This is the Clean Ocean Foundation’s response:

Clean Ocean Foundation Submission to the Federal referral

Please follow this link to open the Bass Coast Shire Council’s reply to the EPBS referral as a .pdf:

Bass Coast Shire Council EPBC referral response

Please read our response to the DSE’s  referral of  the proposed Desalination Plant to the federal Environment Department:-

                                               desal-eis-referral-response-a-address.pdf

Public comments on the referral close this Friday 18th.

Use this document as a basis for your own submission.

Submissions are to be sent to

 REFERRALS SECTION
APPROVALS AND WILDLIFE DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES
GPO BOX 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601

FAX; 02 6274 1789

epbc.referrals@environment.gov.au      

FEDERAL EIS REFERRAL

Of equal or maybe greater importance to the state EES, the Federal Government has released the referral document on which it will decide whether an EIS based on the EPBC Act will be performed.

It can be viewed / downloaded at

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/epbc/epbc_ap.pl?
name=current_referral_detail&proposal_id=3948

Unfortunately paper copies are not generally available.

Following is the draft cover page to our submission to Mr Garrett, urging his decision to call for an EIS;

The Hon Peter Garrett MP 15/01/2008
Minister for the Environment
PO Box 6022
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600REF; RESPONSE TO REFERRAL OF PROPOSED ACTION “Victorian Desalination
Plant”.Dear Mr Garrett.