The Northern Territory government has unveiled two new 10-year water allocation plans, increasing groundwater access for pastoralists in the Western Davenport region and Mataranka. The government has also eased environmental regulations for onshore gas projects, removing the need for EPA approval and emissions abatement plans.
The NT government has declared two new 10-year water allocation plans as part of a raft of environment reforms. Groundwater allocation in the Western Davenport region will increase and a controversial plan for Mataranka's Tindal Limestone Aquifer has been finalised. The government will also relax the approvals process for onshore gas projects and has scrapped its own gas emissions policies in favour of a 'nationally consistent approach'.
The Northern Territory government has announced it will release more water for pastoralists as part of two new 10-year water allocation plans. The new Western Davenport water allocation plan will allow an annual extraction of 87,700 megalitres (ML) in the region south of Tennant Creek, an increase of 20,000ML/year. In a separate plan, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) government has also endorsed an allocation of 62,000ML/year from the Tindal Limestone Aquifer in Mataranka, which is double the amount that could previously be extracted. It also revealed gas project environment management plans will no longer need the NT Environment Protection Authority's (EPA) approval and proponents will no longer need to provide emissions abatement plans to the NT government.NT cattle stations gets 40,000 megalitre water licence The NT's single biggest groundwater extraction licence has been granted to cattle station owners who are planning to create a horticultural precinct in the outback.The new Western Davenport plan reverts back to 87,700ML/year over the next decade. Water Resources Minister Josh Burgoyne said the new plan was based on the 'best available science' from his department.'We are trusting in the science and the science … is that 87,700ML/year, the original declaration, is what is sustainable for that yield,' he said. Opposition Leader Selena Uibo said the new plan ignored 'years of research and consultation' that had gone into the previous government's pla
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