Australian Capital Territory

Land (Planning and Environment) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Notice 2008 (No 1)

DA 200704152 - Proposed Natural Gas Power Station and Computer Data Centres

Block 1671 District of Tuggeranong

Notifiable Instrument NI 2008 - 348

made under the

Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991, s 123 (5) (Directions)

Planning and Development Act 2007, s 442 (Transitional – applications lodged before commencement day)

I, Andrew Barr MLA, as the Environment Minister, under section 121 of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 (the Land Act), have directed that further environmental assessment be undertaken for the proposed natural gas power station and computer data centres at Block 1671 District of Tuggeranong.

The proponent has been nominated as Brooke O’Mahoney, Manager Commercial Development, ActewAGL Commercial Distribution, GPO Box 366, Canberra 2601.

Under section 123 of the Land Act the further assessment:

(a)	is to be in the form of an Environmental Impact Statement as prescribed under the Land (Planning and Environment) Regulation 1992;

(b)	is to address the matters not adequately discussed in the Preliminary Assessment as directed by the Environment Minister as follows:

•	the carbon foot print of the proposal, including embodied energy
•	mitigation or off-set of greenhouse gas emissions
•	renewable energy options
•	sustainable transport options
•	heritage value
•	impact on native vegetation
•	water use
•	health impacts
•	noise impact on the nearby Health Treatment Facility
•	social impacts
•	visual quality
•	flood risk
•	terrorist attack
•	variations in gas composition
•	amenity of the data centres
•	disruption of the existing gas supply
•	localised heat
•	wind effects
•	impact on air traffic
•	acid deposition
•	oil vapour

(c)	Is to be submitted in draft form for public consultation under section 125 of the Land Act; and

(d)	is to be revised taking into account all the comments received and submitted as a final EIS to the Environment Minister in accordance with Section 127 of the Land Act.

Andrew Barr MLA

Environment Minister
Under Part 4 of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 

15 August 2008