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Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project

Project
Proponent: 
Kalium Lakes Potash Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

Kalium Lakes Potash Pty Ltd is seeking to develop a sub-surface brine deposit to produce approximately 150 kilotonne per annum of Sulphate of Potash product and by-products. The process will involve evaporation and processing operations at the Beyondie, 10-Mile and Sunshine Lakes area.

The Project is located approximately 160 kilometres south east of Newman, and 75 km east of the Kumarina Roadhouse, in the eastern Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The proposal includes the development of evaporation and crystalliser ponds, installation of production bores, trenches, pumps, pipelines, purification facility, access road upgrades, natural gas pipeline, and expansion of accommodation village, buildings, services and utilities (including water, power and waste disposal), disposal of excess salt.

Assessment Number: 
2138
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Industrial
Last updated: 
June 7, 2019
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project
Comment period: 
Monday, 6 November, 2017 to Monday, 13 November, 2017
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral Form
PDF icon Supporting Information
PDF icon Waterbird and Aquatic Invertebrate Survey
PDF icon Preliminary Water Supply Assessment
PDF icon Kalium Lakes Disposal Chemistry
PDF icon Flora and Vegetation Survey
PDF icon Terrestrial Fauna Survey
PDF icon Level 1 Subterranean Fauna Assessment
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Environmental review - No public review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 27 November, 2017
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon CMS14379-Approved ESD-130318
Approved: 
Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Environmental Review Document
PDF icon Mine Closure Plan
PDF icon Appendix 1 - Risk Register
PDF icon Appendix 2.1 - Flora and Vegetation Survey
PDF icon Appendix 2.2 - Flora, Vegetation and Fauna Survey
PDF icon Appendix 2.3 - Tecticornia Review
PDF icon Appendix 2.4 - Review of Impacts to Unidentified Tecticornia Species
PDF icon Appendix 3.1 - Beyondie terrestrial fauna report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.2 - Concentrator Lakes Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.3 - Targeted Night Parrot Survey Memo.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.4 - Waterbird and Aquatic Invertebrate Survey Report.PDF
PDF icon Appendix 3.5 - Level 1 Subterranean Fauna Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.6 - Level 2 Stygofauna Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.1 - Hydrogeological Assessment of Brine Abstraction.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.2 - Preliminary Water Supply Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.3 - Ten Mile Impact Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.4 - Bankable Feasibility Study (Full document available on request due to document size)
PDF icon Appendix 4.5 - Surface Water Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.6 - Kumarina Updated Groundwater Modelling Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.7 - Kumarina H3 Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5 - Beyondie CO2 emission calculations.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6 - WA Offsets Template.pdf
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
February 11, 2019
Minor or preliminary work under s. 41A(3)
s. 41A(3) notice: 
PDF icon CMS14379-Minor or Preliminary Works Approval-250518.pdf
Date of approval s. 41A(3): 
Friday, 25 May, 2018
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon CMS14379 - S43A Notice of Decision - 120319
PDF icon CMS14379 - S43A Notice of Decision - 020419
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Tue, 02/04/2019
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1631
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Report 1631 - Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 8 April, 2019
Appeals close: 
Tuesday, 23 April, 2019
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Friday, 7 June, 2019
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1098

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/beyondie-sulphate-potash-project