Background

In 2003, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared by environmental consultants C&B Group investigated two options to upgrade supply to Far North Queensland:

1. Replacing the Kareeya to Innisfail transmission line along the same general alignment, or
2. Constructing a new line along a coastal alignment between Tully and Innisfail.

The final EIS for both these options was completed in 2003 and is available in the table below. The EIS was also lodged in the Cardwell and Johnstone Shire Councils libraries and with relevant government agencies.

Powerlink was required to refer the EIS to the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) in December 2003 under the Environmental Protection and Diversity Conservation Act 1999.

In 2005, DEWHA approved the replacement of transmission line along the coastal alignment between Tully and Innisfail. Further information about the decision and conditions attached to the approval is available from the DEWHA website.

To meet the Commonwealth’s conditions of approval, Powerlink undertook investigations and field studies relating to matters of National Environmental Significance. These studies were completed by environmental consultants in March 2006, when the draft Report on the Findings of Targeted Surveys for National Environmental Significance Matters and the draft Environmental Management Plan were released for public comment.

Following public consultation, we forwarded these documents to DEWHA on 9 June 2006 for final approval, which was provided on 28 July 2006.

You can access all related documents in the tables below.

Document	Date	Status	File Type	Size
Resumption and Designation information sheet	9 June 2006	Current	pdf	166KB
Commonwealth Letter of Approval	28 July 2006	Current	pdf	60KB
NES Report
Report on Findings of Targeted Surveys for NES matters	8 June 2006	Current	pdf	212KB
Figure 1 - Proposed Alignment	8 June 2006	Current	pdf	343KB
Appendices
Appendix A - DEH Conditional Approval	8 June 2006	Current	pdf	277KB
Appendix B - Specialist Flora and Fauna Reports	8 June 2006	Current	pdf	1,358KB
Appendix C - Environmental Management Plan	27 July 2006	Current	pdf	348KB
Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Mapping Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 1 Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 2 Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 3 Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 4 Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 5 Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 6 Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 7 Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 8 Appendix C - Annexure 1 - Map 9				50KB 317KB 1,064KB 1,050KB 760KB 943KB 834KB 920KB 783KB
Appendix C - Annexure 2 - Profiles     Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 1 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 2 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 3 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 4 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 5a Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 5b Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 6 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 7 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 8 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 9 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 10 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 11 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 12 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 13 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 14 Appendix C - Annexure 2 Profiles 15				50KB 896KB 1,311KB 1,236KB 1,232KB 757KB 357KB 435KB 495KB 1,063KB 1,439KB 1,282KB 924KB 362KB 740KB
Appendix D - NES Submissions on Draft Report	8 June 2006	Current	pdf	2,209KB
Appendix E - Response to NES issues	8 June 2006	Current	pdf	98KB

Document	Date	Status	File type	File size
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)	5 January 2004	Current	pdf	2MB
Addendums
Frog Mapping Inland Visual K-I_DecommissioningRpt RE_Mapping
Annexures
CASA_Guidelines CAA_Guidelines chapter 07 chapter 10 Consultantation ChronologyListofConsultees DraftEIS_ConsultationSection ListOfConsultees SummaryOfCommunityConcerns Cost Benefit Study CSR_Report Cultural Heritage Part 1 CulturalHeritage Part 2 CulturalHeritage EMF GraphsOfMaximumEMF_Levels GraphsOfOperatingEMF_Levels Engineers Assessments PowerlinkOptionsReport RailwayOptionReport SKM report 19 Mar 03 SKM_K-I_ NewLineAssessment SKM_OptionsReportReview SKM_report TypicalTowers Environmental Management Environmental Management Plan Draft Environmental Management Plan Fauna CoastalOptionsFaunaReport InlandFrogReport InlandReport Tullyone Planning Report Social Impact Assessment Powerlink Terms of Reference (TOF) Draft_TOR FinalPowerlinkTOR Vegetation Reports CoastalOptions-BasiliskRange CoastalOptions-EndangeredVegetation CoastalOptions-MountMyrtle CoastalOptions-MountMyrtleNorth StantonReport WetTropicsSection-SignificantPopulations WetTropicsSectionPlants WetTropicsValues-Flora Wet Tropics Values CromeReport ListOfWetTropicValues
Drawings Maps
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Environmental North Critique
Review of draft EIS CD
Submissions
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