Nowingi Long Term Containment Facility for Industrial Wastes
Proponent: Major Projects Victoria (MPV)
Status
The Government will not proceed with the proposed long-term waste containment facility at Nowingi. This decision was made following consideration of the Minister for Planning's Assessment and Panel Inquiry report. The latter found the proposal to be environmentally feasible but recommended against granting approval on strategic planning grounds.
Nowingi LTCF - Ministers Assessment (PDF - 473 Kb)
Acting Premier John Thwaites announced in January 2007 that the Government has ruled out examining any other sites for a new long-term waste containment facility. Instead the levy on industrial waste will be increased to drive new technology to reduce the amount of waste and eliminate the need for landfill.
Project History
On 25 May 2004, the Minister for Planning required MPV to prepare an Environmental Effects Statement (EES) for the Nowingi proposal.
Assessment Guidelines for this EES were finalised and issued in November 2004 following consideration of public comments.
Nowingi LTCF - Assessment Guidelines (PDF - 347 Kb)
After it was completed, the EES was publicly exhibited from 10 October to 16 December 2005, along with the EPA Works Approval Application (No. WA58772) and the proposed Planning Scheme Amendment.
The Minister for Planning appointed a Panel Inquiry to consider both the EES and proposed Amendment C41 to the Mildura Planning Scheme.
Nowingi LTCF - Panel Report Body (PDF - 1.8 Mb)
Nowingi LTCF - Panel Report Appendices (PDF - 1.0 Mb)
After considering the Panel Inquiry's report, the Minister released the Assessment of the proposal's environmental effects, which completed the , environmental assessment process, including the requirements under the Commonwealth's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Project Description
The proposal was for a Long-term Containment Facility for prescribed industrial waste (Category B) on unreserved Crown Land near Nowingi, 50km south of Mildura.
The facility was intended to contain industrial waste that cannot be re-used, recycled or used for energy recovery. The proposed design included containment bays with multi-layer floors and walls, a roof and capping system to seal the waste and continuous monitoring of the system's performance.
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