Current Stage
Public Comment Closed on Case for Assessment
Proposal Details
Client: Allan Lord Holdings Pty Ltd
Premises: Purdys Road Quarry
Activity: a quarry and materials handling
Class of Assessment:
Important Dates
Assessment Commenced: 2/10/2023
Case for Assessment Opened for Public Comment: 18/3/2026
Case for Assessment Closed for Public Comment: 1/4/2026
The Proposal
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).
The proponent has lodged a Permit
Application with a supporting Environmental Effects Report (EER) to Circular Head 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).
Notice of Intent
Allan Lord Holdings Pty Ltd, Purdys Road Quarry Expansion, Smithton - NOI (PDF 832Kb)
Environmental Effects Report Guidelines
EER Guidelines have been prepared by the Board to assist the proponent to prepare a case for assessment. Based on the information contained in the Notice of Intent, the guidelines identify the key issues which are expected to be relevant to the assessment of the proposal.
Allan Lord Holdings Pty Ltd, Purdys Road Quarry Expansion, Smithton - EER Guidelines (PDF 234Kb)
Public
Exhibition of Documentation
A copy of the permit application
and all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application
(including the EER) were made available for public inspection. The public consultation period has now closed.
Environmental Effects
Report
The purpose of the EER is to provide a source of
information upon which interested individuals, groups, government agencies and
the Board may consider the environmental impacts of the proposal.
The EER was prepared by the proponent on the basis of the
Project Specific Guidelines for preparation of an EER which were provided by the Board.
Allan Lord Holdings Pty Ltd, Purdys Road Quarry Expansion, Smithton - EER (PDF 47Mb)