The acceptance by the State government of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Taroborah Coal Project is a welcome development for the project.
The State government accepted that the EIS meets the requirements of the Terms of Reference and the Environmental Protection Act, and that it adequately describes the project, the environmental issues, and proposed strategies to deal with them. A final approval by the Federal Environment Minister is now awaited.
The State government also issued draft environmental conditions for the project as part of their EIS Assessment report.
A total of 178 comments or queries were received from 26 separate entities, all of which were addressed by Shenhuo in the Response to Submissions document as part of the supplemental EIS process. “This has been a very painstaking process to get this project right, but something we have been very committed to doing properly,” said the project manager, Dave Thomas.
The Response to Submissions, Final EIS documents and the State government’s EIS Assessment report are available for review on the download page.
Naturally, you should also feel free to contact us at any time if you want to know more, or just want to talk about the project generally.