An EIS identifies the social, environmental and economic benefits and impacts of the project as well as how potential impacts will be prevented or managed. An EIS and a Supplementary EIS for the Wandoan Coal Project have been developed after extensive consultation and more than 22 technical studies. The EIS is a major step in the project approval process.

Sixty-two submissions were received by the Coordinator General on the original EIS from affected landowners, members of the public, and government and non-government organisations. The supplementary EIS responds to these submissions. It updates and refines the Project’s potential impacts, benefits and proposed mitigation actions.

The supplementary EIS also incorporates advances made by Xstrata Coal in planning for construction and mining operations, as well as additional assessments conducted because of changes to regulatory requirements for air, noise and water.

The EIS and Supplementary EIS are available for public viewing:

• at the Wandoan, Taroom or Miles Libraries
• at the Xstrata Coal Shopfront, Royd Street, Wandoan (next to the pharmacy), open from 9am to 5pm Tuesdays and Thursdays
• on this website