Current Stage
Public Comment Invited on Case for Assessment
Proposal Details
Client: Southern Waste Solutions
Premises: Copping Landfill
Activity: Resource recovery - the production of compost
Class of Assessment: 2A
Important Dates
Assessment Commenced: 25/6/2025
Case for Assessment Opened for Public Comment: 1/4/2026
Case for Assessment Closed for Public Comment: 21/4/2026
The Proposal
Southern Waste Solutions are proposing to establish a short term (approximately 3 years) composting facility. Fully located within the footprint of the existing Copping landfill site, up to 15,000 tonnes per annum of Council Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) is proposed to be composted in open windrows. The facility will utilise the existing landfill leachate treatment system and the resultant compost will be utilised for the rehabilitation of the existing landfill.
The proponent has lodged a Permit
Application with a supporting Environmental Effects Report (EER) to Sorell 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
Southern Waste Solutions, Copping Landfill, Copping Interim Composting Project - NOI (PDF 783Kb)
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.
Southern Waste Solutions, Copping Interim Composting Project, Copping Landfill - EER Guidelines (PDF 390Kb)
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:
Sorell Council Offices
47 Cole Street
SORELL TAS 7172
For assistance in accessing a copy of the
EER, Please contact:: Erin
Fitzner - Ph: (03) 6165 0433 or
E: erin@era-advisory.com.au.
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 (including
the EER) from Wednesday 1st April 2026 to Tuesday 21 April 2026 in writing to:
The General Manager
Sorell Council
PO Box 126
SORELL TAS 7172
or by emailing the General
Manager at: sorell.council@sorell.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.
Southern Waste Solutions, Copping Interim Composting Project, Copping Landfill - EER (PDF 10Mb)