Comments on this application closed 29 June 2021. The text and documents below remain available for reference only. Some documents have been removed due to there sensitive nature.
About the application
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has received an application for a permit to kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move Golden Sun Moth, Striped Legless Lizard, Box Gum Woodland, and Natural Temperate Grassland under Part 13 Section 201 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The application is to take sub-surface environmental samples to evaluate for the magnitude and extent of environmental contaminants within soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment on Defence Housing Australia land, Lawson, ACT.
Please see the documents below for further details on the proposal.
How can I get involved?
If the application for a permit to conduct the activity is approved the permit will be valid for a period of up to five years.
In accordance with the provisions of section 200(3) of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
Please submit your comments by 29 June 2021.
Read the application
General permit application (PDF - 338.37 KB)
General permit application (DOCX - 291.21 KB)
Supplementary Form C (PDF - 260.76 KB)
Supplementary Form C (DOCX - 126.65 KB)
Attachments – Additional Information (PDF - 449.33 KB)
Attachments – Additional Information (DOCX - 1.95 MB)
Send your comments
Please include your full name and address in your submission.
Comments should be addressed by letter to:
Director
ACT Assessments
Environment Approvals Division
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
or can be e-mailed to: EPBC.permits@awe.gov.au
To assist in considering comments, you are encouraged to provide comments under the following headings:
- Management and methodology
- Monitoring procedures
- Ecological sustainability of the operation
- Animal welfare
- Other
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