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Environmental Impact Assessment

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is being undertaken for the Lower Fitzroy River Infrastructure Project. The purpose of the EIA is to explore the potential environmental, social and economic impacts likely to be associated with the project.

Broadly, the EIA process will be guided by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC). The EPBC Act is Federal legislation related to Matters of National Significance.

The EIA process is a significant component of the preparation required for the Final Project Business Case.

Technical Studies

  • Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Rainfall patterns, temperature and humidity, wind directions and speed, the risk of natural hazards, such as cyclones, thunderstorms, floods and, droughts.
  • Land - Land use and zoning, potential change to land use, new permanent or temporary infrastructure
  • Nature Conservation - Terrestrial, riparian and aquatic vegetation, loss of habitat,
  • Water Resources & Water Quality - Runoff from adjacent grazing land, runoff from irrigated croplands, reduced flows from weirs and water extraction,
  • Air Quality - Impacts of dust generation from construction activities and identification of climatic patterns that could affect dust generation and movement.
  • Noise & Vibration - Key environmental noise, review of proposed construction plan based on noise of construction equipment to be used on site, including new access roads.
  • Waste - Waste generated by delivery of material to site(s), chemical and mechanical processes conducted on the construction sites that produce waste, the amount and characteristics of solid and liquid
  • Traffic & Access Arrangements - Road accessibility, temporary and permanent loss or inconvenience of access to local properties due to inundation from raising the weir(s), and construction traffic impact.
  • Economic Assessment
  • Hazard & Risk
  • Cumulative and Indirect Impacts
  • Native Title
  • Cultural Heritage (Indigenous & non-Indigenous)
  • Social Impacts
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