Correspondence Regarding Mt Cotton Quarry Expansion - EPBC 2011/6225.

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This correspondence from DCCEEW's Queensland South Assessment Section (July 2024) concerns the Mt Cotton Quarry Expansion project (EPBC 2011/6225). An assessment officer summarises compliance discussions with project consultants regarding fauna corridor management and material transport logistics. Key points include: the proponent's shift from a bridge to an underpass design for fauna movement across the access road (reconsidered in 2017), and staged quarrying with truck transport on the access road during stage 1A (approximately 5 years) before a conveyor system and processing plants are constructed in stage 1B. The officer notes these changes appear consistent with the original 2011 referral documentation, though verification was pending. No environmental data, scientific disagreement with ministerial decisions, or specific offset/mitigation quantification is detailed in this excerpt.