Documents Regarding Decision Of Claravale Development Project - EPBC 2025/10376.

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The DCCEEW decided not to declare the Claravale Development Project Stage 2 (EPBC 2025/10376) a controlled action under the EPBC Act, despite the proposed clearing of approximately 2,722.7 hectares of habitat for listed threatened species including the Endangered Gouldian Finch. The referral decision brief from 13 February 2026 recommended that the project—proposed by Top End Pastoral Company Pty Ltd in the Northern Territory—was not a controlled action, with all EPBC triggering provisions (threatened species, migratory species, wetlands, and Commonwealth land) marked as "No." Four public comments were received during assessment. The minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the NT Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment provided ministerial comments on the decision. The brief indicates the action was assessed as a component of a larger action and accepted under section 74A of the EPBC Act.