Hi Dan

Could you please clarify what you mean by’ formal’ submissions.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Monceaux [mailto:[FOI #2850 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 December 2016 4:49 PM
To: FOI Contact Officer <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - EPBC Referral submissions - Port
Spencer Stage 1 & 2

Dear Department of the Environment FoI Officers,

I wish to receive a digital copy of all formal submissions received by the
department in response the the EPBC Act referral for CENTREX METALS
LIMITED/Transport - Water/Within the Spencer Gulf approx 210km north-west
Adelaide/South Australia/Port Spencer Stage 1 and 2, Eyre Peninsula, SA
(Ref#2012/6590).

I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Yours faithfully,

Dan Monceaux

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Our reference: RQ16/05518

Agency reference: FOI 161205

Dan Monceaux

Dear Mr Monceaux

Extension of time request under s15AB

On 20 December 2016, the Department of the Environment and Energy (the
Department) requested further time to make a decision on your FOI request.

This request was on the basis that the processing period is insufficient
to deal adequately with your request, because it is complex or voluminous.

The current due date would be 13 January 2017.

The Information Commissioner has decided to grant the Department an
extension of time to process your request to 27 January 2017. This
decision has been made under s15AB(2) of the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act).

By granting further time it is anticipated that the Department will
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Dear Mr Monceaux

Please see the attached documents.

Kind regards

FOI Officer | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section
|General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2603 
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Dear Mr Monceaux

Please see the attached documents.

Kind regards

FOI Officer | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section
|General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2603 
e: [1][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]

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