Search guidelines and procedures
Enter a search term to find Guidelines and Procedure documents below.
If you can't find what you're looking for, please check the table of replaced policy and new location of content here.
Search Hint: Clicking on the relevant Category (eg: Technical and reference docs, Administrative Procedures etc ) under the title of the document will take you to a list of all guidelines and procedures in that Category.
Category: Marine Dredging, Technical guidance, Sea
This Technical guidance describes the impact prediction and assessment framework that the EPA expects proponents and consultants to use so that predictions of the extent, severity and duration of impacts to benthic habitats associated with significant dredging activities are presented in a clear…
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Technical guidance – EIA of Marine Dredging Proposals (PDF, 1.32 MB) | 1.32 MB |
Category: Flora and Vegetation, Technical guidance, Land
The purpose of this technical guidance is to ensure adequate flora and vegetation data of an appropriate standard are obtained and used in environmental impact assessment (EIA). The technical information provided within this guidance is applicable to flora and vegetation only and should be…
Category: Marine Environmental Quality, Technical guidance, Sea
The purpose of this technical guidance is to:
- assist proponents to design fit-for-purpose modelling and monitoring programs to spatially define, assess and manage potential impacts of their proposal on marine environmental quality, and
- ensure proposals that have the…
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Technical Guidance - Protecting the Quality of Western Australia’s Marine Environment (PDF, 952.99 KB) | 952.99 KB |
Category: Benthic Communities and Habitats, Technical guidance, Sea
The EPA’s objective for the Factor Benthic Communities and Habitats is “to protect benthic communities and habitats so that biological diversity and ecological integrity are maintained”. The purpose of this Guidance is to explain how impacts on benthic communities and habitats…
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Technical Guidance - Protection of Benthic Communities and Habitats (PDF, 3.48 MB) | 3.48 MB |
Category: Technical guidance, Terrestrial Fauna, Terrestrial Fauna, Land
The content of this guidance has not yet been updated to reflect the EPA’s framework for environmental considerations in environmental impact assessment.
This Guidance provides information on the standards and methods of survey required to assist in collecting the…
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Technical Guidance - Sampling of short range endemic invertebrate fauna (PDF, 1.13 MB) | 1.13 MB |
Category: Subterranean Fauna, Technical guidance, Subterranean Fauna, Land
The content of this Guidance has been updated to reflect the EPA’s framework for environmental considerations in environmental impact assessment.
This guidance replaces two former Technical Guidance documents: ‘Technical Guidance – Subterranean fauna surveys’…
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Technical Guidance - Subterranean fauna surveys for EIA (PDF, 834.9 KB) | 834.9 KB |
Category: Technical guidance, Land
The content of this Guidance has been updated to reflect the EPA’s framework for environmental considerations in environmental impact assessment.
This guidance replaces two former Technical Guidance documents: ‘Technical Guidance – Sampling methods for terrestrial…
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Technical Guidance - Terrestrial vertebrate fauna surveys (PDF, 1.24 MB) | 1.24 MB |
Category: Other advice
The EPA will, as required under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, continue to consider proposed developments for this area on an individual basis, however, the EPA recognises the significance of the natural values of the Whicher Scarp across a range of biodiversity…
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| EPA Advice: The Natural Values of the Whicher Scarp (PDF, 2.56 MB) | 2.56 MB |
Get notified of updates and new content
