Last updated: 10 February 1988
In April 1987, the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) released proposals for the management of the State forest and conservation areas within the Northern, Central and Southern Forest Regions. These administrative regions include almost all of the State forest within the South West Region and contain a large number of other areas under the management responsibility of CALM, such as nature reserves and national parks. The preparation of these plans is required under the... Read more...Last updated: 21 January 1988
The Health Department, acting under instructions of the Cabinet Committee on Metropolitan Waste, has proposed a treatment plant for septic tank pumpout material and grease trap wastes, to be located at Westfield. The facility will enable the proper treatment of this material, and the discharge to sewer of the liquid effluent. This will obviate the current methods of disposal which are not environmentally acceptable, and which may give rise to odours. Read more...Last updated: 18 January 1988
The proposal is to establish a mariculture development at several locations within Exmouth Gulf. The proposal covers the culture of a variety of products including algae (, Dunaliella salina, ), brine shrimp (, Artemia, ), prawn species indigenous to the area, oysters indigenous to the area, and fish of various species. Read more...Last updated: 18 January 1988
The proposal is for a briquetting plant at Collie, Western Australia, approximately 160 km south of Perth. The project is in two stages. Stage 1 is the construction of a plant to produce 30,000 tonnes/year (t/y) of various types of briquettes. The plant will also produce 70,000 t/y of coal char, some for use in briquette manufacture and some for sale. Stage 2 would be the upgrading of the plant to 120,000 t/y briquette production. The briquettes would be made utilising coal from Collie and... Read more...Last updated: 14 December 1987
The Environmental Protection Authority previously assessed a proposal by Prestige Bricks to establish a brickworks at the former Midland Abattoir site in Midland. Following the publication of a statement by the Hon Minister for Environment that the project could proceed subject to eleven conditions, the Company subsequently advised the EPA that due to poor foundation conditions on the southern segment of their site, it proposed to relocate the brick plant and kiln to an area that had previously... Read more...Last updated: 27 November 1987
The proposal is to incinerate approximately 1,000 tonnes of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PGBs), over a 3-5 year period, at a waste disposal facility to be located in the proximity of Koolyanobbing, approximately 53 km north of Southern Cross. The proposal consists of transporting the PCBs from storage and handling facilities in Perth and the Pilbara to the incinerator site at an abandoned hard rock quarry near Koolyanobbing, a former mining town currently inhabitated by two caretakers and their... Read more...Last updated: 25 November 1987
The Coodanup Development is a proposal by Mezzanine Pty Ltd to develop a residential and boat haven complex on Cockburn Sound Location 16, being part lots 167 to 169. This land is situated on a strip that lies between the Serpentine River and the Peel Inlet at Coodanup, near Mandurah. The land, which is currently used for grazing purposes, is presently zoned as Future Urban, Rural, Residential and Local Recreation under the Shire of Mandurah Town Planning Schemes 1A. The Shire has resolved to... Read more...Last updated: 13 November 1987
The proposal is for the development of the Saladin offshore oilfield close to Thevenard Island, some 25 km NNW of Onslow. Production of light crude oil from the offshore wells would be transferred by pipeline to a treatment and storage facility on the island. Tankers would be served by a loading site to the NNE of the island. Production over at least six years is envisaged. Read more...Last updated: 05 November 1987
In accordance with the conditions of the mining leases, a mining plan was submitted to the Department of Mines by Endeavour Resources Limited to continue mining operations in the Lancelin dunes. These plans were subsequently referred to the Environmental Protection Authority for assessment with respect to the environmental aspects of the proposal. This proposal discussed various stages of development through the perceived life of the project: initially removing sand from low lying dunes west of... Read more...Last updated: 01 November 1987
Swan Shire Council has submitted an overall planning strategy for the Hazelmere area to the State Planning Commission (SPC) and has requested the Commission's consideration to amending the Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) to introduce Urban and Urban Deferred zoning and an Important Regional Road reserve into the area. The SPC referred the proposed MRS amendment to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) requesting comments and/or recommendations on Council's submission. The EPA... Read more...Last updated: 15 October 1987
The proposal is to change mining methods of the Eneabba south operation from dry mining to dredging. This would involve the establishment of a dredge pond in existing mining pits from which a suction cutter dredge would progress along a prescribed mining path followed by a floating wet concentrator plant. Tailings would be stacked behind the operations allowing rehabilitation of mined out areas to be carried out progressively as the dredge operation proceeds. Rehabilitation would involve re-... Read more...Last updated: 02 October 1987
The proposal is to mine alluvial diamonds in the Bow River area of Western Australia. The proposal involves the establishment of a plant to process riverine gravel. The fine waste material will be disposed of in a tailing dam and the coarse waste material dumped near the processing plant. The diamondiferous material will be concentrated in a Heavy Medium Separater and then sorted using an x-ray diamond sorter. The plant will process 4,000 tonnes per day. The orebody covers approximately 500 ha... Read more...Last updated: 01 September 1987
The proposal is for a brick and tile plant at Malaga, approximately 12 km north-north-east of Perth, to produce 50 million bricks per year. The site is surrounded to the south and east by industrial, or proposed industrial, land. To the north is the proposed extension to the Ballajura residential estate and to the west a Parks and Recreation Reserve which backs on to the Koondoola residential area. The distance from the plant to the closest residential area would be over 600 metres. Read more...Last updated: 01 September 1987
The proposal is to establish a brickworks on the Midland abattoir site. Stage 1 of the project is to supply 50 million bricks a year to the local brick market. For the later Stage 2 of the project it is proposed to expand this plant to 100 million bricks a year. Read more...