Current Stage
Public Comment Closed on Case for Assessment
Proposal Details
Client: Spectran Environmental Management Pty Ltd
Premises: Oatlands Ensiler Facility
Activity: a waste depot
Class of Assessment: 2B
Important Dates
Assessment Commenced: 13/5/2025
Case for Assessment Opened for Public Comment: 23/7/2026
Case for Assessment Closed for Public Comment: 21/8/2026
The Proposal
The proposal is for the continued operation and the expansion of the ensilage facility located at 6820 Midlands Highway, Oatlands to process up to 200 tonnes of fish mortalities per day (73,000 tonnes per annum). The ensilage facility will process the fish mortalities into a liquid product which is reused in either compost, directly land spread as a fertiliser or used in other process such as oil recovery, biogas generation or rendering.
The proponent has lodged a Permit
Application with a supporting Environmental Effects Report (EER) to Southern Midlands 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
Spectran Environmental Management Pty Ltd, Oatlands Ensiler Facility, 6820 Midlands Highway, Oatlands - NOI (PDF 8Mb)
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.
Spectran Environmental Management Pty Ltd, Ensiler Facility, Oatlands - EER Guidelines (PDF 409Kb)
Public
Exhibition of Documentation
A copy of the permit application
and all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application
(including the EER) were made available for public inspection. The public consultation period has now closed.
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.
Spectran Environmental Management Pty Ltd, Oatlands Ensiler Facility, 6820 Midlands Highway, Oatlands - EER (PDF 72Mb)