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A new Noise Management Plan (NMP) for Busselton Regional Aerodrome will allow greater flexibility while still limiting environmental impacts, the Environmental Protection Authority has recommended.

Comprehensive conditions steering the construction of a new seawater desalination plant have been recommended, the Environmental Protection Authority has announced.

The Environmental Protection Authority of WA has recommended strict conditional environmental approval for Fortescue Metals Group to expand their Cloudbreak Iron Ore Mine.

Strict conditions governing the construction of a new outer harbour development in Port Hedland have been recommended by the Environmental Protection Authority.

EPA Chairman Paul Vogel said the recommended approval of BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s outer harbour development, which includes rail and ore stockpile facilities as well as a four kilometre jetty offshore of Finucane Island, could be implemented with rigorous conditions to limit environmental impacts.

Environmental issues connected to the Perth Waterfront Project will be managed by the Swan River Trust, the Environmental Protection Authority has announced.

The construction of a land-based marina on the western side of the Point Grey peninsula and a 2.5 km channel across the Harvey Estuary has been recommended for approval by the Environmental Protection Authority subject to strict conditions.

The Environmental Protection Authority will visit Broome and the proposed Browse Liquefied Natural Gas Precinct at James Price Point today, ahead of making a recommendation on the project to the Minister for Environment.

The Environmental Protection Authority will visit Broome this month to meet with community members about the proposed Browse Liquefied Natural Gas Precinct at James Price Point.

EPA Chairman Paul Vogel said the proposal would be discussed with representatives from a cross-section of the community, including the Shire of Broome, the Kimberley Land Council, Goolarabooloo and Goolarabooloo Jabirr Jabirr Traditional Owners, Environs Kimberley and the Save the Kimberley group.

Strict conditions on the way Magellan Metals transports lead carbonate concentrate should remain, the Environmental Protection Authority has recommended.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended conditional environmental approval of Chevron Australia’s ‘Wheatstone’ proposal for a 25 million tonne per annum (Mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant and associated facilities on the Pilbara coast near Onslow.