DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

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actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)

Reference

Title

Date

2014/7314

Regional Power Corporation/Energy generation and supply (non-renewable)/Onslow, Shire of Ashburton, WA/WA/Onslow Power Infrastructure Upgrade Project, Onslow, WA

03/10/2014

2014/7265

Parks Victoria /Natural resources management/Macleod Morass Wildlife Reserve, Gippsland Lakes Ramsar Site, VIC/VIC/Vegetation Management, Macleod Morass Wildlife Reserve, Gippsland Lakes Ramsar Site, VIC

10/10/2014

2014/7325

Mr G.J. McHale and P.J. McHale/Residential development/Ipswich/QLD/Master planned residential community, Ripley Valley, QLD

10/10/2014

 

DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)

Reference

Title

Approval Decision

Date

2013/6837

Coogee Energy Pty Ltd/Commercial development/Laverton North/VIC/Expansion of the Methanol Plant at 171-181 Fitzgerald Road

Approved with conditions

14/10/2014

 

NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))

Reference

Title

Extended to

Date

2013/7002

Yass Valley Wind Farm Pty Limited/Energy generation and supply (renewable)/Yass/NSW/Yass Valley Wind Farm

13/10/2014

24/09/2014

 

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 the Environment or may not meet timeframes for notification. The Department of 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 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.


 

NOTICE OF EXemption from a provision of part 3 (EPBC Act section 158(7))

 

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Commonwealth of Australia

 

Exemption under section 158 of the

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)

 

 

I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, being satisfied that it is in the national interest to do so, exempt, under section 158 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act), the State of Western Australia and those acting on behalf of the State of Western Australia, from the application of all of the provisions of Part 3 and from section 74AA of the EPBC Act in relation to the following action:

 

The deployment of fishing gear in Western Australian state waters to catch a shark posing an imminent threat to public safety as defined in the Western Australian Department of Fisheries Guidelines for fishing for sharks posing an imminent threat to public safety, and that is to be monitored throughout their deployment, for up to three (3) days (which includes the date of this notice).

 

 

 

SIGNED

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Minister for the Environment

 

 

Dated this 2nd day of October 2014

 

A copy of the Minister’s statement of reasons for this decision is publicly available at the following internet address:  http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/notices/exemptions.html