Warrawee Substation - Review of Environmental Factors

Preliminariesmarket mechanisms, that enable those best placed to maximise benefitsor minimise costs to develop their own solutions and responses toenvironmental problems.The cost of environmental resources includes the costs incurred to protect theenvironment. The safeguards imposed to minimise adverse impacts would result ineconomic costs to the construction and operation of the project. This indicates thevaluation of environmental resources has been assigned.The proposal has been designed to minimise adverse impacts on the environment byconfining works to defined areas and implementing appropriate control measureswhen impacts are expected.1.5.4 Commonwealth Environmental Protection and BiodiversityConservation ActThe Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999(EPBC Act) prescribes the Commonwealth’s role in environmental assessment,biodiversity conservation and the management of protected areas and species,populations and communities, and heritage items. The EPBC Act applies to all land,waters, seabed and airspace in, under or above Australia.Approval under the EPBC Act is required for:An action which has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on ‘matters ofnational environmental significance’;An action by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth agency which has, will haveor is likely to have a significant impact on the environment;An action on Commonwealth land which has, will have or is likely to have asignificant impact on the environment; orAn action, which has, will have, or is likely to have, a significant impact on theenvironment on Commonwealth land, no matter where it is to be carried out.Where the proponent considers that an action will have or is likely to have a significantimpact on matters of national environmental significance, or on Commonwealth land,a referral is made to the Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment,Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPC). The proponent may also, but is notrequired to, make a referral where they consider that the action will not have or is notlikely to have a significant impact.If it is determined through the referral process by DSEWPC that a project is likely tohave a significant impact on a matter of national environmental significance, or onCommonwealth land, then the project is a controlled action and approval from theCommonwealth Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts would berequired.Warrawee Substation Project/Review of Environmental FactorsPage 8 of 64