MMG Australia Limited, Bobadil Heights, Filtered Tailings Stack, Rosebery
Proposal to construct a Filtered Tailings Stack (FTS) adjacent to the existing Bobadil TSF within Mining Lease 28M/1993, and associated filter plant, pipeline and road infrastructure to process tailings into filtered tailings for disposal within the FTS. The FTS will allow for approximately 12 years of storage at the current tailings production rate of 850,000 tonnes per annum, with the final storage capacity of up to 10.45 million tonnes of filtered tailings.
Assessment Commenced: 12/3/2026
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.
Case for Assessment closed for public comment: 13/4/2026
Allan Lord Holdings Pty Ltd, Purdys Road Quarry Expansion, Smithton
Allan Lord Holdings Pty Ltd is proposing to expand the footprint of its Purdys Road Quarry, allowing the life of the quarry to be extended. The quarry is currently regulated as a Level 2 quarry by the EPA.
The site is located at Purdys Road approximately 5 kms south-east of Smithton and within mining lease 1398P/M. An application has been lodged for an additional mining lease 2144P/M to cover the proposed expansion area.
The Proposal does not involve changing the current regulatory limit of 50,000 cubic meters per year, nor does it involve changing the current methods of extraction (rock breaking and excavation) and processing (crushing and screening).
Case for Assessment closed for public comment: 1/4/2026
The New Black Biochar Pty Ltd, and Dovetail Timbers Pty Ltd, Sawmill and Pyrolysis Facility, Huonville
The proposal is for two activities; a sawmill and a pyrolysis facility. The land is owned by Dovetail Timbers Pty Ltd, who will operate the proposed sawmill, which has a production capacity of less than 1000 cubic metres per year. The sawmill operation will include milling, machining, kiln drying utilising waste heat from the biochar facility and the production of engineered wood product using glue lamination.
Case for Assessment closed for public comment: 23/3/2026
Hydro Tasmania, Tarraleah Redevelopment Project, Western and Upstream Component
The proposal relates to the redevelopment of the Tarraleah Hydropower Scheme and has multiple aspects. The following aspects related to the construction of the new conveyance infrastructure, which includes crushing of approximately 246,000 cubic metres of rock. are to be assessed by the EPA:
• headrace pipeline, connected to the intake on Lake King William and tunnel;
• arched headrace tunnel, approximately 12 km long;
• access tunnels and portals to headrace and power tunnels;
• surge tower; and
• pumping station upgrades and additional pipeline.
The proposal component to be assessed by the EPA will be located around the Clarke Dam area of Lake King William to near Tarraleah Village. Components to the east and downstream involving the new hydropower pump station, new transmission lines and new switchyard are to be assessed by Central Highlands Council.
Case for Assessment open for public comment until: 25/5/2026
Sanbar Pty Ltd, Pioneer Sand Quarry Intensification, South Mount Cameron
Sanbar Pty Ltd is proposing to intensify operations at the Pioneer Sand Quarry, located approximately 14.5 kilometres southwest of Gladstone. The proposal involves an extraction increase from 5,000 cubic metres to 50,000 cubic metres and processing increase from 1,000 cubic metres to 50,000 cubic metres of sand tailings per year. Currently extracting and processing as a level 1 activity.
Case for Assessment closed for public comment: 4/2/2025
Southern Waste Solutions, Copping Interim Composting Project, Copping Landfill
Southern Waste Solutions are proposing to establish a short term (approximately 3 years) composting facility. Fully located within the footprint of the existing Copping landfill site, up to 15,000 tonnes per annum of Council Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) is proposed to be composted in open windrows. The facility will utilise the existing landfill leachate treatment system and the resultant compost will be utilised for the rehabilitation of the existing landfill.
Case for Assessment open for public comment until: 21/4/2026
SW & AJ Barker, Production Increase, Boys Road Quarry
The proposal is to consolidate and increase production on the existing level 1 quarries which operate adjacent to each other on mining leases 5M/2017 and 40M/1990. The proposed maximum production is 40,000 cubic metres of gravel/year and includes extraction, crushing and screening.
Case for Assessment open for public comment until: 20/4/2026
Pentarch Logistics Pty Ltd, Massy Greene Drive Wood Optimisation Hub, South Burnie
Pentarch Logisitcs Pty Ltd is proposing modification of its existing Level 2 woodchip mill to include a high-technology wood optimisation hub (sawmill) to divert up to 143,000 cubic meters of its existing eucalypt pulp log feedstock to the wood optimisation hub where logs will be scanned and assessed for suitability of milling. The sawmill will then process the suitable logs, producing up to 60,000 cubic meters of pallet grade lumber for constructing pallets onsite.
Case for Assessment closed for public comment: 2/6/2025
Tassal Operations Pty Ltd, Fish Processing Facility Upgrade, Dover
The proposal is for upgrades to the existing fish processing facility at Dover, to produce up to 50,000 tonnes of product per annum. The proposed upgrade will include an increase in daily effluent discharge up to 720 kL/day from an existing discharge point into Port Esperance, and an upgrade to the wastewater treatment plant.
Assessment Completed 12/3/2026
Southern Midlands Council, Stonehenge Quarry Increase in Production, Tunnack
Southern Midlands Council is proposing to intensify operations at the Stonehenge Quarry, located off Stonehenge and Swanston Roads, approximately 15 kilometres northeast of Tunnack. The proposal involves a production increase from 5,000 cubic metres (m³) to 20,000 m³ of weathered dolerite per year and includes the crushing and screening of material.
Stonehenge Quarry is a current level 1 quarry (mining lease: 1977 P/M), supplying materials to council and private projects throughout the municipality, with a current maximum annual extraction limit of 5,000 m³ and processing limit of 1,000 m³.
Assessment Completed 11/3/2026