Correspondence Regarding QLD Hunter Gas Pipeline - 2008/4483 And 2008/4620.

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The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts received a referral under the EPBC Act for the Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline, a proposed 825 km high-pressure natural gas pipeline extending from the Surat Basin in Queensland to the Hunter River near Newcastle, NSW (EPBC 2008/4483). The referral acknowledgment letters dated 1 October 2008 confirm the proposal was published for public consultation over 10 business days. The Department advised that following consultation, it would determine whether the action constituted a controlled action requiring ministerial assessment and approval, was not a controlled action but could proceed as described, or fell outside EPBC Act jurisdiction. A departmental project manager was appointed to handle assessment. The documents show standard EPBC referral procedures but do not disclose the Department's final decision on whether the pipeline was deemed a controlled action or details of any subsequent assessment outcomes.