Good afternoon Richard,

 

Please refer to the information already available online relevant to your
request:

 

[1]http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/RTI%2...

 

if this is not the information you require, please find attached a Right
to Information Act application form which should be filled in and returned
to this email address in order to constitute a valid application in
accordance with the Right to Information Regulations. 

 

Also note, section 16(1) of the RTI Act requires all applications for
assessed disclosure to be accompanied by an application fee of $38.75
unless the applicant qualifies for a waiver of the fee under section
16(2).  As a Delegated Officer under the Act, it is my decision that a wee
waiver is not granted in regards to this application.

 

The application fee can be paid by:

 

(a)    Cheque or money order made out to the Department of Primary
Industries, Parks, Water and Environment;

 

(b)    Direct deposit to WESTPAC, BSB 037-001, ACCOUNT 268083; or

 

(c)    Credit card by telephoning DPIPWE's Finance Branch on 03 6165 3122.

 

Please contact our office via [2][email address] if you wish
to discuss any of these payment options, or another method of payment. 
Remember to quote your name and "RTI" with your payment to enable DPIPWE
to recognise the payment and issue you with a receipt.  Before we can
process your application we need to receive your application fee. 

 

 

Alison Scandrett

 

Senior Analyst / Delegated RTI Officer Policy Branch, Strategic Services
Division Dept of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Level 5,
1 Franklin Wharf, Hobart 7000 | GPO Box 44, Hobart 7001

P:  03 6165 3160 |  W:
[3]http://www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au<http://www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/>

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Richard Smith
[[4]mailto:[FOI #4059 email]]

Sent: Tuesday, 29 August 2017 7:11 PM

To: EPA Enquiries (Environment) <[5][email address]>

Subject: Right to Information request - Documents relating to Recovery
Plan for the Endangered Species - Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster
(Astacopsis gouldi)

 

Dear Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority,

 

The Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster (Astacopsis gouldi) is an
endangered crustacean that lives only in cool water streams in Tasmanian
forests.

 

As an animal native to our country, Tasmania has an obligation to protect
and restore the population.

 

My recent enquiries appear to suggest that the last Tasmanian State
recovery plan for this species, developed in 2006, ceased to be in effect
from 2010.

 

I therefore request the following Government Information documents:

 

a) Documents describing the latest EPA's assessment of efforts undertaken
to protect, restore and enhance the breeding habitat of the Tasmanian
Giant Freshwater Lobster;

 

b) Documents describing the last population count of Tasmanian Giant
Freshwater Lobster undertaken by the EPA, including number of animals,
date the count was undertaken and methodology of the population count;

 

c) Documents describing the EPA's latest records of areas where acid mine
drainage, arising as an impact from disused mine sites, overlaps with
Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster habitat; and

 

d) Documents describing the EPA's latest records of assessing water
quality where Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster occurs to ensure that the
waters are free of significant levels of nutrient, sediment, pesticide and
other pollutants, consistent with the ANZECC guidelines for water quality
(ANZECC 2000) and to maintain high dissolved oxygen and a natural
temperature regime with 20°C maximum; and

 

e) Documents regarding the EPA's most recent activities in relation to
assessing the appropriateness of revising the Tasmanian Government's 2006
Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster (Astacopsis gouldi) Recovery Plan.

 

If this can be answered as informal request, please do so.

 

Otherwise, please proceed with this as a formal request under the Freedom
of Information principles & framework, i.e. the Right to Information Act
2009 & other associated guidelines and regulations.

 

I wish to apply for a wavier of the application fee as per s16 of the Act
based on the critical public importance & benefit of this information.

 

I submit that I intend to use the information to raise awareness of the
importance of conserving the Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster, which is
of itself, of great public benefit.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Richard Smith

 

 

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