Current Stage
Public Comment Invited on Draft Guidelines
Proposal Details
Client: Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture Pty Ltd
Premises: Renison Mine
Activity: a mine and mineral works
Class of Assessment: 2C
Important Dates
Assessment Commenced: 22/11/2024
Draft Guidelines Opened for Public Comment: 15/3/2025
Draft Guidelines Closed for Public Comment: 31/3/2025
The Proposal
Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture Pty Ltd (BMTJV) is proposing to construct and operate a new tailings retreatment plant, tailings storage facility, and associated infrastructure at the existing Renison Mine site, located off the Murchison Highway at Renison Bell. The proposal involves the reclaiming and processing of approximately 30 million tonnes of tailings material from existing tailing storage facilities at the site at a rate of approximately 2.5 million tonnes per year.
The new tailings storage facility, E Dam, has a proposed storage capacity of 37.9 million tonnes. The total disturbance footprint for the proposal is approximately 8.35 km2 and the total area of land to be cleared and or flooded for E Dam is 4.05 km2.
The proponent intends to lodge a permit application with West Coast Council under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993. The proposal will be subject to an environmental impact assessment by the Board of the EPA (the Board) in accordance with the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 (EMPC Act).
Draft EIS Guidelines and Public Submissions
EIS Guidelines, prepared by the Board, assist the proponent in preparing the case for assessment. The guidelines identify the key issues which, based on the information in the Notice of Intent, are expected to be key issues for the assessment of the proposal.
Draft EIS Guidelines - Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture - Rentails Project (PDF 1Mb)
Public comment on the draft guidelines is invited from 15 March 2025 until 31 March 2025.
Submissions on the draft guidelines must be forwarded in writing to:
Chairperson
Board of the Environment Protection Authority
GPO Box 1550
HOBART TAS 7001
or by email to: Enquiries@epa.tas.gov.au
Please note that your correspondence may be publicly disclosed unless there is legitimate commercial, national security or environmental reason for confidentiality. If you would like your correspondence to remain confidential, please make a statement to that effect and indicate the basis upon which the request is made.
Notice of Intent
Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture Pty Ltd, Renison Mine, Rentails Project Expansion - NOI (PDF 20Mb)