On exhibition - Development proposals (DAs, SEEs and EISs)
The following are currently on display for public comment. Written submissions to the relevant authority are welcome until the closing date.
Note: This list is ordered by start date, with most recent at top.
- Proposal title: Modification - Wambo Coal Mine, South Dam (DA 305-7-2003 MOD 8)
- Description: The modification involves the construction and operation of a new mine water storage dam and installation of supporting infrastructure
- Location: Jerry’s Plains Road, Warkworth
- Local government area: Singleton
- Approval authority: Minister for Planning
- Relevant legislation: Section 96(2), Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
- Applicant: Wambo Coal Pty Limited
- Exhibition locations:
- Department of Planning Information Centre, ground floor, Lands Building, 23-33 Bridge Street, Sydney
- Singleton Shire Council, Civic Avenue, Singleton
- Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Level 2, 301 Kent Street, Sydney - Start date: 26 June 2009
- End date: 13 July 2009
- Documents available: Modification application form and statement of environmental effects (preliminaries and pages 1 to 22; pages 23 to 52; appendices)
- Submission to: Director, Major Development Assessment, Department of Planning, GPO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001 or email plan_comment@planning.nsw.gov.au
- Further inquiries: Belinda Parker on (02) 9228 6306
- Proposal title: Modification Tomago Aluminium Smelter (DA 391/80 Mod 4 and 4908/90 Mod 3
- Description: Tomago Aluminium proposes to modify its existing development consents for the Aluminium Smelter at Tomago.
The proposed modification involves:- increasing the processing capacity of the facility (from 530,000 to 575,000 tonnes a year); and
- minor modifications to the layout, design and operation of the facility.
- Location: 576-638 Tomago Road, Tomago
- Local government area: Port Stephens
- Approval authority: Minister for Planning
- Relevant legislation: Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
- Applicant: Tomago Aluminium Company Pty Ltd
- Exhibition locations:
- Department of Planning: Level 2, 26 Honeysuckle Dr, Newcastle NSW (4904 2700) and Information Centre, 23-33 Bridge Street, Sydney (9228 6333);
- Port Stephens Council: 116 Adelaide St (Old Pacific Highway), Raymond Terrace (4980 0255);
- Nature Conservation Council: Level 2, 301 Kent St, Sydney (9279 2466); - Start date: 18 June 2009
- End date: 3 July 2009
- Documents available: The modification application and accompanying statement of environmental effects are available for inspection at exhibition venues or at http://www.tomago.com.au/pages/environmental_management.php. If you would like a copy of the statement of environmental effects sent to you free-of-charge on CD-ROM, please contact the Department's Information Centre on (02) 9228 6333 or email information@planning.nsw.gov.au
- Submission to: The Director, Major Development Assessment, Department of Planning, GPO Box 39, Sydney 2001, email plan_comment@planning.nsw.gov.au or fax (02) 9228 6466
- Further inquiries: Megan Webb on 9228 6495
- Proposal title: Modification – Extension of Shipping Channels within the Port of Newcastle (Stage 2) (DA no. 134-3-2003-i MOD 4)
- Description: BHP Billiton proposes to modify the existing development consent for the extension of shipping channels within the Port of Newcastle, including dredging, excavation, treatment and disposal of sediments from the south arm of the Hunter River. The proposed modification will allow for the progression to Stage 2 of the development consent and involves:
- full-scale remediation of contaminated sediments dredged from the Hunter River on land that was previously occupied by the BHP Newcastle Steelworks
- construction of an emplacement facility for the treated sediments on a former landfill site on Kooragang Island to the north west of the Tourle Street Bridge (known as the Kooragang Island Waste Emplacement Facility (KIWEF)
- transport and placement of treated sediment from Mayfield to KIWEF (or other facility lawfully able to accept it)
- operations to be undertaken 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
- Location: Mayfield, Hunter River and Kooragang Island
- Local government area: Newcastle
- Approval authority: Minister for Planning
- Relevant legislation: Section 96(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
- Applicant: BHP Billiton Ltd
- Status: Modification application and supporting documents exhibited 18 May to 1 June 2009. Modification request currently being assessed
- Documents available:
- Further inquiries: David Rohloff on (02) 9228 6253 or david.rohloff@planning.nsw.gov.au
- Proposal title: Modification - Crookwell II Wind Farm (MOD 1 to DA no. 176-8-2004)
- Description: The proponent seeks to modify the development consent for the Crookwell II wind farm to:
- increase the height of the turbines from 107 metres to 128 metres
- relocate twenty of the forty six turbines by up to approximately 100 metres
- relocate internal access tracks and the site access road off Woodhouselee Road
- install hazard night lighting on approximately twenty three turbines
- Location: Approximately 14 km southeast of Crookwell and 30 km northwest of Goulburn on the Crookwell Road
- Local government area:Upper Lachlan
- Approval authority: Minister for Planning
- Relevant legislation: Section 96(2), Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
- Applicant: Crookwell Development Pty Ltd
- Exhibition details: The modification application and statement of environmental effects were exhibited from 30 January to 2 March 2009 at:
- Department of Planning, Information Centre, ground floor, Lands Building, 23-33 Bridge Street, Sydney
- Department of Planning, Southern Region office, Queanbeyan Government Service Centre, 11 Farrer Place, Queanbeyan
- Upper Lachlan Shire Council, 44 Spring Street, Crookwell
- Upper Lachlan Shire Council, 123 Yass Street, Gunning
- Upper Lachlan Shire Council, 29 Orchard Street, Taralga
- Goulburn Mulwaree Council, 184-194 Bourke Street, Goulburn
- Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Level 2, 301 Kent Street, Sydney - Submissions received by: The Director, Major Infrastructure Assessments, Department of Planning, GPO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001; fax (02) 9228 6355
- Documents available:
- Modification application form
- Statement of environmental effects - part 1 - main report (chapters 1 to 4, chapters 5 to 16)
- Statement of environmental effects - part 2 - appendices (appendices A and B - development consent and DOP advice, Appendix C - visual assessment, Appendix D - noise impact assessment, Appendix E - flora and fauna assessment by BL&A), Appendix F - flora and fauna assessment by Biosis, Appendix G - aeronautical impacts, Appendix H - traffic assessment, Appendix I - telecommunications assessment, Appendix J - shadow flicker assessment, Appendix K - heritage impact assessment, Appendix L - geotechnical assessment)
- Post-exhibition - proponent's response to submissions (April 2009)
- Further inquiries: Keiran Thomas on (02) 9228 6325 or email keiran.p.thomas@planning.nsw.gov.au