Project overview*
| EIS status | Approved with conditions |
| Description | A 115-kilometre pipeline to enable the transfer of 30,000 megalitres of water per annum from the lower Fitzroy River to Gladstone. |
| Proponent | Gladstone Area Water Board |
| Location/s | The pipeline will run within the proposed Stanwell-Gladstone Infrastructure Corridor for the majority of its length before connecting with existing water infrastructure in the Gladstone State Development Area. Map |
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*Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.
Environmental impact statement (EIS) process
| Date | Activity |
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| 6 November 2015 | The Coordinator-General extended the currency period for the EIS Evaluation Report from 3 February 2016 to 2 February 2018. |
| 13 November 2013 | The Coordinator-General extended the currency period for the EIS Evaluation Report from 3 February 2014 to 2 February 2016. |
| 4 November 2011 |
Commonwealth Minister for the Environment's approval of controlled action, subject to conditions.
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| 2 February 2010 | Coordinator-General's report on EIS ( 1.29 MB) released.
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| 2 June 2009 | Supplementary EIS (SEIS) submitted. |
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1 November 2008 to 15 December 2008 |
Public consultation on EIS.
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| 30 October 2007 | Terms of reference ( 367 KB) released.
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25 August to 2007 to 24 September 2007 | Public consultation on draft terms of reference for EIS. |
| 3 August 2007 |
Gazettal of 'significant project' declaration ( 192 KB)
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| 11 July 2007 |
Project deemed a controlled action by Commonwealth Minister for the Environment.
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| 30 May 2007 |
Application, including initial advice statement ( 4.4 MB), submitted.
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Project's EIS documents
Supplementary EIS
- Environmental impact statement supplementary report summary (
15 MB) - Environmental impact statement supplementary report ( 1 MB)
AEIS Appendices
- Appendix a submissions ( 6.5 MB)
- Appendix b revised-list-of-proponent-commitments ( 383 KB)
- Appendix c development-approvals ( 238 KB)
- Appendix d regional-ecosystem-clearing-information ( 68 MB)
- Appendix e yellow-chat-research-proposal ( 385 KB)
- Appendix f revised-planning-environmental-management-plan ( 2.6 MB)
- Appendix g property-line-list ( 361 KB)
EIS
- EIS summary ( 5.1 MB)
- EIS chapter 1 introduction ( 10 MB)
- EIS chapter 2 project-description ( 16 MB)
- EIS chapter 3 climate ( 5.7 MB)
- EIS chapter 4 land-use-and-infrastructure ( 22 MB)
- EIS chapter 5 soils-and-contanimated-land ( 8 MB)
- EIS chapter 6 terrestrial-flora ( 6.9 MB)
- EIS chapter 7 terrestrial-fauna ( 14 MB)
- EIS chapter 8 aquatic-flora-and-fauna ( 22 MB)
- EIS chapter 9 water-resources-and-water-quality ( 6.5 MB)
- EIS chapter 10 air-environment ( 6.3 MB)
- EIS chapter 11 waste ( 5.9 MB)
- EIS chapter 12 noise-and-vibration ( 2.5 MB)
- EIS chapter 13 transport-and-access-arrangements ( 9.0 MB)
- EIS chapter 14 cultural-heritage ( 3.9 MB)
- EIS chapter 15 social-and-economic-environment ( 4.3 KB)
- EIS chapter 16 hazard-and-risk ( 9 MB)
- EIS chapter 17 landscape-and-visual-impact-assessment ( 14 KB)
- EIS chapter 18 summary-of-impacts-and-cumulative-effects ( 502 KB)
- EIS chapter 19 sustainability-impacts ( 3.7 MB)
- EIS chapter 20 planning-environmental-management-plan ( 6.4 KB)
EIS appendices
- Appendix a terms-of-reference-checklist ( 316 KB)
- Appendix b public-engagement-report ( 29 MB)
- Appendix c development-approvals ( 188 KB)
- Appendix d property-line-list ( 158 KB)
- Appendix e1 soils-and-contaminated-land ( 4 MB)
- Appendix e2 terrestrial-flora ( 2.2 MB)
- Appendix e3 terrestrial-fauna ( 272 KB)
- Appendix e4 aquatic-flora-and-fauna ( 322 KB)
- Appendix e5 noise-and-vibration ( 430 KB)
- Appendix f list-of-proponent-commitments ( 180 KB)
- Appendix g potential-impacts-on-matters-of-national-environmental-significance ( 2.2 KB)
- Appendix h eis-study-team ( 144 KB)
Further information
For more information, visit the Gladstone-Fitzroy Water Pipeline website.