Balranald

Balranald EPBC Referral 2012-6509
Balranald Mineral Sands Development Consent SSD-5285
Environment Protection Licence 20795
Mining Lease ML1736

Commonwealth Environmental Impact Statement

The Balranald Mineral Sands Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is the principal approval document required by the Commonwealth Government. The EIS assesses the Balranald Project against matters of national environmental significance (as defined under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999). 

Iluka Resources submitted a draft EIS to the Department of Environment in February 2016. Following a public exhibition period in which submissions were invited, Iluka revised the draft EIS and submitted the final EIS in July 2016. Approval was received 6 January 2017.

The final EIS can be accessed below. 

Approvals documentation
Commonwealth Environment Decision on Approval

Commonwealth Environmental Impact Statement
Executive Summary: Balranald Mineral Sands Project Commonwealth EIS

EIS Volume 1
Commonwealth EIS: Main Report Part A
Commonwealth EIS: Main Report Part B
Commonwealth EIS: Main Report Part C
Appendix A: Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines
Appendix B: Study Team

EIS Volume 2
Appendix C: Biodiversity Assessment

EIS Volume 3
Appendix D: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (Part 1 of 5) (PDF, 10 MB)
Appendix D: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (Part 2 of 5) (PDF, 9 MB)
Appendix D: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (Part 3 of 5) (PDF, 8 MB)
Appendix D: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (Part 4 of 5) (PDF, 9 MB)
Appendix D: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (Part 5 of 5) (PDF, 10 MB)

EIS Volume 4
Appendix E: Non-Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (PDF, 10 MB)
Appendix F: Rehabilitation and Closure Strategy (PDF, 4 MB)
Appendix G: Water Assessment (PDF, 12 MB)
Appendix H: Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Assessment Report (PDF, 9 MB)

EIS Volume 5
Appendix I: Groundwater Assessment (Part 1 of 3) (PDF, 11 MB)
Appendix I: Groundwater Assessment (Part 2 of 3) (PDF, 10 MB)
Appendix I: Groundwater Assessment (Part 3 of 3) (PDF, 12 MB)
Appendix J: Surface Water Management Report (PDF, 10 MB)
Appendix K: Geochemistry Assessment (PDF, 7 MB)

EIS Volume 6
Appendix L: Radiation Risk Assessment (PDF, 10 MB)
Appendix M: Social Assessment (PDF, 8 MB)
Appendix N: Economic Assessment (PDF, 2 MB)

NSW Environmental Impact Statement

Iluka Resources submitted its Balranald Mineral Sands Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to the New South Wales Government in May 2015. 

The EIS is the principal approval document required for the Balranald Project to progress towards development. The EIS addresses 49 government requirements and involved more than four years of rigorous technical, environmental and consultative studies. 

On 5 April 2016 the delegate for the New South Wales Minister for Planning approved the development application for the Balranald Mineral Sands Project.

Aprovals documents
Balranald Mineral Sands Project Development Consent (PDF, 3.4 MB)
 
New South Wales Environmental Impact Statement
 
Executive Summary
Executive Summary: Balranald Mineral Sands Project EIS
 
EIS Volume 1
EIS_Main Report Part A
EIS_Main Report Part B
EIS_Main Report Part C
 
EIS Volume 2
Appendix A Secretary's Environmental Impact   Assessment Requirements
Appendix B Study Team
Appendix C Agricultural Impact Statement
Appendix D Noise Assessment
Appendix E Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Assessment
 
EIS Volume 3
Appendix F Biodiversity Assessment
 
EIS Volume 4
Appendix G Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (reduced version)
 
EIS Volume 5
Appendix H Surface Water Management Report
Appendix I Balranald Mineral Sands Project Groundwater Assessment (Part 1 of 3)
Appendix I Balranald Mineral Sands Project Groundwater Assessment (Part 2 of 3)
Appendix I Balranald Mineral Sands Project Groundwater Assessment (Part 3 of 3)
Appendix J Groundwater Dependant Ecosystems Assessment Report
 
EIS Volume 6
Appendix K Water Assessment
Appendix L Soil Resource Assessment
 
EIS Volume 7
Appendix M Rehabilitation and Closure Strategy
Appendix N Transport Assessment
Appendix O Social Assessment
 
EIS Volume 8
Appendix P Economic Assessment
Appendix Q Geochemistry Assessment
Appendix R Non-Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment
Appendix S Radiation Risk Assessment

Rehabilitation Management Plan
Ground Water Management Plan
Pollution Incident Response Plan

Annual Environmental Managment Report 2018
Annual Environmental Managment Report 2019
Annual Environmental Managment Report 2020
Annual Environmental Managment Report 2021

Dust Deposition Report - February 2021
Dust Deposition Report - May 2021
Dust Deposition Report - November 2020
Dust Deposition Report - September 2020
Groundwater Report - During T3 trial (August 2020)
Groundwater Report - During T3 trial (September 2020)
Groundwater Report - Post T3 trial (February 2021)
Groundwater Report - Pre T3 trial (April 2020)

2019 Annual Return
2020 Annual Return
2021 Annual Return
2022 Annual Return

Balranald Mineral Sands Project Complaints Register

Forward Program 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024