Garrett delays pulp mill approval

The Mercury

Environment minister, Peter Garrett, has given Gunns another 26 months to comply with federal environmental requirements in its plan to build a pulp mill in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.   The shock development was coupled with the approval of 9 of the 12 environmental permits submitted by the company. Further work will need to focus on oceanographic and marine studies assessing likely impacts of effluent on the biota of commonwealth waters in Bass Strait.  If hydrodynamic modelling suggests that the effluent will impact significantly, then the liquid waste would need to be treated with a tertiary plant, costing $300 million.

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