The EIS received Queensland Government approval in September 2014. Commonwealth Government approval was received in October 2014.
The project lies west of Mackay, extending from Glenden in the north to Blackwater in the south.
- Executive Summary
- Executive Summary (3.4 MB)
- EIS Chapters
- 01 - Introduction (3.9 MB)
- 02 - Project Approvals (631.8 KB)
- 03 - Project Need (1.8 MB)
- 04 - Project Description (7.3 MB)
- 05 - Community Consultation (415.5 KB)
- 06 - Impact Assessment Method (392.1 KB)
- 07 - Environmental Framework (480.7 KB)
- 08 - Climate (3.8 MB)
- 09 - Air Quality (7.5 MB)
- 10 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions (675.1 KB)
- 11 - Contaminated Land (489.6 KB)
- 12 - Soils and Land Suitability (5.2 MB)
- 13 - Geology (8.5 MB)
- 14 - Groundwater (18.7 MB)
- 15 - Surface Water (4.8 MB)
- 16 - Aquatic Ecology (1.0 MB)
- 17 - Terrestrial Ecology (4.7 MB)
- 18 - Environmentally Sensitive Areas (14.0 MB)
- 19 - Land Use and Tenure (19.6 MB)
- 20 - Landscape and Visual Amenity (7.9 MB)
- 21 - Roads and Transport (29.9 MB)
- 22 - Noise and Vibration (5.7 MB)
- 23 - Economics (554.5 KB)
- 24 - Social (3.1 MB)
- 25 - Indigenous Cultural Heritage (4.5 MB)
- 26 - Non-Indigenous Cultural Heritage (3.2 MB)
- 27 - Preliminary Hazard and Risk (4.4 MB)
- 28 - Waste Management (458.3 KB)
- 29 - Decommissioning and Rehabilitation (524.5 KB)
- 30 - Health and Safety (3.1 MB)
- 31 - Cumulative Impacts (1.6 MB)
- 32 - Draft Environmental Management Plan (Summary) (223.6 KB)
- 33 - References (419.1 KB)
- 34 - Glossary and Abbreviations (580.5 KB)
- EIS Appendices
- Public-Notice-of-Bowen-Gas-Project-EIS_Mar2013.pdf (117.5 KB)
- How-to-read-and-respond_Bowen_web.pdf (1.4 MB)
- Keyfindings-of-the-EIS_Bowen.pdf (1.4 MB)
- 1 - Part A: Main Report
- Key Findings (353.0 KB)
- 01 - Introduction (1.8 MB)
- 02 - Project Approvals (577.7 KB)
- 03 - Project Description (4.9 MB)
- 04 - Community Consultation (218.9 KB)
- 05 - Air Quality (7.0 MB)
- 06 - Greenhouse Gas (340.0 KB)
- 07 - Groundwater (30.8 MB)
- 08 - Surface Water (880.3 KB)
- 09 - Hydrology and Geomorphology (2.9 MB)
- 10 - Aquatic Ecology (11.2 MB)
- 11 - Terrestrial Ecology (3.9 MB)
- 12 - Roads and Transport (6.8 MB)
- 13 - Land Use and Tenure (279.5 KB)
- 14 - Noise and Vibration (2.8 MB)
- 15 - Social (385.5 KB)
- 16 - Waste Management (383.0 KB)
- 17 - References (277.1 KB)
- 18 - Glossary and Abbreviations (443.8 KB)
- 2 - Part B: Submission Response
- 19 - Submissions Overview (584.9 KB)
- 20 - Submitters and Identification of Issues (282.0 KB)
- 21 - Submission Responses (4.8 MB)
- 22 - DEHP Submission Responses (750.5 KB)
- 23 - DSEWPaC Submission Responses (1.1 MB)
- 3 - Part C: Appendices
- Appendix A - Community Consultation Report (5.0 MB)
- Appendix B - Air Quality Technical Report (7.8 MB)
- Appendix C - Greenhouse Gas Technical Report (1.3 MB)
- Appendix D - Coal Seam Gas Water and Salt Management Strategy (2.5 MB)
- Appendix E - Supplementary Groundwater Assessment (95.3 MB)
- Appendix F - Surface Water Technical Report (2.0 MB)
- Appendix G - Hydrology and Geomorphology Technical Report (19.4 MB)
- Appendix H - Aquatic Ecology Technical Report (12.9 MB)
- Appendix I - Terrestrial Ecology Technical Report (6.6 MB)
- Appendix J - Matters of National Environmental Significance Report (25.2 MB)
- Appendix K - Road Impact Assessment (54.0 MB)
- Appendix L - Noise and Vibration Technical Report (5.8 MB)
- Appendix M - Social Technical Report (2.0 MB)
- Appendix N - Social Impact Management Plan (4.2 MB)
- Appendix O - Commitments Update (1.6 MB)
- Appendix P - Environmental Offsets Strategic Management Plan (3.6 MB)
- Additional documentation