Environmental Impact Assessment
Overview
On the strength of our significant mining, energy and resources, forestry and major projects practice, Freehills' expertise in advising and assisting clients on environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes for major projects is without parallel in Australia.
The relationship between State and Commonwealth EIA legislation, planning legislation and other natural resource management legislation invariably means that from the outset of a project, legal advice should be sought not only on assessment processes, but also on the implications of strategic and tactical decisions about the project, and how it is to be 'marketed' to governments and communities. These tactical and strategic decisions are of vital importance, as political considerations invariably have a bearing on the success or failure of a project, especially given that most State and Commonwealth EIA legislation provides for public consultation and participation in the assessment process.
Freehills' team of more than 15 environmental legal professionals not only has an in-depth knowledge of the legislative and regulatory requirements for EIA, but also has vast experience in advising and assisting clients on the strategic, tactical, political and commercial aspects of those projects.
Most recently, we have advised National Grid International on all aspects of the environmental assessment process for the Basslink interconnector between Victoria and Tasmania, acted as project Counsel for InterGen Australia Pty Ltd's development of a greenfields open cut coal mine, coal fired power station, power transmission system and a 100 km wastewater pipeline in Queensland, and advised Falconbridge on Indonesian environmental impact assessment processes for the development of a nickel mining project in Indonesia.
On the strength of our significant mining, energy and resources, forestry and major projects practice, Freehills' expertise in advising and assisting clients on environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes for major projects is without parallel in Australia.
The relationship between State and Commonwealth EIA legislation, planning legislation and other natural resource management legislation invariably means that from the outset of a project, legal advice should be sought not only on assessment processes, but also on the implications of strategic and tactical decisions about the project, and how it is to be 'marketed' to governments and communities. These tactical and strategic decisions are of vital importance, as political considerations invariably have a bearing on the success or failure of a project, especially given that most State and Commonwealth EIA legislation provides for public consultation and participation in the assessment process.
Freehills' team of more than 15 environmental legal professionals not only has an in-depth knowledge of the legislative and regulatory requirements for EIA, but also has vast experience in advising and assisting clients on the strategic, tactical, political and commercial aspects of those projects.
Most recently, we have advised National Grid International on all aspects of the environmental assessment process for the Basslink interconnector between Victoria and Tasmania, acted as project Counsel for InterGen Australia Pty Ltd's development of a greenfields open cut coal mine, coal fired power station, power transmission system and a 100 km wastewater pipeline in Queensland, and advised Falconbridge on Indonesian environmental impact assessment processes for the development of a nickel mining project in Indonesia.