This page lists open and recently closed public consultations, including development proposals being assessed by the Environment Protection Authority.
These consultations provide opportunities for the community and stakeholders to have their say.
Note: For development proposals, Case for Assessment is the collective term for documents submitted by proponents and may take the form of an EIS, EER or, in the case of some older proposals, a DPEMP.
See also Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas) and Parks and Wildlife Service for public consultations run by those agencies.
Note: Public consultations in relation to environmental legislation will be notified on the NRE Tas website - see Environmental Management.
Assessments Open for Public Comment
Spectran Environmental Management Pty Ltd, Oatlands Ensiler Facility, 6820 Midlands Highway, Oatlands
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.
Case for Assessment open for public comment until: 21/8/2026
Recently Closed Assessment Consultations
MMG Australia Limited, Bobadil Heights, Filtered Tailings Stack, Rosebery
Proposal to construct a Filtered Tailings Stack (FTS) adjacent to the existing Bobadil TSF within Mining Lease 28M/1993, and associated filter plant, pipeline and road infrastructure to process tailings into filtered tailings for disposal within the FTS. The FTS will allow for approximately 12 years of storage at the current tailings production rate of 850,000 tonnes per annum, with the final storage capacity of up to 10.45 million tonnes of filtered tailings.
Draft guidelines closed: 25/5/2026
Hydro Tasmania, Tarraleah Redevelopment Project, Western and Upstream Component
The proposal relates to the redevelopment of the Tarraleah Hydropower Scheme and has multiple aspects. The following aspects related to the construction of the new conveyance infrastructure, which includes crushing of approximately 246,000 cubic metres of rock. are to be assessed by the EPA:
• headrace pipeline, connected to the intake on Lake King William and tunnel;
• arched headrace tunnel, approximately 12 km long;
• access tunnels and portals to headrace and power tunnels;
• surge tower; and
• pumping station upgrades and additional pipeline.
Case for Assessment closed: 25/5/2026
Sanbar Pty Ltd, Pioneer Sand Quarry Intensification, South Mount Cameron
Sanbar Pty Ltd is proposing to intensify operations at the Pioneer Sand Quarry, located approximately 14.5 kilometres southwest of Gladstone. The proposal involves an extraction increase from 5,000 cubic metres to 50,000 cubic metres and processing increase from 1,000 cubic metres to 50,000 cubic metres of sand tailings per year. Currently extracting and processing as a level 1 activity.
Assessment withdrawn: 29/5/2026