EPA Decision Complete
The Proposal
Public Exhibition of Documentation and Public Representations
Development Proposal and Environmental Management Plan
Environmental Assessment Report and EPA Decision
For Further Information
The Proposal
Ben Lomond Water has proposed to upgrade the Deloraine Wastewater treatment plant to enable the treatment of up to 860 kilolitres per day of municipal wastewater. The plant is located at the Deloraine racecourse, Racecourse Drive, Deloraine.
The proponent has lodged a Development Application with a supporting Development Proposal and Environmental Management Plan (DPEMP) to the Meander Valley Council.
The application was referred to the Board of the Environment Protection Authority (the Board) for assessment under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 (EMPCA).
Public Exhibition of Documentation and Public Representations
A copy of the permit application, and of all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application (including the DPEMP) are available for public inspection. The public comment period is now closed.
Following the public comment period the proponent was required by the Board to prepare a DPEMP Supplement to address issues raised in public and government agency consultation
Development Proposal and Environmental Management Plan
The purpose of the DPEMP is to provide a source of information upon which interested individuals, groups, government agencies and the Board may consider the environmental and planning impacts of the proposal.
The DPEMP was prepared by the proponent on the basis of the project specific guidelines for preparation of an DPEMP which were provided by the Board.
Ben Lomond Water - Deloraine WWTP Upgrade - DPEMP and Appendices A to D (7Mb)
Ben Lomond Water - Deloraine WWTP Upgrade - DPEMP and Appendices E to K (8Mb)
Deloraine WWTP - DPEMP Supplement (955Kb)
Environmental Assessment Report and EPA decision
The environmental assessment report has now been completed and can be viewed below. This report contains an environmental assessment and recommendations to the Board in relation to the proposal.
The permit conditions required by the Board to be included in the land use permit, if a permit is granted, by Meander Valley Council are contained in the environmental assessment report.
Deloraine WWTP - EAR (18Mb)
