Media statements are also released by the Minister for Environment.
Please note that the email address for general media enquiries is info.epa@dwer.wa.gov.au.
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.
Read more...The Environmental Protection Authority has welcomed the findings of an independent legal and governance review.
Minister for Environment Albert Jacob initiated the review into the EPA’s practices for policy and guideline development and their application to environmental impact assessments following a decision by the Supreme Court in December 2015 about the environmental assessment of the Stage 8 Roe Highway extension project.
EPA Chairman Dr Tom Hatton said the review had been an opportunity to closely examine the EPA’s suite of policies and guidelines.
Read more...An expansion to an existing iron ore mine in Western Australian’s Pilbara region has been recommended for approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.
Read more...Three independent Delegates assessing the Browse Liquefied Natural Gas Precinct strategic proposal have recommended that the strategic proposal may be implemented subject to 28 conditions.
Read more...The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval for the mining of a new Pilbara iron ore deposit, subject to a set of environmental conditions.
Read more...Revisions to the existing Marandoo Iron Ore Project, 37km east of Tom Price in the central Pilbara, intended mainly to consolidate and update conditions, have been recommended for approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.
Hamersley Iron Pty Limited proposes to revise conditions applying to the existing Marandoo Iron Ore Project which comprises an open-cut iron ore mine, associated infrastructure and parts of the Central Pilbara Railway.
Read more...The Environmental Protection Authority has backed plans for a more compact city to accommodate 3.5 million people in future and says it’s the best way to protect our environment in the long term.
Read more...Uncontaminated wood waste - normally disposed of in landfill - will be converted into electricity under a proposal recommended for strict conditional approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.
Read more...The Forrestfield Airport Link, which will extend Perth’s rail network, has been recommended for conditional approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.
Read more...A new mineral sands mine in the southwest has been recommended for strict conditional approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.
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