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Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project

Project
Proponent: 
Tronox Limited
Proposal description: 

Tronox Management Pty Limited proposes to develop the Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project, 30 kilometres west from Cervantes, Shire of Dandaragan. The proposal involves the dredge mining of three orebodies: Woolka, Harrier and Kestrel. The proposal will require movement of the mining dredge and ore processing plant (concentrator) from the existing Cooljarloo Mine to Cooljarloo West and back again via flotation across an open channel.

Assessment Number: 
2024
Region: 
Wheatbelt
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Mineral sands
Last updated: 
January 22, 2021
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project
Comment period: 
Saturday, 25 May, 2013 to Friday, 31 May, 2013
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral Document - Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project
PDF icon Preliminary Environmental Review
PDF icon Flora and Vegetation Assessment
PDF icon Flora and Vegetation Assessment Appendices A - E
PDF icon Flora and Vegetation Assessment Figures
PDF icon Fauna Values of the Project Area
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Chairman's Determination - Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 10 June, 2013
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon Environmental Scoping Document - Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project
Approved: 
Friday, 30 August, 2013
Bilateral assessment (EPBC Act): 
2013/6895
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 29 May, 2017 to Monday, 26 June, 2017
Make a submission: 
Public Environmental Review - Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Environmental Review document
PDF icon Appendix 2 - Environmental Management Plan
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Terrestrial fauna (Bamford 2015)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Fauna investigations at Cooljarloo (Bamford 2015a)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - SRE report (Bennelogia 2013a)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Stygofauna (Bennelogia 2013b)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Subterranean fauna desktop and method (Bennelogia 2013c)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Wetlands, watercourses and GDE (Syrinx 2013)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Peer review of groundwater modelling (CDM Smith 2014)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Hydrogeological report (Worley Parsons 2013)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Groundwater modelling (Worley Parsons 2015)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Soils investigation (SWC 2013)
PDF icon Acid sulfate soils survey (SWC 2014)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Survey intensity assessment (Astron 2015)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Dieback (Glevan 2013)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Conservation significant flora survey and impact assessment (Mattiske 2017)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Paracaleana dixonii targeted regional surveys (Western Botanical 2014a)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Conservation significant flora searches (Western Botanical 2014b)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Conservation significant flora assessment (Woodman 2013)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - CLW Flora and vegetation: Part 1 (Woodman 2014)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - CLW Flora and vegetation: Part 2 (Woodman 2014)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - CLW Flora and vegetation: Part 3 (Woodman 2014)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Conservation significant flora risk assessment (Woodman 2015)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Method Statement: additional surveys for significant flora (Woodman 2016)
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Resolution of unresolved taxa (Woodman 2016)
PDF icon Appendix 4 - Offsets calculations
PDF icon Appendix 5 - Amalgamating Tronox Cooljarloo’s Ministerial Conditions
PDF icon Appendix 6 - Mine Closure Plan
Package icon Spatial data
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Response to submissions - 261020.pdf
Date published (Proponent response to submissions): 
October 26, 2020
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon Notice of Decision to Consent to a Change to Proposal during Assessment - 15/15/17
PDF icon Notice of Decision to Consent to a Change to Proposal during Assessment - 19/12/17
PDF icon Statement of Reasons - 19/12/17
PDF icon s43A -Notice of Decision-020818
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Thu, 02/08/2018
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1692
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Report 1692 - Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project - assessment report.pdf
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
Appeals close: 
Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Friday, 22 January, 2021
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1158

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/cooljarloo-west-titanium-minerals-project