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Port of Hay Point Capital Dredging Project

Project overview*

EIS status	Approved with conditions
Description	Dredging of the apron area and departure path of the Port of Hay Point, to increase the allowable draft of departing vessels.
Proponent	Ports Corporation of Queensland
Location/s	Port of Hay Point, 38 km south of Mackay. Map
Local government/s	Mackay Regional Council
Key features	increases to size of existing ship manoeuvring apron areas 300-500-metre wide, 9.5-kilometre long departure path from the apron areas to the open ocean

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

Coordinator-General's report on EIS ( 191 KB), October 2005
- Figure 1-1 - Project location and extent of proposed works ( 329 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Figure 1 - Location of Hay Point impact and control sampling sites ( 434 KB)
Environmental impact statement
Terms of reference for EIS ( 147 KB)

EIS process

Read more about the EIS process.

Australian Government approval

Commonwealth Minister for the Environment's approval of 'controlled action', subject to conditions.

Last updated: 16 Mar 2023