Environmental Impact Assessment

In August 2000, the then Victorian Minister for Planning required under the Environment Effects Act 1978, the East Gippsland Shire to undertake an Environmental Effects Statement (EES) for its proposed development of an all-tide ocean access boat ramp and breakwater wall.

Click here to go to the Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment (DES) website to learn more about Environment Assessment processes in Victoria.

The Federal Minister for the Environment declared that under the Environment Protection Biodiversity and Conservation Act (EPBC Act), the proposal was not a controlled action.

Click here to go to the Federal Department of the Environment and Heritage website to learn more about decisions made under the EPBS Act and the view the Minister’s decision regarding the proposed action at Bastion Point.

The EGSC obtained State and Federal funding to prepare the EES. They also sought a community contribution to the EES process of $30,000 to be raised by supporters of the development. To date this money has not been raised from the community, yet the EGSC has continued to prepare the EES.

The EES was finally completed & approved for exhibition mid 2007.