The Board of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has concluded its assessment of a proposal by Cresswell's Transport Pty Ltd for an increase in the maximum extraction and processing limits of dolerite from 13,235 cubic metres per annum to 50,000 cubic metres per annum at the existing Level 2 Exton Quarry in the Meander Valley.
The proposal involves drilling and blasting to extract dolerite rock and mobile crushers and screens for processing.
The Board undertook assessment of the proposal in accordance with the Environmental Impact Assessment Principles in Section 74 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994.
The Board considered the relevant issues and determined that the proposal can be managed in an environmentally sustainable manner, with conditions imposed.
Key conditions include a stipulation that drilling cannot occur at the same time as normal site operations (including operation of the mobile crusher) are occurring to limit noise emissions. Requirements to avoid disturbance of the threatened vegetation community Eucalyptus ovata forest and woodland (DOV) identified adjacent to the quarry activity include the installation of a barrier at the edge of the vegetation and adherence to a 10 metre buffer from that barrier to quarry operations.
This decision and all assessment documents can be viewed on the EPA website at Cresswells Transport and Quarrying Pty Ltd, Exton Quarry Capacity Increase, Porters Bridge Road, Exton | EPA Tasmania.
ENDS.
Published on:
11/03/2026