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Yalyalup Mineral Sands Project

Project
Proponent: 
Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd is proposing to develop and operate a mineral sands deposit approximately 11 kilometres southeast of Busselton. The proposal includes the development of mine pits and associated infrastructure, wet concentration processing plant, solar evaporation ponds, groundwater abstraction and water management infrastructure and process water pond. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 453.34 hectares within a development envelope of 924.8 hectares. The majority of the disturbance area is on cleared agricultural land.

Assessment Number: 
2141
Region: 
South West
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Mineral sands
Last updated: 
May 17, 2021
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Yalyalup Mineral Sands Project
Comment period: 
Monday, 13 November, 2017 to Monday, 20 November, 2017
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral Form
PDF icon Supporting Doc Part 1
PDF icon Supporting Doc Part 2
PDF icon Supporting Doc Part 3
PDF icon Supporting Doc Part 4
PDF icon Supporting Doc Part 5
PDF icon Supporting Doc Part 6
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Yalyalup Mineral Sands Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 8 January, 2018
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon CMS17233-ESD Approved-290519.pdf
Approved: 
Wednesday, 29 May, 2019
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 22 June, 2020 to Monday, 20 July, 2020
Make a submission: 
Yalyalup Mineral Sands Project - Public Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Environmental Review Document
PDF icon Appendix 1 - Environmental Scoping Document.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2 - DAWE Referral Decision.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part1.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part2.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part3.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part4.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part5.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part6.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part7.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part8.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part9.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part10.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part11.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part12.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Mine Closure Plan_Part13.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4A - Flora and Vegetation 2020a_Part1.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4A - Flora and Vegetation 2020a_Part2.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4A - Flora and Vegetation 2020a_Part3.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4b - Flora and Veg Survey 2017.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4C - Targeted Flora and veg survey 2020b.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4D - GDE Assessment pdf.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4E - GDE Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4F - Dieback Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5. Acid Sulfate Soils Management Plan_Part1.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5. Acid Sulfate Soils Management Plan_Part2.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5. Acid Sulfate Soils Management Plan_Part3.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5. Acid Sulfate Soils Management Plan_Part4.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5. Acid Sulfate Soils Management Plan_Part5.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6A - Fauna Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6B - Habitat Tree Assessment .pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part1.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part2.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part3.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part4.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part5.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part6.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part7.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part8.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part9.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part10.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part11.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7A - Hydrological Assessment_Part12.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7B - Surface Water Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7C - Site Water Balance 2020b.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7D - Surface Water Discharge Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7E- GWOS.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 8 - Noise Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 9A - Ethnographic Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 9B - Archaeology Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 10. NGER Emmisions and Energy Threshold calcs.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 11 - Offset Calculations.pdf
PDF icon Fig 1_1 Regional Location.pdf
PDF icon Fig 1_2 Site Location.pdf
PDF icon Fig 1_3 Lot Details.pdf
PDF icon Fig 2_1 Transport Route.pdf
PDF icon Fig 2_2 Environmental Geology Surface.pdf
PDF icon Fig 2_3 Water Management.pdf
PDF icon Fig 2_4 Conceptual Hydrology.pdf
PDF icon Fig 2_5 Soil Landscape Systems.pdf
PDF icon Fig 2_6 Veg Complexes.pdf
PDF icon Fig 2_7 Wetlands.pdf
PDF icon Fig 2_8 Other Devs.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_1A Vegetation Units.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_1B Regional Vegetation Units.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_2 Vegetation Condition.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_3 Cons_Sig Veg.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_4 Introduced Flora.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_5 Phytophthora.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_6 GDE Vegetation Units.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_7 GDE Vegetation Units Detail.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_8 Habitat Habitats.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_11Average Water Table Elevations.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_12 Selected Hydrographs.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_13 Average Water Table Elevations Leederville.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_14 Drawpoints.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_15 Drawpoints.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_16 Surface Water Catchments.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_17 Sabina_abba Hydrographs.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_18 Local_Catchment_Surface_Drainage.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_19_Superficial_Winter Period.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_20_Superficial_Summer Period.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_21_Leederville_winter Period.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_22_Leederville_summer Period.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_23 Surface Water Monitoring Locations.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24a Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q3_21.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24b Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q4_21.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24c Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q1_22.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24d Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q2_22.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24e Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q3_22.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24f Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q4_22.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24g Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q1_23.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24h Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q2_23.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24i Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q3_23.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24j Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q4_23.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24k Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q1_24.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24l Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q2_24.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24m Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q3_24.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_24n Dry Drawdown_Mining_Q4_24.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_25a Wet Drawdown_Mining_Q3_21.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_25b Wet Drawdown_Mining_Q1_22.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_25c Wet Drawdown_Mining_Q2_22.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_25d Wet Drawdown_Mining_Q4_21.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_25e Wet Drawdown_Mining_Q3_22.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_25f Wet Drawdown_Mining_Q4_22.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_26 Leederville Drawdown Dry.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_27 Leederville Drawdown wet.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_28 Potential Drawdown Superficial.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_29 Leederville Aquifer.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_30 Yarragadee drawdown Leederville users.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_31 Potential_drawdown_yarra.pdf
PDF icon Fig 4_32 Noise sensitive residence.pdf
PDF icon Fig4_9A WRP Habitat.pdf
PDF icon Fig4_10 A BCk Habitat rev 3.pdf
PDF icon Fig4_10 B BCk Habitat Rev 3.pdf
PDF icon Fig4_10 BCk Habitat Rev 3.pdf
PDF icon Fig4_10 C BCk Habitat Rev 3.pdf
PDF icon Fig4_10 D BCk Habitat Rev 3.pdf
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
June 22, 2020
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon CMS17233-Response to Submissions-201120.pdf
Date published (Proponent response to submissions): 
November 20, 2020
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon CMS17233-S43A Notice-090120.pdf
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Thu, 09/01/2020
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1695
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Report 1695 - Yalyalup Mineral Sands Project
Key Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 18 January, 2021
Appeals close: 
Monday, 1 February, 2021
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Monday, 17 May, 2021
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1168

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/yalyalup-mineral-sands-project