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Approved infrastructure facilities of significance

Approved and underway

Project Location Description of facility IFS approval date Reasons for approval
CopperString Project The transmission line will run from a new substation near Woodstock, south of Townsville, to a new substation south west of Cloncurry. It will then diverge west to Mount Isa and south to the North West Queensland Minerals Province. A 1028 km alternating current transmission line with the capacity to transfer 400 megawatts of electricity to and from the North West Queensland electricity supply system and the National Electricity Market. This facility is also a significant project for which an EIS is required. 19 August 2011 Statement of reasons
Alpha Coal Rail Corridor Project The rail corridor will run from the proposed Alpha Coal Mine in the Galilee Basin, 50 km north of Alpha, to the Port of Abbot Point, near Bowen. A roughly 495 km single standard gauge railway that will transport about 30 million tonnes per annum of coal from the mine to the port for export. Marshalling yards (including maintenance facilities) are also proposed south of the rail corridor, near the Abbot Point State Development Area. This facility is a component of a significant project for which an EIS is required. 1 October 2010 Statement of reasons
Australia Pacific LNG Project The gas pipeline will run from gas fields in the Bowen and Surat basins in southern Queensland to a gas liquefaction plant and export terminal on Curtis Island, near Gladstone. A 450 km underground gas transmission pipeline. This facility is also a significant project for which an EIS is required. 26 August 2010 Statement of reasons
Surat to Gladstone Gas Pipeline The gas pipeline will run from a gas processing facility near Dalby to an LNG plant at Fisherman's Island, Gladstone. A 467 km underground gas transmission pipeline. This facility is a component of the Surat to Gladstone Pipeline Project for which an environmental impact assessment was undertaken under the Environmental Protection Act 1994. 28 May 2010 Statement of reasons
Queensland Curtis LNG Project Gas fields: Surat Basin, southern Queensland. Gas pipeline: from the gas fields to Curtis Island, near Gladstone. Liquefaction plant and export terminal: on Curtis Island. Integrated liquefied natural gas project comprising gas fields, a 340 km underground gas transmission pipeline, and a gas liquefaction and export facility. This facility is also a significant project for which an EIS is required. 14 May 2010 Statement of reasons

Approved and completed

Project Location Description of facility IFS approval date Reasons for approval
Sonoma Infrastructure Facility 6 km south of Collinsville and 95 km south west of Bowen. Part of the Sonoma Coal Project, this facility involves the construction of a 3.8 km rail loop, weighbridge, coal washery, train loading facilities, roads, water distribution system, electricity transmission and associated infrastructure. (Coal is transported from Sonoma Coal Mine to the Port of Abbot Point, near Bowen, for export.) 17 February 2006 Statement of reasons
Tarong Power Station 12.5 km south east of Nanango and 214 km north west of Brisbane. Ash dam augmentation - raising of the spillway crest of Tarong Power Station's ash dam to increase its storage capacity by 9.5 per cent. 19 December 2003 Statement of reasons
Burnett Water Infrastructure Development Project 20 km north west of Biggenden and 80 km south west of Bundaberg. 5 km north west of Eidsvold and 80 km south west of Bundaberg. Mundubbera township, 250 km west of Maryborough. Barlil, near Murgon in the South Burnett. Burnett River Dam (now called Paradise Dam) - a new 300,000 megalitre (ML) capacity dam on the Burnett River. Eidsvold Weir (now called Kirar Weir) - a new weir on the Burnett River that provides 20,000 ML of water allocations. The weir has a capacity of 9,540 ML. Raising of Jones Weir (on the Burnett River) by 1.5 m to increase its yield. The weir has a capacity of 3,720 ML. Barlil Weir - a new weir on Barambah Creek that provides 6,000 ML for irrigation. 13 December 2002 Statement of reasons