Project overview*
| EIS status | Approved with conditions |
| Description | The raising of Eden Bann Weir and construction of a new weir at Rookwood on the Fitzroy River, Central Queensland. |
| Proponent | SunWater Ltd. |
| Location/s |
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| Local governments | The project is located predominantly within the Livingstone Shire and Rockhampton Region local government areas (LGAs), but also borders the Central Highlands Region and Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire LGAs. |
| Investment | $495 million (2014 dollars). |
| Key features |
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| Jobs | 150 direct, peak construction and 5 direct operational jobs. |
* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.
Environmental impact statement (EIS) process
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 23 September 2024 | The Coordinator-General stated a new lapse date for the Coordinator-General's EIS evaluation report of 8 December 2028. |
| 2 December 2022 | The Coordinator-General stated a new lapse date for the Coordinator-General’s EIS evaluation report of 8 December 2024. |
| 11 November 2019 | The Coordinator-General stated a new lapse date for the Coordinator-General’s EIS evaluation report of 8 December 2022. |
| 28 February 2017 | Australian Minister for the Environment’s approval of 'controlled action', subject to conditions. |
| 8 December 2016 |
Coordinator-General's report on EIS ( 6.8 MB) released.
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| 14 September 2016 | The Coordinator-General accepted the revised draft EIS and the AEIS Addendum as the final EIS. |
| 9 August 2016 |
An Addendum ( 23.9 MB) to the AEIS.
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| 28 May 2016 to 27 June 2016 | Additional information to the draft EIS (AEIS) public consultation. |
| 24 December 2015 | Coordinator-General amended the project declaration lapse date from 3 March 2016 to 23 December 2016. |
| 6 November 2015 | Revised draft EIS requested by Coordinator-General. |
| 18 July 2015 to 31 August 2015 | Draft EIS public consultation |
| 3 September 2014 | Revised final terms of reference ( 1.1 MB) for EIS issued and project declaration lapse date
therefore reset to 3 March 2016.
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| 19 July 2014 to 18 August 2014 |
Revised draft terms of reference ( 786 KB) for EIS public consultation.
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| 10 March 2014 | Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 30 October 2014. |
| 27 April 2012 | Final terms of reference for EIS ( 279 KB) issued.
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12 November 2011 to 16 December 2011 | Draft terms of reference for EIS public consultation. |
| 6 May 2011 |
Gazettal of 'coordinated project' declaration ( 175 KB)
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| 9 November 2010 |
Application, including initial advice statement ( 3.44 MB), submitted.
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| 7 January 2010 |
Australian Minister for the Environment decided the project is a 'controlled action'.
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| 22 October 2009 | Project referred to Australian Minister for the Environment. |
Project changes
Since the publication of the Coordinator-General's report on the EIS, the proponent has applied for the following changes to the Lower Fitzroy River Infrastructure project.
Date | Activity |
|---|---|
5 May 2021 | Coordinator-General's report on project change released (PDF, 285KB), approving the change. |
10 February 2021 | Proponent’s request for project change application submitted. |
Environmental impact statement documents
- Part 1 – Chapters 1-4 (
21.8 MB)- Executive summary
- Table of contents
- Chapter 01 - Introduction
- Chapter 02 - Consultation
- Chapter 03 – Legislation, regulatory frameworks and project approvals
- Chapter 04 - Land
- Part 2 – Chapters 5-15 ( 27.3 MB)
- Chapter 05 – Fitzroy River turtle and white-throated snapping turtle
- Chapter 06 – Terrestrial fauna
- Chapter 07 - Surface water resources
- Chapter 08 - Water quality
- Chapter 09 - Noise and vibration
- Chapter 10 - Transport
- Chapter 11 – Consequential impacts
- Chapter 12 - Environmental management plan
- Chapter 13 – Project commitments
- Chapter 14 - Conclusions
- Chapter 15 - References
- Appendix A – EIS submission Analysis Register ( 653 KB)
- Appendix B – Consultation material ( 7.4 MB)
- Appendix C - Connectivity ( 761 KB)
- Appendix D – Revised Project commitments ( 517 KB)
- Appendix E – Fitzroy River turtle and White-throated Snapping turtle species management program ( 24.9 MB)
- Appendix F – Revised draft environmental management plan ( 948 KB)
- Appendix G – Offset proposal for the Fitzroy River turtle and White-throated Snapping turtle ( 3.5 MB)
- Appendix H – Daily flow duration curves ( 8.9 MB)
- Appendix I – Sensitivity analysis (wewt and dry years) daily flow duration curves ( 540 KB)
- Executive summary ( 4.0 MB)
- Table of contents ( 546 KB)
- Chapter 01 - Introduction ( 1.3 MB)
- Chapter 02 - Project description ( 19.3 MB)
- Chapter 03 - Legislation and project approvals ( 856 KB)
- Chapter 04 - Climate, natural hazards and climate change ( 591 KB)
- Chapter 05 - Land ( 34.1 MB)
- Chapter 06 - Flora ( 27.8 MB)
- Chapter 07 - Aquatic ecology ( 21.4 MB)
- Chapter 08 - Terrestrial fauna ( 30.3 MB)
- Chapter 09 - Surface water resources ( 13.5 MB)
- Chapter 10 - Groundwater resources ( 2.1 MB)
- Chapter 11 - Water quality ( 7.5 MB)
- Chapter 12 - Air quality ( 3.5 MB)
- Chapter 13 - Greenhouses gas emissions ( 370 KB)
- Chapter 14 - Noise and vibration ( 3.0 MB)
- Chapter 15 - Waste ( 320 KB)
- Chapter 16 - Transport ( 4.6 MB)
- Chapter 17 - Cultural heritage ( 7.8 MB)
- Chapter 18 - Social ( 2.1 MB)
- Chapter 19 - Economics ( 1.7 MB)
- Chapter 20 - Hazard and risk ( 1.4 MB)
- Chapter 21 - Cumulative impacts ( 4.5 MB)
- Chapter 22 - Offsets ( 3.2 MB)
- Chapter 23 - Environmental management plan ( 1.1 MB)
- Chapter 24 - Conclusions and recommendations ( 229 KB)
- Chapter 25 - References ( 620 KB)
- Executive summary ( 5.5 MB)
- Table of contents ( 410 KB)
- Chapter 01 - Description of the action ( 1.2 MB)
- Chapter 02 - Project description ( 19.2 MB)
- Chapter 03 - Planning and approvals ( 466 KB)
- Chapter 04 - Consultation ( 574 KB)
- Chapter 05 - Alternatives to the Project ( 265 KB)
- Chapter 06 - Methodology ( 13.6 MB)
- Chapter 07 - Existing environment ( 25.4 MB)
- Chapter 08 - General impacts ( 1.6 MB)
- Chapter 09 - World Heritage properties and National Heritage places ( 3.0 MB)
- Chapter 10 - Threatened species and ecological communities ( 9.0 MB)
- Chapter 11 - Migratory and marine species ( 608 KB)
- Chapter 12 - Cumulative and consequential impacts ( 1.9 MB)
- Chapter 13 - Environmental Management System ( 560 KB)
- Chapter 14 - Offsets ( 3.0 MB)
- Chapter 15 - Conclusion ( 253 KB)
- Chapter 16 - Information sources and reference list ( 459 KB)
- Appendix A - Final terms of reference ( 1.1 MB)
- Appendix B - Terms of reference cross-reference ( 1.1 MB)
- Appendix C - Glossary and abbreviations ( 395 KB)
- Appendix D - Study team ( 264 KB)
- Appendix E - Proponents' environmental policies ( 478 KB)
- Appendix F - Consultation report ( 8.8 MB)
- Appendix G - Land - detailed mapping:
- Eden Bann Weir ( 64.8 MB)
- Rookwood Weir ( 55.6 MB)
- Eden Bann Weir (
- Appendix H - Assessment of potential implications on native vegetation and terrestrial ecosystems (Nangura 2007) ( 1.4 MB)
- Appendix 1 - Vascular plant species recorded from the Lower Dawson River study area ( 120 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Report photo plates ( 3.6 MB)
- Appendix 3 - Biocondition review - Riparian Offset Zones on Upper Bank ( 253 KB)
- Appendix 3a - Riparian offset zone photos ( 7.8 MB)
- Attachment 1 - Vegetation maps ( 279.3 MB)
- Attachment 1 - Eden Bann Impoundment vegetation maps ( 63.6 MB)
- Attachment 1 - Rookwood Impoundment vegetation maps ( 139.7 MB)
- Attachment 1 - Field site vegetation maps ( 1.4 MB)
- Attachment 1 - Offset location maps ( 13.6 MB)
- Attachment 2 - Site photo gallery ( 170 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Vascular plant species recorded from the Lower Dawson River study area (
- Appendix I - Flora - detailed mapping:
- Eden Bann Weir (FSL 18.2 m) ( 6.1 MB)
- Eden Bann Weir (FSL 20.2 m) ( 6.2 MB)
- Rookwood Weir (FSL 45.5 m) ( 6.5 MB)
- Rookwood Weir (FSL 49.0 m) ( 6.8 MB)
- Eden Bann Weir (FSL 18.2 m) (
- Appendix J - Eden Bann Weir baseline aquatic ecology report ( 9.2 MB)
- Appendix K - Rookwood Weir baseline aquatic ecology report ( 9.6 MB)
- Appendix L - Fitzroy River turtle (Rheodytes leukops) technical report ( 31.6 MB)
- Appendix M - Fitzroy River turtle (Rheodytes leukops) species management program ( 21.6 MB)
- Appendix N - Eden Bann Weir baseline terrestrial fauna report ( 16.1 MB)
- Appendix O - Rookwood Weir baseline terrestrial fauna report ( 16.0 MB)
- Appendix P - Surface water resources supporting material:
- Part 1 - Regulatory framework and yield modelling ( 3.6 MB)
- Part 2 - Existing environment and potential impacts on stream flow patterns ( 1.5 MB)
- Part 3 - IQQM statistical modelling comparison, hydrologic investigations and modelling ( 4.0 MB)
- Part 4 - Hydraulic modelling and references ( 4.0 MB)
- Appendix A - MDS plots ( 1.3 MB)
- Appendix B - MDS plots (EB1 vs RW2+EB3; theoretical yield) ( 899 KB)
- Appendix C - Stream flow hydrology ( 2.7 MB)
- Appendix D - Flow duration curves ( 1.6 MB)
- Appendix E - Eden Bann Weir existing flood extents:
- E1 - 1 in 2 year AEP ( 46.5 MB)
- E2 - 1 in 5 year AEP ( 46.7 MB)
- E3 - 1 in 10 year AEP ( 46.5 MB)
- E4 - 1 in 20 year AEP ( 45.9 MB)
- E5 - 1 in 50 year AEP ( 45.1 MB)
- E6 - 1 in 100 year AEP ( 44.6 MB)
- E1 - 1 in 2 year AEP (
- Appendix E - Eden Bann Weir design flood extents:
- E7 - 1 in 2 year AEP ( 46.5 MB)
- E8 - 1 in 5 year AEP ( 46.7 MB)
- E9 - 1 in 10 year AEP ( 46.4 MB)
- E10 - 1 in 20 year AEP ( 45.9 MB)
- E11 - 1 in 50 year AEP ( 45.3 MB)
- E12 - 1 in 100 year AEP ( 44.6 MB)
- E7 - 1 in 2 year AEP (
- Appendix F - Rookwood Weir existing flood extents:
- F1 - 1 in 2 year AEP ( 46.5 MB)
- F2 - 1 in 5 year AEP ( 46.7 MB)
- F3 - 1 in 10 year AEP ( 46.4 MB)
- F4 - 1 in 20 year AEP ( 45.9 MB)
- F5 - 1 in 50 year AEP ( 45.0 MB)
- F6 - 1 in 100 year AEP ( 44.4 MB)
- F1 - 1 in 2 year AEP (
- Appendix F - Rookwood Weir design flood extents:
- F7 - 1 in 2 year AEP ( 46.5 MB)
- F8 - 1 in 5 year AEP ( 46.7 MB)
- F9 - 1 in 10 year AEP ( 46.5 MB)
- F10 - 1 in 20 year AEP ( 45.9 MB)
- F11 - 1 in 50 year AEP ( 45.1 MB)
- F12 - 1 in 100 year AEP ( 44.6 MB)
- F7 - 1 in 2 year AEP (
- Part 1 - Regulatory framework and yield modelling (
- Appendix Q - Traffic and transport supporting material:
- Appendix R - Social impact assessment report ( 4.9 MB)
- Appendix S - Economic Assessment report (confidential) ( 120 KB)
- Appendix T - Counter-terrorism and critical infrastructure protection report (confidential) ( 114 KB)
- Appendix U - EPBC Protected Matters Search Tool Results ( 713 KB)
- Appendix V - IQQM yield assessment (confidential) ( 114 KB)
- Appendix W - Project commitments ( 367 KB)
- Appendix X - Fish passage technical report ( 10.0 MB)
- Appendix Y - Consolidated mitigation measures under EPBC Act ( 378 KB)
Further information
For more information, visit the Lower Fitzroy River Infrastructure Project website.