Commonwealth environment assessment team visit NWTD

The Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment, and Water (DCCEEW) assessment team visited a number of key sections of the NWTD project last month.

The Australian Government is required to assess the Development Application and Environmental Impact Statement for the NWTD as the project relates to Matters of National Environmental Significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

The tour was led by Gina Goodman, Environment, Planning and Heritage Approvals Lead and Sarel Marias, Transmission Lines Engineer.

The group started the tour at the Sheffield Switching Station, before moving on to the Loongana Valley and then Mt Montgomery Reserve.

“The DCCEEW assessment team found the visit to the Loongana Valley really valuable as it gave them a good idea of the current and constantly changing landscape of the area,” said Gina.

“And we were able to show the assessment team an example of how the remaining NWTD alignment limits its impacts when we visited Mt Montgomery Reserve.”

The Development Application and Environmental Impact Statement for the NWTD is expected to be submitted to the Tasmanian Planning Commission and the Commonwealth for assessment in 2023.