Comment on nominations
You are invited to provide public comment on the below items to assist the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (the Committee) with its assessment of whether the items are eligible for inclusion in an EPBC Act list of threatened species or ecological communities and, if eligible, the category in which they are eligible to be included.
Note that individual nominations may vary considerably in quality. Therefore, in addition to the information presented in the nominations, the Committee also takes into account published data and information from relevant experts when preparing advice for the Commonwealth environment minister.
| Name | Nominated category | State | Comment period closes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecological community nominations | ||||
| Coolibah-Black Box Woodlands of the Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions | Endangered | New South Wales, Queensland | 30 April 2010 | |
| New England Peppermint (Eucalyptus nova anglica) Woodlands | New South Wales, Queensland | 23 April 2010 | ||
| Species Information Partnerships | ||||
| Barbarea australis (Native Wintercress) | Vulnerable | Tasmania | 28 April 2010 | |
| Callitris oblonga subsp. oblonga (South Esk Pine) | Vulnerable | Tasmania | 28 April 2010 | |
| Epacris exserta (South Esk Heath) | Vulnerable | Tasmania | 28 April 2010 | |
| Goedetrechus parallelus (Cashion Creek Cave Beetle) | Vulnerable | Tasmania | 28 April 2010 | |
| Oreixenica ptunarra (Ptunarra Brown Butterfly) | Vulnerable | Tasmania | 28 April 2010 | |
| Discocharopa vigens (Land Snail) | Endangered | Tasmania | 28 April 2010 | |
| Micropathus kiernani (Southern Sandstone Cave Cricket) | Endangered | Tasmania | 28 April 2010 | |
| Idiosoma nigrum (Shield-Back Spider) | Vulnerable | Western Australia | 28 April 2010 | |
| Muelleranthus crenulatus (a herb) | Vulnerable | Western Australia | 28 April 2010 | |
| Tetratheca nephelioides (a shrub) | Endangered | Western Australia | 28 April 2010 | |
| Lysiosepalum abollatum (Woolly Lysiosepalum) | Critically Endangered | Western Australia | 28 April 2010 | |
| Species undergoing status review | ||||
| Calamus warburgii | De-list | Queensland | 27 November 2010 | |
| Callistemon viminalis | De-list | Queensland | 27 November 2010 | |
| Digitaria porrecta | De-list | New South Wales, Queensland | 27 November 2010 | |
| Drosera fimbriata | De-list | Western Australia | 27 November 2010 | |
| Leucopogon cuspidatus | De-list | Queensland | 27 November 2010 | |
| Ristantia gouldii | De-list | Queensland | 27 November 2010 | |
| Sauropus filicinus | De-list | Northern Territory | 27 November 2010 | |
| Tasmannia purpurascens | De-list | New South Wales | 27 November 2010 | |
| Tetratheca glandulosa | De-list | New South Wales | 27 November 2010 | |
| Tinospora tinosporoides | De-list | New South Wales, Queensland | 27 November 2010 | |
| Xanthostemon youngie | De-list | Queensland | 27 November 2010 | |
If you wish to comment on any of the above nominations, please send your comments, quoting the name, to:
Email: epbc.nominations@environment.gov.au
Mail:
Director, Species Listing Section
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601
Fax: (02) 6274 2214
