EPBC Referral submissions - Green Island desalination plant, Queensland

Dan Monceaux made this Freedom of Information request to Department of the Environment and Energy

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Dear Department of the Environment FoI Officers,

I wish to receive a digital copy of all written submissions received by the department in response the the EPBC Act referral for Reef Management Pty Ltd/Water Management/Green Island/QLD/Green Island Desalination Plant - Ref#2001/331.

I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Yours faithfully,

Dan Monceaux

FOI Contact Officer, Department of the Environment and Energy

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Dear FOI Contact Officer,

I accept the assumptions you have detailed in your correspondence this morning.

Yours sincerely,

Dan Monceaux

FOI Contact Officer, Department of the Environment and Energy

Hi Dan

Can I take your request to only be seeking formal submissions (ie. those made in response to an invitation by the Department) as per your former requests?

Regards

FOI Officer
Department of the Environment
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600

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Dear FOI Contact Officer,

Yes, please consider my request to only be seeking formal submissions (ie. those made in response to an invitation by the Department) as per my former requests.

Yours sincerely,

Dan Monceaux

FOI Contact Officer, Department of the Environment and Energy

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Good afternoon Mr Monceaux

 

Please find attached decision in response to FOI request 170106.

 

Kind regards

 

 

FOI Officer
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e: [1][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]

 

 

 

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Dan Monceaux left an annotation ()

The Department notified me today that no submissions were received in response to this EPBC referral, and therefore no relevant documents were found to release.