Commonwealth of Australia

National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012

Declaration that nominations of potential sites may be made

I, IAN MACFARLANE, Minister for Industry, acting under section 6(1) of the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012, and having had regard to:

• whether it is unlikely that a radioactive waste management facility will be able to be constructed and operated on Aboriginal land that has been nominated as a potential site under section 5, and
• relevant comments received in response to the notice of the proposed declaration, and
• other relevant matters,

declare that nominations of potential sites for a radioactive waste management facility may be made under section 7 of the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012.  A call for expressions of interest for site nominations will open in March 2015.

This declaration commences on 12 December 2014.

Ian Macfarlane

Minister for Industry

12 December 2014