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Goolwa Channel flow regulators: guidelines for Environmental Impact Statement

2 March 2010

Goolwa Channel

On 18 December 2009, the Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts decided that South Australia's proposal for the long-term placement of flow regulators in the Goolwa Channel and its tributaries will require further assessment and approval. Assessment will be by Environmental Impact Statement, which will be prepared by the South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage. The Guidelines, which will direct South Australian Government in preparing the Environmental Impact Statement, have now been finalised. The next step is for South Australia to prepare the draft Environmental Impact Statement, which will be released for public comment when it is complete.

Wellington Weir

On 10 July 2009, the South Australian Government submitted the Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposal to construct a temporary weir (the Wellington Weir) near Pomanda Island, Lake Alexandrina, South Australia.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts must make a decision on whether to approve the Wellington Weir under national environmental law. This decision had been due on 27 January 2010, but the Minister stopped the clock on this decision on 21 December 2009 to seek further information about the project.

The deadline for a decision now depends on the time that it takes for South Australia to provide the requested information.

If approval is granted under national environmental law, the final decision on whether or not to build the Wellington Weir will be up to the South Australian Government.

The South Australian Government has referred six proposals for consideration under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Some decisions have been made and some assessment processes are ongoing.

Current assessments

Decisions made

Further information

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