Summary: Fortescue Metals Group Limited (FMG) proposes to develop an iron ore mine north of the town of Newman at Cloud Break, to integrate with the previously assessed and approved Stage A and Stage B iron ore projects. This report provides the Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA's) advice and recommendations to the Minister for the Environment on the environmental factors relevant to the proposal.
Release Date: 30 January 2006
Details: Summary
Fortescue Metals Group Limited (FMG) proposes to develop an iron ore mine north of the town of Newman at Cloud Break, to integrate with the previously assessed and approved Stage A and Stage B iron ore projects. This report provides the Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA's) advice and recommendations to the Minister for the Environment on the environmental factors relevant to the proposal.
Section 44 of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 requires the EPA to report to the Minister for the Environment on the environmental factors relevant to the proposal and on the conditions and procedures to which the proposal should be subject, if implemented. In addition, the EPA may make recommendations as it sees fit.
The EPA is also required to have regard for the principles set out in section 4A of the Environmental Protection Act 1986.
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Main report (file type: Acrobat PDF file size: 2.7 Mb)
Fortescue Metals Group Limited: Response to Submissions (file type: Acrobat PDF file size: 6.4 Mb)
Proponent: Fortescue Metals Group Limited
Status: Final
Report Number: 1216
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