Post assessment

The attached instruction and form assist proponents in requesting withdrawal of a Ministerial Statement under s. 47A of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) (EP Act).

The Minister for Environment (or delegate) is the decision-maker for withdrawing a Ministerial Statement.

The instruction and form outline the information proponents should provide with their request to enable the Minister (or delegate) to determine whether to approve a request to withdraw the relevant Ministerial statement under s. 47A of the EP Act

The purpose of the attached instructions and form is to assist a proponent in transferring responsibility for a proposal to another person.

The Minister for Environment (or delegate) is the decision-maker for transferring responsibility of a proposal after a Ministerial statement has been published.

The instruction and form outline the information that is required for requests to transfer responsibility of a proposal.

To assist proponents in preparing Index of Marine Surveys for Assessments (IMSA) data packages, to accompany marine survey reports submitted to support assessments under the Environmental Protection Act 1986.

For further information about IMSA and the portal, visit the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s website.

As of March 30, 2020 the submissions process for IBSA data packages has changed, please refer to the instructions below.

These instructions are to assist proponents in preparing and submitting online Index of Biodiversity Surveys for Assessments (IBSA) data packages, as part of the assessment process under the Environmental Protection Act 1986.

These instructions are provided to assist proponents to prepare Impact Reconciliation Procedures (IRP) and Impact Reconciliation Reports (IRR) submitted under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986. Proponents are encouraged to submit IRPs at referral, noting they must be provided during an assessment by the EPA, or otherwise to comply with an implementation condition under a Ministerial Statement. 

The purpose of the instructions is to assist proponents to prepare a request to amend implementation conditions of an approved Ministerial statement

The Minister for Environment needs sufficient information from the proponent to decide whether to request that the Environmental Protection Authority conduct an inquiry and report on whether the implementation conditions for an existing Ministerial statement, or any of them, should be amended.

These instructions are provided to assist proponents to prepare Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) submitted under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986. EMPs may be provided at referral, during an assessment by the EPA, or required as an implementation condition under a Ministerial statement. The term ‘Environmental Management Plan’ is used generically to refer to documents that set out the above information. Documents may be referred to in various ways, e.g. ‘Fauna Management Plan’ or ‘Groundwater Monitoring and Management and Plan’ or ‘Greenhouse Gas Management Plan’.

The purpose of these instructions is to assist proponents in their request for approval to amend their approved proposal and/or the conditions of their approved proposal. The Environmental Protection Authority Chair usually exercises a delegation to consider these applications on behalf of the Minister for Environment. 

A request under s. 45C will not be approved if the requested amendment is considered to be a significant amendment.

An audit table for the Statement addressed in this Statement of Compliance must be provided as Attachment 2. Post Assessment Guideline 1 provides an audit table template and describes its attributes.