Current Stage
Public Comment Invited on Case for Assessment
Proposal Details
Client: GR & AM Whiteley
Premises: Meander Shale Quarry
Activity: a quarry and materials handling
Class of Assessment: 2A
Important Dates
Assessment Commenced: 7/1/2025
Case for Assessment Opened for Public Comment: 1/11/2025
Case for Assessment Closed for Public Comment: 18/11/2025
The Proposal
The proposal is to intensify extraction and processing activities at the Meander Shale Quarry from 20,000 to 30,000 cubic metres per year.
The proponent has lodged a Permit Application with a supporting Environmental Effects Report (EER) to Meander 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).
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.
GR and AM Whiteley, Meander Shale Quarry Intensification, Reiffers Road, Meander - EER Guidelines (PDF 615Kb)
Public Exhibition of Documentation
A copy of the permit application and all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application (including the EER) are available for public inspection and may be examined during normal business hours at:
Meander Valley Council Offices,
26 Lyall Street, Westbury.
Copies of the EER may be obtained from Ryan Burrows (tel: 1300 746 466 or email rburrows@pinionadvisory.com).
Public Representations
In accordance with s.57(5) of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 (LUPAA), any person may make a representation relating to the permit application (inclduing the EER) from Saturday 1 November to Tuesday 18 November in writing to:
The General Manager
Meander Valley Council
PO Box 102,
Westbury TAS 7303
or by emailing the General Manager at: planning@mvc.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 for the request.
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.
GR and AM Whitely, Meander Shale Quarry Intensification 2025, Meander - Environmental Effects Report (PDF 11Mb)