Tasmania Mines Pty Ltd, Extension of WSF5 Waste Rock Storage Facility, Kara Mine
The proposal involves the extension of the existing WSF5 waste rock storage facility at Kara Mine. The waste rock dump is designed to store approximately 7.2 million tonnes of waste rock from the operation of Kara Mine, with around 1.3 million tonnes deposited per year. To facilitate the extension of the waste rock dump approximately 14 hectares of native vegetation will be required to be cleared.
Assessment Completed 8/7/2025
Unity Mining Pty Limited, Henty Gold Mine, 2024 ROM Extension
The proposal is to increase the footprint by 2.3ha of the existing Run of Mine (ROM) pad at the Henty Gold Mine, 23km north of Queenstown. Henty Gold Mine is an underground mine that produces Gold Doré bars, utilising a Carbon in Leach process to extract gold from mined ore. Ore is extracted from within the mine then transported to the ROM pad, where it is crushed and fed into the mill for processing. The purpose of the ROM extension is to allow for more open area for stockpiling different materials, which includes unprocessed ore, PAF waste rock and NAF waste rock.
Assessment Commenced: 20/8/2024
Wicked Cheese Company Pty Ltd, Increase in Milk Processing Capacity, Richmond
The Wicked Cheese Company Pty Ltd is proposing to intensify operations at it’s milk and cheese processing facility at 1238 Richmond Road, approximately 2km from the Richmond Township. The proposal involves increasing the daily milk processing capacity at the facility from the current level of under 3,000 litres per day to a maximum of 10,000 litres per day. The proposal would result in an increase of wastewater output and requires upgrades to the on-site wastewater treatment system.
Assessment Commenced: 19/6/2025
Goshawk Mining Pty Ltd, South Mount Cameron Operations Intensification
Goshawk Mining Pty Ltd is proposing to intensify the operations at the South Mount Cameron Tin Mine. The mine excavates and processes source gravel to produce tin ore (cassiterite), shingles and sand. Annual extraction and processing limits have varied between 20 000 to 75 000 cubic metres per annum since operations began in 2007, with new extraction and processing limits of 200 000 cubic metres per annum proposed.
Assessment Commenced: 19/8/2024
Southern Waste Solutions, Lutana Waste Transfer Station, Lutana Resource Recovery Works
Southern Waste Solutions is proposing to change the use of the Lutana Waste Transfer Station to allow for resource recovery works on up to 90,000 tonnes of waste per year on the existing site. The recovery works would operate in parallel with the existing waste transfer station. Waste will be separated and processed into product streams for reuse where possible.
Assessment Commenced: 15/11/2024
Gadtech Pty Ltd, Nichols Road Quarry Intensification, Nubeena
Gadtech Pty Ltd is proposing to intensify operations Nichols Quarry, located off Nichols Road, less than 1km from the township of Nubeena. The proposal involves a production increase from 10,000 cubic metres up to 20,000 cubic metres of rock and gravel per year, and includes the crushing and screening of material. No change to the Maximum Extraction Area approved by the current Permit is proposed. No new infrastructure is proposed.
Assessment Commenced: 29/4/2025
Springfield Meat Company Pty Ltd, Springfield Abattoir, Production Increase
Springfield Meat Company Pty Ltd is seeking to increase the production capacity of its abattoir at 349 Ten Mile Track, Scottsdale to 4,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of meat products. The existing Permit Conditions – Environmental No. 10214 has a production limit of 2,000 tpa of meat products. According to the proponent, the production increase will be incremental over several years and no major facility upgrades are required.
Assessment Commenced: 23/5/2025
Spectran Environmental Management Pty Ltd, Oatlands Ensiler Facility, 6820 Midlands Highway, Oatlands
The proposal is for the continued operation and the expansion of the ensilage facility located at 6820 Midlands Highway, Oatlands to process up to 200 tonnes of fish mortalities per day (73,000 tonnes per annum). The ensilage facility will process the fish mortalities into a liquid product which is reused in either compost, directly land spread as a fertiliser or used in other process such as oil recovery, biogas generation or rendering.
Assessment Commenced: 13/5/2025
Mt Oriel Breadalbane Pty Ltd, Mt Oriel Quarry, Expansion and Intensification, Breadalbane
The proposal is to increase production from a maximum 200,000 cubic metres per year for the Cocked Hat Hill permit and maximum 55,000 metres per year for McGraths to a maximum 500,000 cubic metres per year (assumed 900,000 tonnes of product per annum based on a given BD of 1.8 tonnes per cubic metre.
The company also propose to import hard material (clean fill), consisting of concrete waste and recycled rock, which will be crushed, screened, and blended on-site, to be exported out for re-use. Up to 30,000 cubic metres of this recyclable material type will be imported to site throughout the year, with the same amount of material to be exported, once its ready for re-use.
Assessment Commenced: 12/4/2024
Sims Group Australia Holdings Limited, Sims Metal Recycling Relocation, Rocherlea
The project entails the construction and operation of a metals recycling facility at the Site, with the capacity to process a volume of up to 25,000 tonnes per annum. Sims currently processes 15,000
tonnes per annum at its Invermay and Bell Bay sites and this volume will be diverted to the Site for processing, with closure of the existing two sites. Materials will be sourced from a variety of generators including public, municipal and manufacturing sources.
Case for Assessment closed for public comment: 28/5/2025
Tyre Recycle Tasmania Pty Ltd, Tyre Shredder, Mowbray
Tyre Recycle Tasmania propose to operate a mobile tyre shredder at their existing Tyre Storage and Processing Facility located at 8 Calvery Road, Mowbray. The approved facility is authorised to process up to 8640 tonnes of end-of-life tyres per annum within an enclosed processing facility, but the facility is yet to be constructed onsite. The site is currently being used to store tyres and the addition of the mobile shredder at the site will enable the processing of tyres.
Assessment Commenced: 7/4/2025
Alcore Limited, Aluminium Smelter Bath Waste Recycling Pilot Plant, Bell Bay
Proposal is to construct and operate a pilot facility to recycle aluminium bath waste to produce aqueous hydrogen fluoride (for reuse in the aluminium smelting process) and metal sulfate by-products. The facility will have a total processing capacity of up to 220 tonnes per annum.
Assessment Commenced: 21/2/2025
Tassal Operations Pty Ltd, Processing Facility Expansion Project, Margate
To improve efficiency across Tassal’s Tasmanian operations, it is proposed to consolidate all filleting operations at the Margate processing facility. Tassal is seeking to increase the production volume of the facility from 4000 t/y to 20,000 t/y saleable product. A variety of infrastructure upgrades will be required to achieve the proposed volume increase. Works include extending existing factory buildings, upgrading the wastewater treatment plant, expanding the car park and managing increased volumes of solid wastes.
Assessment Withdrawn: 14/4/2025
Cellars Hill Wind Farm Pty Ltd, Cellars Hill Wind Farm Major Project, Northwest of Bothwell
This project has been declared a major project under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993, resulting in the Environment Protection Authority becoming one of several ‘relevant regulators’ for the project. The project proposal involves the development of a wind farm and associated infrastructure 10km northwest of Bothwell, accessed via Highland Lakes Road, Meadsfield Road and Southernfield/Waddamana Roads. The project will connect to the existing 220Kv transmission line running through the site.
Assessment Commenced: 11/2/2025