Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Documents Regarding Declaration Of Identified Greenhouse Gas Storage Formation.

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The CarbonNet Project is a CO2 transportation and storage initiative in Victoria's Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region, funded by Victorian and Commonwealth Governments since 2009 and delivered by DJSIR. The project involves piping liquefied CO2 captured from regional industrial facilities for geosequestration in the offshore Pelican storage formation. Documents include a draft EPBC referral (referenced as application 01684, commenced 28 February 2023) submitted by RPS Group on behalf of AECOM for departmental review, with supporting figures and land tenure maps. The referral was classified under EPBC Act energy generation and supply (non-renewable) with natural gas pipeline as the sub-type. Individual CO2 capture facilities at source sites will seek separate approvals. The disclosure provides the initial referral framework but does not include detailed environmental assessment reports or ministerial determination documents regarding controlled

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