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Yeelirrie Uranium Project

Project
Proponent: 
Cameco Australia Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

The proposal is to mine uranium ore from the Yeelirrie deposit, approximately 70 km south-west of Wiluna, and the construction of associated mine infrastructure, including ore processing facilities, water (includes borefield and corridors) abstraction and reinjection infrastructure, roads, accommodation, offices and workshops, stockpile and laydown areas and evaporation pond. Tailings would be discharged into the mine open pit.

Assessment Number: 
2032
Region: 
Mid West
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Uranium
Last updated: 
January 16, 2017
Related EPA Media Statement: 
EPA releases its report on Yeelirrie Uranium Project: Report 1574
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Yeelirrie Uranium Project
Comment period: 
Monday, 24 November, 2014 to Sunday, 30 November, 2014
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral Document - Yeelirrie Uranium Project
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Chairman's Determination - Yeelirrie Uranium Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Human Health
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 15 December, 2014
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon Environmental Scoping Document - Yeelirrie Uranium Project (Final)
Approved: 
Friday, 8 May, 2015
Bilateral assessment (EPBC Act): 
2009/4906
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 21 September, 2015 to Monday, 14 December, 2015
Make a submission: 
Public Environmental Review - Yeelirrie Uranium Project
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Yeelirrie Uranium Project - Public Environmental Review
Package icon Appendices A-D.zip
Package icon Appendices E1-5.zip
Package icon Appendices E5-9.zip
Package icon Appendices F1-2.zip
Package icon Appendices G1-4.zip
Package icon Appendices H1-2.zip
Package icon Appendices I1-3.zip
PDF icon Appendix J1 - Radiation Technical Report (DWERDA-011667).pdf
PDF icon Appendix J2 - Radon Assessment of the Yeelirrie Uranium Project (DWERDA-011668).pdf
PDF icon Appendix K1 - Environmental Noise Assessment (DWERDA-011669).pdf
PDF icon Appendix K2 - Vehicle Movement Noise Assessment (DWERDA-011670).pdf
PDF icon Appendix L1 - Air Quality Assessment of the Yeelirrie Uranium Project (DWERDA-011678).pdf
PDF icon Appendix L2 - Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Forecast for the Proposed Yeelirrie Development (DWERDA-011679).pdf
PDF icon Appendix M1 - Soils and Soil Landscapes of the Study Area (DWERDA-011680).pdf
PDF icon Appendix M2 - Assessment of Tailings and Mine Waste Source Terms (DWERDA-011681).pdf
PDF icon Appendix M3 - Geochemical Assessment of Tailings and Mine Waste (DWERDA-011682).pdf
PDF icon Appendix N - Review and Verification of Aboriginal Heritage Landscape-Yeelirrie Project, North Eastern Goldfields (DWERDA-011683).pdf
PDF icon Appendix O1 - Mine Closure Plan (DWERDA-011684).pdf
PDF icon Appendix O1a - Appendix A - List of Active Leases (DWERDA-011676).pdf
PDF icon Appendix O2 - Landform Evolution Modelling (DWERDA-011677).pdf
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Response to Submissions - Final
PDF icon Attachment 1 - Review of Policies and Guidelines
PDF icon Attachment 2 - Additional Subterranean Fauna Figures
PDF icon AAttachment 3 - Revised subterranean fauna avoidance, minimisation, mitigation and offset measures
PDF icon Attachment 4 - Figure 9-19 (revised) and SRE Impact Table
PDF icon Appendix 6- Response to Submissions
PDF icon Attachment 5 - Figure Potential Impacts on Neighbouring Stations
PDF icon Attachment 7 - Concept Diagrams
PDF icon Attachment 8 - Revised Proposal for the Protection of Atriplex Yeelirrie
PDF icon Attachment 9 - Flora and Vegetation
PDF icon Attachment 10 - Radiation Assessment
PDF icon Attachment 11 - Review of Impacts to Cattle
PDF icon Attachment 12 - Letter from DSD re Mine Closure Plans
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1574
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Report 1574 - Yeelirrie Uranium Project
Key Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Human Health
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Wednesday, 3 August, 2016
Appeals close: 
Wednesday, 17 August, 2016
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Friday, 20 January, 2017
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1053

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