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Port of Hay Point Capital Dredging Project

Status

Approved with conditions

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Investment

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Project overview*

EIS status	Approved with conditions
Description	Dredging of the apron area and departure path of the Port of Hay Point, to increase the allowable draft of departing vessels.
Proponent	Ports Corporation of Queensland
Location/s	Port of Hay Point, 38 km south of Mackay. Map
Local government/s	Mackay Regional Council
Key features	increases to size of existing ship manoeuvring apron areas 300-500-metre wide, 9.5-kilometre long departure path from the apron areas to the open ocean

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

Coordinator-General's report on EIS ( 191 KB), October 2005
- Figure 1-1 - Project location and extent of proposed works ( 329 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Figure 1 - Location of Hay Point impact and control sampling sites ( 434 KB)
Environmental impact statement
Terms of reference for EIS ( 147 KB)

EIS and IAS documents

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SEIS September 2005 ( 40 MB)

Port of Hay Point Capital Dredging Draft EIS ( 27.7 MB)
Appendix A - Terms of Reference ( 260 KB)
Appendix B - Stakeholder Consultation Plan ( 343 KB)
Appendix C - Land Based Spoil Ground Selection ( 23.9 MB)
Appendix C - Spoil Ground Selection ( 18.6 MB)
Appendix D - Seagrass, Algae & Benthic Survey ( 6.8 MB)
Appendix E - Benthic Survey of Fringing Coral Reefs ( 57.1 MB)
Appendix F - Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modelling ( 12.4 MB)
Appendix G - Sediment Sampling and Analysis Report ( 48.7 MB)
Appendix H - Cultural Heritage Management Plan ( 1.1 MB)

IAS August 2004 ( 9.2 MB)

EIS process

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Australian Government approval

Commonwealth Minister for the Environment's approval of 'controlled action', subject to conditions.

Last updated: 25 November 2025