Category: Other advice
Both the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP) Act and the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (AH Act) have the legal capacity to consider aspects of Aboriginal heritage. The EPA recognises the specialist expertise of DAA in Aboriginal matters and that DAA has primary responsibility for considering...
Category: Technical and reference docs
Several water quality surveys were undertaken in the coastal waters of the Kimberley region from September 2007 to August 2008 to measure typical TSS concentrations and determine background total and dissolved concentrations of aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury,...
Category: Technical and reference docs
This work was undertaken to provide an estimate of background concentrations for selected metals and organic chemicals in the waters of the Jurien Bay Marine Park and to ascertain whether the guideline trigger values from ANZECC & ARMCANZ (2000) are relevant to the region.
Category: Technical and reference docs
This work was undertaken to gain an understanding of background concentrations for a range of contaminants in Perth's coastal marine waters, and to ascertain whether the guideline trigger values from ANZECC & ARMCANZ (2000) were relevant to the region.
Category: Technical and reference docs
This work was undertaken to provide an estimate of background concentrations for selected metals and organics in the marine waters of the North West Shelf, and to ascertain whether the guideline trigger values from ANZECC & ARMCANZ (2000) are relevant to the region.
Category: Technical and reference docs
This report provides the results of a survey to determine the concentrations of a range of selected metal and organic chemicals in marine sediments under natural background conditions in the Pilbara region and to ascertain the applicability the nationally-recommended sediment quality guidelines...
Category: Technical and reference docs
This report provides the results of a survey to determine the concentrations of a range of selected metal and organic chemicals in marine sediments under natural background conditions in the Midwest region and to ascertain the applicability the nationally-recommended sediment quality guidelines...
Category: Technical and reference docs
A survey was carried out to establish a quantitative baseline for petroleum hydrocarbons in seawater, shoreline sediments, intertidal filter feeders and cultured pearl oysters across the Kimberley bioregion.