The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

Since 2006, the debate partment has received a total of 23 referrals under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act1999 (EPBC Act) which are dam related proposals with a water storage capacity of 100 megalitres or over.

A summary of all 23 dam related proposals is attached. Further details on each project are available at the department's website: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/

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