ProcessHume Coal ProjectBerrima Rail Project Hume Coal Project TimelinePreliminary Environmental Assessment and Site Verification Certificate Summary Applications Submitted May 2016 – Mining Lease Application (MLA)May 2016 – Mining Lease Application public advertisementsAugust 2015 – Site Verification Certificate Application (SVC)July 2015 – Public Notice of Intention to lodge an application for Site Verification Certificate (SVC)July 2015 – EPBC Act Project Referral ApplicationJuly 2015 – Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA)Received Documents April 2016 – Site Verification Certificate (SVC)December 2015 – Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Referral Decision (EPBC Act Referral)August 2015 – Secretary Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) Applications Submitted October 2015 – Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservations Act Referral (EPBC Act Referral)July 2015 – Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA)Received Documents August 2015 – Secretary Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs)