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Listed species and ecological community permits

in or on a Commonwealth area
Department of the Environment and Water Resources, February 2007

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About this permit

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) requires a permit for activities which may kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a member of a listed threatened species or ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, or a member of a listed marine species in or on a Commonwealth area.

Permits will only be issued by the Environment Minister if the activity:

Exemptions

The Environment Minister may exempt a person proposing to take an activity from the requirement to obtain a permit provided the person applies in writing. When granting an exemption, the Environment Minister will need to be satisfied that it is in the national interest.

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Invitation to comment

Invitation to comment on applications submitted for a permit to kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a listed species or ecological community, a listed migratory species, or a listed marine species in a Commonwealth Area:

Open for comment
Application title Please comment by
Banding of Marine bird species on Christmas Island - E2008-0020 8 August 2008
Banding of Migratory bird species on Christmas Island - E2008-0019 8 August 2008
Banding of Threatened Bird Species on Christmas Island - E2008 - 0018 8 August 2008
Closed for public comment - pending decision
Application title Comment closed on
Golden Sun Moth and Natural Temperate Grassland at the Belconnen Naval Transmission Station 25 July 2008
Natural Temperate Grassland, Golden Sun Moth and Grassland Earless Dragons at Canberra Airport 3 December 2007
Orphaned Booby Bird (Sula sula) 3 October 2007
Brown booby (Sula leucogaster) samples from Christmas Island 31 July 2007
Investigation of the ecology of Christmas Island Seabird Community 23 July 2007
Seek closer approach to whales and dolphins in waters around Norfolk Island 28 June 2007
Investigation of the ecology of Christmas Island Seabird Community 12 June 2007
Seek exemption from using TEDs (Turtle Exclusion Devices) in deep water trawling in the Coral Sea Fishery 1 June 2007
Take a listed marine species 31 May 2007
Take a Yellow snouted ground gecko 10 May 2007
Collect a listed marine species (sea snake - landed dead) 29 March 2007
Closed for public comment - decision made
Application title Comment closed on
Cumberland Plain Woodlands and Shale Sandstone Transition Forests at the Holsworthy Military Area, NSW 29 April 2008
Tagging whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef and Christmas Island 13 December 2007

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