Gunns Pulp Mill Proposal - Assessment Process

Stage 3 - Draft Integrated Impact Statement

The Draft Integrated Impact Statement (IIS) will be prepared by Gunns in accordance with the Final Guidelines published by Commission.

The IIS will address all issues identified in the Final Guidelines. The IIS is required to include:

A summary;
A description of the objectives of the proposal;
A description of the proposal;
An outline of the various approvals required for the project to proceed, including an outline of public consultation undertaken;
A description of the existing environment where it is relevant to the assessment of impacts;
Predictions of significant environmental, economic and social impacts of the proposal and alternatives (including the no-change option) and their consequences, direct and indirect, short and long term and cumulative, with an estimation of the amount of uncertainty involved;
Where a preferred alternative is nominated, an outline of the reasons for the choice of the proposal,
demonstrating that it is preferable to the no-change option;
A program for minimising, ameliorating, managing and monitoring impacts; and a commitment to implement the program;
As far as practicable, responses to issues raised during public and agency review;
The names of study team members and their roles in the preparation of the IIS.