Huon Valley Council - Tylers Quarry Upgrade, Strathblane

Current Stage

Assessment Completed

Proposal Details

Client: Huon Valley Council

Premises: Tylers Quarry off Tylers Road, Strathblane 7109

Activity: Quarry

Class of Assessment: 2A

Important Dates

Assessment Commenced: 21/11/2017

Case for Assessment Opened for Public Comment: 9/6/2018

Case for Assessment Closed for Public Comment: 24/6/2018

Assessment Completed: 18/6/2019

​The Proposal

Huon Valley Council has proposed for an increase in production at Tylers Quarry, Strathblane, up to a maximum 10,000m3 of product extracted, crushed and screened per annum. 

The proponent has lodged a Development Application with a supporting Environmental Effects Report (EER) to Huon Valley 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).​

Public Exhibition of Documentation and Public Representations

A copy of the permit application and all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application (including the EER) was made available for public inspection. The public comment period is now closed.

Following the public comment period, the proponent was required by the Board to prepare an EER Supplement to address issues raised in public and government agency consultation

Environmental Effects Rep​​ort

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.

  Huon Valley Council - Tylers Quarry Upgrade - EER   (2Mb)​​​

​​Supplement to the Environmental Effects Report

The supplement to the EER was prepared by the proponent in response to a request for additional information by the Board.​

  Huon Valley Council - Tylers Quarry Upgrade - EER Supplement   (3Mb)

​Environmental Assessment Report and EPA Decision

The environmental assessment report 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.

  Huon Valley Council - Tylers Quarry Upgrade - EAR   (1Mb)