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Federal environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 19993 what must you do or not do. Environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999 001 referral of proposed action v nov 10 3 please ensure any attachments are below two megabytes 2mb as they will be published on the departments website for public comment. This is to advise you of my decision about the referral of the proposed action, to upgrade dudley street in yarralumla, act. The commonwealth environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999 the act represents the most fundamental reform of commonwealth environment laws since the. Australian government department of the environment and energy notification of referral decision not controlled action cora recreational precinct, cape otway rd, modewarre, victoria epbc 20188152 this decision is made under section 75 of the environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999 epbc act. It is designed to provide information about the operation and scope of the legislation to several audiences including industry, developers and the general community.
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