House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Kangaroo Island Seaport Kangaroo Island Seaport The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly Mawson Kangaroo Island Seaport 512 The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson) (5 December 2018). The Smith Bay Timber and Woodchip Export Seaport Proposal environmental impact statement has been sent back for revision: The timber/woodchip export seaport concept has changed markedly since it was first announced. What were the reasons for the rejection of the EIS proposal? The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly Schubert Minister for Transport Minister for Planning Kangaroo Island Seaport The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning): I have been advised of the following— The environmental impact statement has not been rejected. As part of the major development assessment process, it is standard practice that applicants submit a draft document (in this instance an environmental impact statement) for an agency adequacy check prior to release for public consultation. The adequacy check determines if the guidelines have been met to an adequate standard, and sufficient information included, to be released for public comment/feedback. Following this agency adequacy check, it was identified that more information needed to be included in the environmental impact statement prior to its release for formal public and agency consultation. The proponent (Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers) has subsequently amended and resubmitted its environmental impact statement to government for a further check. The next step in the process involves determining whether these amendments are satisfactory, and if so, the following step will be the formal release of the document for agency and public consultation.