Â©ENVIRONMENT P A R L IA M E N T  HOUSE

C A N B E R R A , A.C.T. 2600

4 June 1975

RANGER ENVIRONMENTAL INQUIRY

Dr Moss Cass, Minister for Environment, today announced

membership of the Commission which is to conduct an

environmental inquiry into the proposal by the Australian

Atomic Energy Commission and Ranger Uranium Mines Pty. Ltd.

to jointly develop uranium deposits in the Northern Territory.

The members of the Commission are Mr G. Kelleher,

Professor C. Kerr, and Dr J. Hookey.

The inquiry was announced by Dr Cass on 2 April 1975.

Mr W. Watson was originally appointed as a Commissioner to .

initiate the inquiry, but has since become unavailable.

Pre,=s.  advertisements inserted by the Commission were

based on the understanding that the environmental impact

statement being prepared by the mining company would be

forwarded to Dr Cass by mid May and made available to the

public in late May.

This has not occurred. The company has not yet submitted

the EIS to Dr Cass.

It is now understood that the EIS should be submitted to

Dr Cass by mid June and that, therefore, it should be

available for release to the public before the end of June.

The public will then be given at least six weeks to

provide comments on the EIS before hearings commence.

MINISTER FOR

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PRESS STATEMENT

(MOSS CASS)

