Documents From 2019 Regarding Yeelirrie Mine - EPBC 2009/4906.

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This 2019 decision brief concerns the Yeelirrie Uranium Mine in Western Australia's Shire of Wiluna (EPBC 2009/4906). The document records the Environment Minister's approval decision for the uranium mining project under three controlling provisions of the EPBC Act: listed threatened species and communities, listed migratory species, and nuclear actions. The brief indicates the Minister was presented with a departmental proposed approval decision (Attachment A), legal considerations, public consultation responses, and recommended conditions of approval. The statutory decision deadline of 3 April 2017 had passed, though late decisions remain valid under the Act. Minister Melissa Price approved the project on 10 April 2019, with conditions specified in Attachment C. The document confirms the Minister reviewed supporting materials including correspondence from the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia dated 5 April 2019. No quantified environmental data, disagreement between scientific and minister