DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 18/12/2023 to 24/12/2023
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 |
2023/09630 | SPORTING SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA WA INC / Tourism and Recreation / 399 Neaves Road, Pinjar / Western Australia / Wanneroo Shooting Complex - Public shooting range |
| 18/12/2023 |
2023/09617 | NEOEN AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 46 Kerri East Road, Moulamein / New South Wales / Tchelery Wind Farm |
| 20/12/2023 |
2023/09595 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / Commonwealth / Jessie Springs Road / Lucky Springs Road, near Gregory Developmental Road, Greenvale / Queensland / Greenvale Training Area Main Works |
| 21/12/2023 |
2023/09649 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / Commonwealth Development / Blamey Barracks Kapooka, Camp Access Road, Kapooka / New South Wales / Blamey Barracks Kapooka Redevelopment Project |
| 21/12/2023 |
2023/09610 | GLOBAL POWER GENERATION AUSTRALIA PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 22 Six Mile Lane, Mortlake VIC 3272 / Victoria / Darlington Wind Farm |
| 22/12/2023 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2022/09370* | VRX Silica Limited / Mining / The proposed action is located to the west of 448 Timaru Rd, Muchea (approx. 700m). Clover Rd, Muchea traverses east to west through the Project Area. / Western Australia / Muchea Silica Sand Project | 20/12/2023 |
2023/09596 | Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania / Waste Management (sewerage) / Reservoir Circuit, Maria Island / Tasmania / Darlington Wastewater Treatment Plant, Service Infrastructure and Water Supply Upgrade | 20/12/2023 |
2023/09608 | J.J. RICHARDS & SONS PTY LTD / Waste Management (non-sewerage) / 15, 21 and 21A Production St Wacol / Queensland / Wacol Waste Management Facility Extension | 20/12/2023 |
2023/09631 | AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE / Commonwealth / Former Canberra Hospital TB Ward and Former Isolation Block (also called H Block), 25 Lennox Crossing, Acton / Australian Capital Territory / Museum of Australian Policing Refurbishment Project | 21/12/2023 |
2023/09677* | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts / Commonwealth / Bounty Street, Kingston / Norfolk Island / Bounty Street Bridge Conservation Works | 21/12/2023 |
* 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 |
2023/09595 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / Commonwealth / Jessie Springs Road / Lucky Springs Road, near Gregory Developmental Road, Greenvale / Queensland / Greenvale Training Area Main Works | Environmental Impact Statement | 21/12/2023 |
2023/09649 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / Commonwealth Development / Blamey Barracks Kapooka, Camp Access Road, Kapooka / New South Wales / Blamey Barracks Kapooka Redevelopment Project | Preliminary Documentation | 21/12/2023 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2021/9130 | Ausbuild Pty Ltd / Residential Development / 65-117 Warner Road, Warner / Queensland / Warner South Residential Development | Approved with conditions | 15/12/2023 |
2014/7217 | Alexander Seal / Residential Development / Lot 7369 Myall Rd Cardiff & Lots 10 & 100 Myall Rd, Garden Suburb / New South Wales / Residential development, Hillsborough, NSW | Approved with conditions | 19/12/2023 |
2022/09328 | WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Maitland Strategic Industrial Estate, North West Coastal Hwy near Karratha Station Road. / Western Australia / Woodside Solar Facility | Approved with conditions | 20/12/2023 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Title | Date | |
2011/5979 | Port of Townsville Limited / Transport - Water / Cleveland Bay approx 3km east of Townsville / Queensland / Port of Townsville - Port Expansion Project | 20/12/2023 |
2008/4419 | COAL AND ALLIED OPERATIONS PTY LTD / Residential Development / Catherine Hill, Nords Wharf and Gwandalan,Lake Macquarie NSW / New South Wales / Catherine Hill Residential Development - subdivision and development | 21/12/2023 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended by | Date |
2020/8647 | Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation / Water Management and Use / Nyah-Vinifera Park, Vinifera, Victoria, 3594, Australia / Victoria / Vinifera Floodplain Restoration Project, Vic | 30 business days | 13/12/2023 |
2020/8648 | Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation / Water Management and Use / Nyah-Vinifera Park / Victoria / Nyah Floodplain Restoration Project | 30 business days | 13/12/2023 |
2021/8894 | Co-Operative Bulk Handling Limited / Transport - Land / corner of Bindoon-Moora Road and Wheatbin Road, Moora / Western Australia / Moora Grain Receival Site - Out-loading Project, WA | 15 business days | 14/12/2023 |
2021/9066 | Upper Burdekin Wind Farm Holdings Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Seaview Range, approximately 65 km south-west of Ingham / Queensland / Gawara Baya (formerly known as Upper Burdekin Wind Farm), 65 km south-west of Ingham, Queensland | 7 business days | 15/12/2023 |
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