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Debottlenecking of Ammonia Plant from 650 tpd to 745 tpd, Kwinana Industrial Area (s46)

Project
Proponent: 
CSBP Limited
Proposal description: 

Inquiry under Section 46(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act) on CSBP Limited’s (CSBP) proposal to debottleneck their Ammonia Plant from 650 to 745 tonnes per day (tpd).

Assessment Number: 
1492
Region: 
Perth
Referred under EP Act: 
s46
Industry sector: 
Industrial
Last updated: 
June 24, 2020
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public Notification
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
People
Marine Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 13 October, 2003
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1125
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Bulletin 1125
Key Environmental Factors: 
People
Marine Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 23 February, 2004
Appeals close: 
Monday, 8 March, 2004
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Friday, 30 April, 2004
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 648.pdf
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 1 to Statement 648 – Revised Proposal description; amendments to elements in the Key Characteristics table relating to 'Gaseous Emissions', 'Natural Gas Consumption' and 'Ammonia Transfers'; and removal of characteristics managed by other regulatory authorities – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 3 January 2013.

Attachment 2 to Statement 648 – Remove reference to nitrogen and phosphorus under aqueous discharge, noise at boundaries, natural gas consumption, oily water under aqueous discharge and heat load under aqueous discharge – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 4 November 2014.

Attachment 3 to Statement 648 - Remove reference to “Capacity” in tonnes per day of NH3; remove reference to “Cooling System including polishing unit blowdown” and “Flow” under the Aqueous Discharge element; remove reference to “Flow” under the Aqueous Discharge element; update and contemporise Summary of the Proposal in Table 1; update Figures – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 29 June 2016.

Attachment 4 to Statement 648 - Increase the ammonia production capacity – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 23 June 2020.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Thursday, 3 January, 2013
Tuesday, 4 November, 2014
Wednesday, 29 June, 2016
Wednesday, 24 June, 2020

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/debottlenecking-ammonia-plant-650-tpd-745-tpd-kwinana-industrial-area-s46