Media Statements

Construction of a new section of the Perth Darwin National Highway has been recommended for strict conditional approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.

The Environmental Protection Authority will examine potential health and amenity impacts of dust, now and into the future, in respect to urban development in the Mandogalup area.

Chairman Dr Tom Hatton said the EPA would consider the potential impacts of both current and future land uses before providing advice on an appropriate buffer size.

“The EPA’s advice will focus on the specific issue of potential health and amenity aspects of dust in the Mandogalup area in respect to any proposed buffer,” Dr Hatton said.

EPA Chairman Dr Tom Hatton said significant enquiries by the EPA during the referral stage of the Balannup Wastewater Pressure Main - a 4.5 kilometre pipeline running from the Collared Street Pump Station to the Waterworks Road Pump Station - found further assessment of the proposal was required.

Dr Hatton said the project proposed constructing the majority of the pipeline using open excavation methods, with 1.5km within the Bush Forever site constructed using a trench-less pipe installing technology known as the EcoPlough technique.

An expansion to an existing iron ore mine in Western Australian’s Pilbara region has been recommended for approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.