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Fertilizer Plant Pickanjinnie

Project overview*

EIS status 'Significant project' declaration repealed by Coordinator-General.
Description Fertilizer plant producing granular urea, anhydrous ammonia and low-density ammonium nitrate.
Proponent Queensland Fertilizer Assets Limited
Location/s Pickanjinnie, 8 km west of Wallumbilla and 34 km east of Roma
Local government/s Maranoa Regional Council
Key features
  • facility producing:
    • granular urea (350,000 tonnes per annum)
    • anhydrous ammonia (360,000 t/pa)
    • low-density ammonium nitrate (150,000 t/pa)
    • nitric acid (130,000 t/pa)
  • storage
  • cooling tower

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

Date Activity
25 September 2012 'Significant project' declaration repealed by Coordinator-General.
September 2001 Environmental impact statement released.
June 2001 Terms of reference for EIS (PDF icon 196 KB) released.
June 2001 Amended initial advice statement (PDF icon 210 KB) submitted.
2 May 2001 Gazettal of 'significant project' declaration (PDF icon 122 KB)
October 1997 Application, including environmental impact study, submitted.

Read more about the EIS process.

Last updated: 09 Nov 2021