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Woodie Continued Operations Project

Project
Proponent: 
Consolidated Minerals Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

Consolidated Minerals Pty Ltd the proponent) propose to develop the Woodie Continued Operations Project. The proposal is an expansion of the existing Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine operations (Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Minerals Pty Ltd) which is not subject to a Ministerial Statement issued under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act). The proposal is located approximately 100 km east of Marble Bar and Nullagine and 400 km south east of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Existing operations at Woodie Woodie are currently regulated under Part V of the EP Act and the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. The current project operates under Licence L6131/1990/3 and Clearing Permit CPS 6792/1.

Historically 2,325 ha of clearing has taken place with an additional 345 ha of native vegetation authorised to be cleared under CPS 6792/1. The current Clearing Permit Boundary area is 7,589 ha, the proposed development envelope of 12,708 ha extends the boundary to the north, south and west.

The proposal would include clearing of up to an additional 2,340 hectares (ha) of native vegetation on top of 2,670 ha of native vegetation cleared under previous approvals. Resulting in a total clearing of 5,010 ha within a development envelope of 12,708 ha.

Key Characteristics of the proposal:

• New and existing satellite pits will be mined with material crushed, screened and beneficiated on site at a central processing plant, prior to being trucked to Port Hedland and shipped through the Utah Point Bulk Handling Facility. Processing wastes (tailings) are discharged into In-Pit Storage Facilities (TSFs).
• Additional above and below water pits will be mined Proposed depths of pits range from 48 to 234 m below ground level.
• Abstraction of up to 40 GL of groundwater per annum and discharging of up to 40 GL of water to local creek systems per annum.
• Deposition of tailings to in-pit TSFs.
• Construction of additional miscellaneous infrastructure to support mining activities.

Proposal Content Document: 
PDF icon Proposal Content Document - November 2024.pdf
Assessment Number: 
2245
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Manganese
Last updated: 
December 2, 2024
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Woodie Continued Operations Project
Comment period: 
Monday, 20 April, 2020 to Sunday, 26 April, 2020
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon EPA Referral Submission Form
PDF icon Woodie EPA Referral Supporting Document Final Report
PDF icon Appendix 2 - Tenements
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Stakeholder Consultation Register Redacted
PDF icon Appendix 4 - Rockwater EPA Referral Memo
PDF icon Appendix 5 - Level 1 Vertebrate Fauna Survey 2018
PDF icon Appendix 6 - Night Parrot Survey
PDF icon Appendix 7 - Targeted Northern Quoll Survey
PDF icon Appendix 8 - Fauna Gap Analysis
PDF icon Appendix 9 - DWER License L6131
PDF icon Appendix 10 - DWER AER 2019
PDF icon Appendix 11 - Groundwater Licenses
PDF icon Appendix 13 - Flora and Vegetation Gap Analysis
PDF icon Appendix 14 - Flora and Vegetation Assessment GDE
PDF icon Appendix 15 - Land Systems and Landforms Memo
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Waste Characterisation
PDF icon Appendix 17 - Tailings Information
PDF icon Appendix 18 - Rehabilitation of Waste Landforms
PDF icon Appendix 19 - National Pollution Inventory Report 2019
PDF icon Appendix 20 - National Greenhouse Gas and Energy Report 2019
PDF icon Appendix 12 - Flora and Vegetation Assessment
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Additional Assessment Information (public review)
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Woodie Continued Operations Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 11 May, 2020
3. Assessment
Request for further information
Date: 
Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
File upload: 
PDF icon Woodie Continued Operations - Letter from EPA Chairman.pdf
PDF icon Woddie Additonal work Table.pdf
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 8 July, 2024 to Monday, 22 July, 2024
Make a submission: 
Woodie Continued Operations Project - Additional Information
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon ERD Rev3_June 2024 including Figures.pdf
PDF icon ERD Rev3 figures.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1 EPA request for information.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2 AWE request for information.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 Other Approvals.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4 Woodie Continued Operations Tenements.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5 Stakeholder Engagement.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6 Woodie Woodie Detailed Fauna 2021.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7 Woodie Woodie Targeted Northern Quoll Survey.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 8 Woodie Woodie Conservation Signification Bat Survey.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 9 Woodie Woodie Pilbara Olive Python Survey.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 10 Woodie Woodie Short Range Endemic Survey.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 11 Woodie Woodie Aquatic Ecology Baseline Study 2020-2021.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 12 Significant Species Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 13 Mine Closure Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 14 Woodie Woodie Flora and Veg Baseline Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 15 Woodie Woodie Flora and Veg Impact Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 Woodie Woodie Subterranean Fauna Survey.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 17 Woodie Woodie Mine Discharge Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 18 Woodie Woodie Mine Discharge Water Memo.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 19 Woodie Woodie Hydrogeology Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 20 Woodie Flood Model.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 21 Woodie Woodie Pit Lakes.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 22 Woodie Woodie Ground and Surface Water Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 23 Woodie Woodie Tailings Material Characterisation memo.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 24 Woodie Continued Operations GHG Technical Report v2.1.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 25 Proposed Offset Strategy.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 26 Woodie Woodie Economic Impacts Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 37 Groundwater Surface Water Chemistry Comparison .pdf
PDF icon Appendix 38 Rockwater pools memo.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 27 Legal Obligations Register for Rehabilitation and Closure.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 28 Landform Conceptual Design Figures for MCP.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 29 Waste Characterisation Report Woodie Woodie Manganese Operation.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 30 Woodie Woodie Waste Rock Phase 0 Review and Characterisation Strategy.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 31 Woodie Woodie Topsoil Resource Assessment.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 32 Woodie Woodie Pit Lakes Conceptual Model.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 33 Closure Risk Assessment.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 34 Closure Task Register.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 35 Woodie Woodie Conceptual Closure Layout.pdf
PDF icon MCP Appendix 36 Care & Maintenance Environmental Management Plan.pdf
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
July 8, 2024
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Response to submissions
PDF icon Appendix 1 Woodie Targeted Flora Survey 2024.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2 Woodie Woodie Report Bat Report May 2024 Issue 1.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 Woodie Night Parrot survey 2024 Final.pdf
PDF icon RtS Appendix 7 Significant Species Management Plan_clean.pdf
PDF icon RtS Appendix 8 4260 Mine Closure Plan_Rev4.1.pdf
PDF icon ERD Appendix 20 300203888_woodie_woodie_memo_hydraulics_c (1)_Part1.pdf
PDF icon ERD Appendix 20 300203888_woodie_woodie_memo_hydraulics_c (1)_Part2.pdf
PDF icon ERD Appendix 20 300203888_woodie_woodie_memo_hydraulics_c (1)_Part3.pdf
PDF icon ERD Appendix 20 300203888_woodie_woodie_memo_hydraulics_c (1)_Part4.pdf
Date published (Proponent response to submissions): 
October 3, 2024
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon s. 43A Notice - 061124.pdf
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Wed, 06/11/2024
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1775
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Report 1775 Woodie Continued Operations Project.pdf
Key Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 2 December, 2024
Appeals close: 
Monday, 23 December, 2024
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1245

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/woodie-continued-operations-project