Mount Majura Solar Farm - the National Capital Authority

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A proposal requires the approval of the Environment Minister if an action is likely to have a significantimpact on a matter of national environmental significance or listed as a matter of national significance whichincludes:i) World Heritage Propertiesii)iii)iv)Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar wetlands)Commonwealth Listed Threatened Species and Ecological CommunitiesCommonwealth Listed Migratory Speciesv) Nuclear actionvi)vii)Commonwealth marine areasCommonwealth landThis Act aims to ensure the conservation and recovery of flora and fauna species and communities at astate and national level. The requirements of EPBC Act under Part 13 - Species and communities, are thatthe Minister must establish a list of threatened species, threatened communities and key threateningprocesses.To determine whether or not a referral for EPBC is required is determined by undertaking an EPBC analysisto ascertain if the proposed solar farm is likely to have a significant impact on a matter of nationalenvironmental significance or the environment on Commonwealth land.From the above list only parts iii) and iv) are even potentially applicable for the Proposed Works. Informedby expert advice from NGH Environmental, and supported by their Environmental Assessment (Annexure5), the Proponent does not consider that the Proposed Works pose the potential to have a ‘significant impacton matters of national environmental significance’ and therefore the Proposed Works do not need to bereferred for assessment under the EPBC Act.The initial draft self-assessment according to the flowchart below indicates that the Proposed Works do nothave a significant impact, hence a submission to the EPBC will be made supporting this conclusion. It isnoted that the 20MW Royalla Solar Farm to be located on the Monaro Hwy South of the city centre, and the15MW AGL Solar Farm to be located in Williamsdale have both completed the EPBC self-assessmentprocess and been confirmed as not being a controlled action (determination made on 10th August 2012 and4th June 2012 respectively).14Mount Majura Solar Farm – Works Approval Submission
15Mount Majura Solar Farm – Works Approval Submission
Page 1 and 2: Mount Majura Solar FarmWorks Approv
Page 3 and 4: Contents1 INTRODUCTION ............
Page 5 and 6: 1 INTRODUCTIONSolar Choice Pty Ltd
Page 7 and 8: Solar Fields have been highly activ
Page 9 and 10: Figure 1.2 Mount Majura Solar Farm
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Page 13 and 14: We have put together a scheme that
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Page 17: Figure 2.4. Project location shown
Page 21 and 22: The Proponent proposes to implement
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Page 27 and 28: Figure 3.1 Mount Majura Solar Farm
Page 29 and 30: Figure 3.3 Array layout showing PV
Page 31 and 32: VEHICULAR ACCESS, INTERNAL ROAD AND
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Page 39 and 40: Installation of electrical cabling,
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Page 47 and 48: ONSITE ASSESSMENTNGH Environmental
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