Artec Woodchip Mill Upgrade, Bell Bay
Artec Pty Ltd proposes to continue using both a diesel and electric chipper, and are seeking to use the diesel chipper more than 120 hours per month until such time as a second electric chipper is constructed.
No change is proposed to maximum production quantity of 600,000 bone dry metric tonnes per year.
Case for Assessment closed for public comment: 5/7/2022
University of Tasmania IMAS Taroona Upgrades to 31 and 41 Nubeena Crescent
The University of Tasmania is proposing to upgrade their existing facilities at Nubeena Crescent in Taroona to include the construction of a new marine educational and research facility for the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS). The proposed upgrades to these sites will provide students with access to wet laboratories, tank rooms, and a workshop and fish manufacturing research laboratory.
Assessment Completed 6/12/2022
Tasmania H2 Pty Ltd, Green Hydrogen One Ammonia Production Facility, Bell Bay
Tasmania H2 Pty Ltd proposes to construct and operate an ammonia production plant that will produce up to 250,000 tonnes of anhydrous liquid ammonia per year. It will use an electrolytic process to produce hydrogen from raw water treated on site. The hydrogen will then be combined with nitrogen separated from air to make ammonia. The facility will also include an on-site wastewater treatment plant.
Assessment Commenced: 18/11/2022
Gaspersic Contracting Pty Ltd, Newall Creek Quarry Upgrade, Queenstown
Gaspersic Contracting Pty Ltd is seeking approval to increase the capacity of extraction and processing at the existing Newall Creek Quarry in Queenstown to 50,000 cubic metres (80,000 tonnes) of product per annum. The proposed quarry operation will involve excavation to reclaim tunnel spoil and include future drilling, blasting, and crushing of natural source rock.
Assessment Commenced: 28/10/2022
Ark Energy Projects Pty Ltd, Hellyer Wind Farm, Hampshire
Epuron Projects Pty Ltd proposes to construct a wind farm located at 2753 Ridgley Highway, Hampshire, approximately 26 km southwest of Burnie. The proposed windfarm will have a total generating capacity of 300 MW with up to 48 wind turbines. Infrastructure will include roads, construction hardstand and laydown areas, temporary concrete batching plants, temporary construction site office and amenities, and an operations site office and maintenance building. On-site quarries will also be considered if feasible.
Two network transmission options are being considered. Development of an onsite connection switchyard, connecting to the existing 110 kV Hampshire-Waratah Tee line which crosses the project area, and a second option involving the construction of a new transmission line which would connect to the proposed 220 kV Hampshire Hills switchyard (TasNetworks), which is likely to be located just north of the site.
Draft guidelines closed for public comment: 13/11/2022
AG and BJ Riley, Gravel Pit Road, Nook - Increased Production
Proposal to expand the existing AG & BJ Riley quarry at Nook from the current limit of 350m AHD down to a level of 260m AHD while also increasing production rate from 50,000 to a maximum of 150,000 cubic metres per annum (approximately 240,000 tonnes per annum), all of which may be crushed/screened.
Case for Assessment open for public comment until: 15/12/2022
Ark Energy Projects Pty Ltd, Western Plains Wind Farm, Northwest Tasmania
Ark Energy Projects Pty Ltd (formerly Epuron Projects Pty Ltd) has proposed to construct and operate a wind farm with up to 12 wind turbines on the peninsula 4 km north of Stanley, including an underground transmission line, approximately 25 km in length to the Port Latta substation. The wind farm will have an installed capacity of up to 50.4 MW of electricity.
Assessment Commenced: 19/1/2018
Break O'Day Council - Scamander Inert Landfill, Coach Road, Scamander
Break O’Day Council is proposing to construct and operate an inert landfill at the site of a former Level 2 putrescible landfill, which currently operates as a municipal waste transfer station. The proposal is to accept up to 3,000 tonnes of inert waste per year, to be filled in cells and then capped.
Assessment Completed 7/10/2022
TasWater, Macquarie Point Sewage Pumping Station
The proposal is for a sewage pumping station with a design average dry weather flow pumping capacity of approximately 160 litres per second and 1.85 megalitre emergency storage
Assessment Commenced: 6/9/2022
GR and AM Whiteley, Meander Shale Quarry Expansion
GR & AM Whiteley propose to intensify operations at the Meander Shale Quarry, located two kilometres west of the Meander township, off Reiffers Road. The proponent is seeking a production increase from 15,000 cubic metres to 20,000 cubic metres per year.
Assessment Completed 7/10/2022