East Arm Resources Pty Ltd, East Arm Road Quarry Expansion, Hillwood

​​​​​​​​​The Proposal​​

The proposal is to expand and intensify the existing Level 2 quarry at the site, increasing the footprint, and extracting and processing at a greater rate per annum, increasing from 130,000m³ to 2,500,000m³ (this volume equates to approximately 4,000,000 tonnes) per annum.

​The proponent has lodged a permit application with George Town Council under the Land Use Planning and Approvals ​Act 1993. The proposal is to 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).

​Development Application​

This proposal was referred directly by George Town Council to the Board of the EPA on 19 October 2020 as a development application (DA 2020/060) and therefore a Notice of Intent (NOI) was not required.

EIS Guidelines

EIS Guidelines have been prepared by the Board to assist the proponent to prepare the 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.

Public comment was invited on the draft guidelines, the comment period has now closed. The final guidelines have been issued to the proponent.​​

 East Arm Resources Pty Ltd, East Arm Road Quarry Upgrade, Hilwood - EIS Guidelines (PDF 2Mb)

Public Exhibition of Documentation

A copy of the permit application and all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application (including the EIS) were made available for public inspection. The public consultation period has now closed. 

​Environmental Impact Statement

The purpose of the EIS 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 EIS was prepared by the proponent on the basis of the Project Specific Guidelines for preparation of an EIS which were provided by the Board.

 EIS East Arm Road Quarry Hillwood V5 - No Attachments (PDF 17Mb)

 Attachment 1 - Land Titles (PDF 413Kb)​

 Attachment 2 - Traffic Impact Assessment (PDF 1Mb)

 Attachment 3 - East Arm Road Quarry (PDF 7Mb)

 Attachment 4 - East Arm Road Quarry (PDF 17Mb)

 Attachment 5 - East Arm Road Quarry (PDF 7Mb)

 Attachment 6 - East Arm Road Quarry (PDF 33Mb)

 Attachment 7 - East Arm Road Quarry (PDF 6Mb)

 Attachment 8 - Environmental Policy VSA Group (PDF 197Kb)

 Attachment 9 - Specifications for machinery and equipment (PDF 4Mb)

 Attachment 10 - Acid Sulfate Soil (ASS) Site Investigation (PDF 5Mb)

 Attachment 11 – East Arm Road Quarry Weed and Pathogen Management Plan (PDF 3Mb)

 Attachment 12 – East Arm Road Quarry (PDF 2Mb)​

 Attachment 13 – Dust Management Plan (Draft for public consultation) (PDF 2Mb)​

 Attachment 14 – Stormwater Management Plan (Draft for public consultation) (PDF 27Mb)​

 Attachment 15 – Environmental Noise Management Plan (Draft for public consultation) (PDF 403Kb)

 Attachment 16 – Blast Management Plan (Draft for public consultation) (PDF 932Kb)

 Attachment 17 – Rehabilitation Management Plan (Draft for public consultation) (PDF 794Kb)​

Environmental Assessment Report and EPA Decision

The environmental assessment report (EAR) has now been completed and can be viewed below. The report contains the permit conditions required by the Board to be included in the land use permit, if a permit is granted, by Council.

 East Arm Resources Pty Ltd, East Arm Road Quarry Expansion, Hillwood - EAR (PDF 12Mb)​