Matters of National Environmental Significance
Significant Impact Guidelines 1.1
Department of the Environment and Heritage, May 2006
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About this policy statement
This Significant Impact Guideline provides overarching guidance on determining whether an action is likely to have a significant impact on a matter of national environmental significance protected by the EPBC Act.
There may be other EPBC Act Policy Statements available which provide specific guidance.
The matters of national environmental significance include:
- Listed threatened species and communities
- Listed migratory species
- Ramsar wetlands of international importance
- The Commonwealth marine environment
- World Heritage properties
- National Heritage places
- Nuclear actions
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