Production levels from the New Acland operation under this stage will be between mtpa. The revised Project will be subject to rigorous scientific and environmental assessment by the State Government through the regular Environmental Impact Statement EIS processes.
New Hope will also continue to work in partnership with neighbours, local residents, government agencies and other key stakeholders in further developing the project. To view documents related to New Acland's operations please visit the Reporting Page. Learn More. A range of other approvals may be required depending on the nature and location of a mine and its associated infrastructure, such as a water licence to extract groundwater or surface water under the Water Act Qld.
This legislation provides an environmental impact statement EIS process for large projects but does not actually approve the projects occuring. The EIS process for the mine commenced in but stalled in when the then Newman-LNP Queensland Government announced it did not support the project due to the damage the mine would cause to prime agricultural land. A revised, smaller Stage 3 project was proposed — reducing the proposed mine output to 7.
The Queensland Coordinator-General issued a report in December recommending the revised Stage 3 project be approved. Concurrently with the Queensland assessment of the mine, it was assessed under the EPBC Act using a bilateral agreement and subsequently approved by the Commonwealth Environment Minister in early The applications for the mining leases and amendment of its existing environmental authority for the mine under Queensland law were the subject of an objections hearing in the Land Court of Queensland.
Over 30 objections were made by surrounding farmers and landholder groups to the revised Stage 3 proposal when it was publicly advertised for objections under the MRA and EPA in The focus here is on the objection of a landholder group, the Oakey Coal Action Alliance OCAA , which was one of 12 objectors who actively participated in the objections hearing in the Land Court.
OCAA objected to the mining lease and the amendment of the existing environmental authority for Stage 3 of the mine on numerous grounds, in summary including:. The objections to the revised Stage 3 expansion of the mine were referred to the Land Court in and Member PA Smith was assigned to the hearing.
He was a very experienced judicial officer who had heard many cases against proposed mines in the past, including the proposed Alpha Coal Mine. The large number of objectors and complex evidence in the case led to a mammoth trial, the longest in the year history of the Land Court.
The hearing took almost sitting days, during which almost 2, exhibits containing many tens of thousands of pages of material, and well in excess of 2, pages of submissions were received by the court. The remaining grounds were, in summary:. Prime Minister says he does not believe he has told a lie in public life.
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