Delivering a Powerful Future

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Executive Summary

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Woodstock

Hughenden

Cloncurry (on Cloncurry Dajarra Road – to be called Dajarra Road Substation)

Mount Isa

Mining Substations

The Proponent

in Table ES2

Table ES2: Summary of responsible entities

Logo Entity Role

Project rationale

Northern Economic Triangle Infrastructure Plan 2007 – 2012

North West

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Regional PlanNational Infrastructure Priorities

Community Engagement

About the EIS

State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971

Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3

How to make a submission on the EIS

Submissions should be addressed to:

Australia

copperstring@dip.qld.gov.au

Legal framework for the Project

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

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Alternative options considered

Conceptual alternatives

Technological alternatives

High voltage direct current transmission

Underground transmission

Locality alternatives – route selection

The CopperString Route Selection Report

Construction of the Project

Table ES3

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Table ES3 : Construction zones and associated accommodation description

Construction Zone

Construction of transmission

route (km)

Location of Construction

Zone

Accommodation Description

Planned Workforce

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Figure ES2 : Construction zone staging

Commissioning and operation

Decommissioning and rehabilitation

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Environment – values, impacts and management strategies

Climate and natural hazards

Scenic amenity

Geology and soils

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Land contamination

Existing land use and tenure

North West Regional Plan

Nature conservation

Surface water resources and water quality

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the

Groundwater resources

the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines

Air quality

Greenhouse gas

Noise and vibration

Waste

Transport

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Non-Indigenous cultural heritage

Indigenous cultural heritage

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003

Social environment

Economic environment

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Sustainability

Hazard and risk

ISO 31000:2009 – Risk Management, Principles and Guidelines

Cumulative impacts

Matters of National Environmental Significance

Eucalyptus raveretiana

Acacia crombiei

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Tylophora williamsii

Austrobryonia argillicola

Livistona lanuginosa

Eucalyptus paedoglauca

Hydrocharis dubia

Poephila cinta cinta

Geophaps scripta scripta

Pezoporus occidentalis

Erythrura gouldiae

Erythrotriorchis radiates

Rostratula australis

Sminthopsis douglasi

Pseudantechinus mimulus

Egernia rugosa

Elseya lavarackorum

Lerista vittata

Denisonia maculate

Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis

Chlamydogobius squamigenus

Maccullochella peelii peelii

Pristis microdon

Acacia harpophylla

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Environmental management

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