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Application for declaration for access to services provided by the Herbert River tramway network (Application)
On 22 March 2010 the Council received an application from North Queensland Bio-Energy Corporation Ltd under Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act for the declaration of the service provided by the narrow gauge cane tram network owned by Sucrogen (Herbert) Pty Ltd (formerly CSR (Herbert) Pty Ltd) in the Herbert River district, North Queensland, which is approximately 550km in length. The service the applicant seeks to have declared is the use of the facility comprising the tram network to enable it to operate its own trains and rolling stock to provide the service of transporting sugarcane and other feedstock harvested within the Herbert River district to the applicant's proposed new factory near Ingham.
The public version of the application (which excludes material identified by the applicant as confidential) is available below.
The Council now invites written submissions on the application from interested parties. The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2010.
If you intend to make a submission, or would like to be kept informed of developments with the application, please download and complete the Registration of Interest form below and email it to hrtramway@ncc.gov.au. The Council's Guide to Declaration is available for download on the Council's Guides and Templates page. Parties making a submission on the application should refer to this guide and to the Council's Guide to Making a Submission on Declaration Applications (available below). Submissions should be emailed in soft copy (both MS Word and PDF) to the Council at the above email address, with a hard copy sent to:
Herbert River Tram Service
National Competition Council
GPO Box 250
Melbourne VIC 3001
The Council will then consider the submissions, prepare a draft recommendation, provide a further opportunity for public comment on the draft recommendation, and provide its final recommendation to the Commonwealth Minister.
