Creek, WA within boundary of Mining Lease M 80/627 issued under the Mining Act 1978 (Att_1B_Figure 2 Project Area) / Western Australia / Browns Range Heavy Rare Earths Project - Heavy Rare Earth Bagging Facility and Concentrate Storage Area | 1/08/2025
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* 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.environment.gov.au/all-referrals/
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2021/8993 | Bowen Pipeline Company Pty Ltd / Water Management and Use / between the Burdekin River at Home Hill to Bowen in the Whitsunday Region / Queensland / Bowen Pipeline | Preliminary Documentation | 15/08/2025 |
2025/10228 | Atlas Iron Pty Ltd / Mining / N/A / Western Australia / Atlas Iron Pty Ltd - Sanjiv Ridge Stage 1 Below Groundwater Table Mining | Public Environment Report | 15/08/2025 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2023/09666 | Tasmanian Irrigation Pty Ltd / Water Management and Use / Latrobe Council region - between Devonport and Port Sorell, and as far south as Sassafras / Tasmania / Sassafras - Wesley Vale Irrigation Scheme Augmentation | Approved with conditions | 15/08/2025 |
OUTCOME OF REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF S75(1) DECISION (EPBC Act s.78C)
Reference | Title | Reconsideration Decision | Date |
2012/6406 | Department Of Primary Industries Parks Water and ENVIRONMENT / Aquaculture / Macquarie Harbour / Tasmania / Marine Farming Expansion, Macquarie Harbour, TAS | Not a Controlled Action - Particular Manner | 13/08/2025 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Title | Date | |
2019/8487 | Department Of Transport / Transport - Land / Multiple lots / Victoria / Healesville - Koo Wee Rup Road Upgrade, Vic | 15/08/2025 |
2010/5757 | Boral Resources Qld Pty Limited / Mining / Western side of Pacific Motorway, 5km from Burleigh / Queensland / Extraction and processing of hard rock at Gold Coast Quarry | 20/08/2025 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
2021/8968 | Stevens Holdings Pty Ltd / Residential Development / 414 Old Maitland Rd, Mardi / New South Wales / 414 Old Maitland Road Residential Subdivision | 12/09/2025 | 15/08/2025 |
2021/9050 | Fosterville Gold Mine Pty Ltd / Mining / McCormicks Road, Fosterville / Victoria / Fosterville Gold Mine Sustained Operations Project Sustained Operations Project | 3/10/2025 | 15/08/2025 |
2019/8587 | Lendlease Communities (Figtree Hill No. 3) Pty Limited / Residential Development / west of Appin Road, near Campbelltown / New South Wales / Mt Gilead Stage 2 Residential Development | 13/10/2025 | 18/08/2025 |
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.