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The purpose of this guideline is to communicate how and when the Greenhouse Gas Emissions factor is considered by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process.

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The main purposes of this document are:

• to provide information and advice to assist participants in land use planning and development processes to protect, conserve and enhance the environment, and
• to describe the processes the EPA may apply under the EP Act to land use…

The Environmental Impact Assessment Practice Guide Assessment of Proposals in Western Australia under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EIA…

Kwinana is a major heavy industrial area 30 km south of Perth, Western Australia. Most industry is concentrated in a strip of land about eight kilometres long bordering the Indian Ocean.

In the late 1970s emissions of sulfur dioxide from Kwinana industries caused significant pollution in…

Nutrient enrichment of the Harvey Estuary has been caused by the clearing of native vegetation in the policy area and by land uses that result in nutrients, especially phosphorus, leaching into waterways in the policy area and then flowing into the Estuary. This stimulates excessive algal growth…

The Western Swamp Tortoise is the most endangered tortoise or turtle species on Earth. It is listed under the Western Australian Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the United Nations Convention…