Tarong Northern Land Ash Emplacement Project

Project overview*

EIS status	Approved with conditions
Description	New ash storage facilities servicing the Tarong and Tarong North power stations, including one with a final capacity of 45 million m³ (Stage 1).
Proponent	Tarong Energy Corporation Ltd
Location/s	12.5 km south-east of Nanango. Map
Local government/s	South Burnett Regional Council
Key features	ash storage facility covering an area of 2 km² and with an expected life of 20 years (Stage 1) slurry pipeline

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Coordinator-General's report on EIS ( 429 KB), November 2007
Environmental impact statement, November 2006
- EIS - Executive summary ( 668 KB)
- Complete EIS available at State Library of Queensland (record number: 769221)
Terms of reference for EIS ( 230 KB), July 2006
Initial advice statement ( 465 KB), October 2005

Stage 2 of the project will proceed only if there is an identified need for additional ash storage.

Project not deemed a controlled action by Commonwealth Minister for the Environment.

Last updated: 09 Nov 2021