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Eramurra Solar Salt Project

Project
Proponent: 
Leichhardt Industrials Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

Leichhardt Industrials Pty Ltd propose to develop the Eramurra Solar Salt project approximately 55 km west-south-west of Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The proposal includes the development of a series of concentrator and crystalliser ponds and a processing plant. Supporting infrastructure includes seawater intake, bitterns outfall, desalination plant and groundwater bores, power supply and other infrastructure.

Export of product would be via a previously approved trestle jetty at Cape Preston East Port. However, the proposal includes dredging at Cape Preston East Port with offshore and onshore dredge material disposal options.

Disturbance would be up to 14,300 ha within the terrestrial ponds development envelope, 90 ha within the marine development envelope, and 320 ha within the dredge spoil disposal development envelope.

Assessment Number: 
2306
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Salt
Last updated: 
August 15, 2025
Current Status: 
Public Environmental Review period closed
Public Environmental Review period closed
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Eramurra Solar Salt Project
Comment period: 
Monday, 16 August, 2021 to Sunday, 22 August, 2021
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral Form
PDF icon Supporting Document
PDF icon Appendix 1 - Eramurra Marine Environmental Pre Feasibility Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2 - Eramurra Salt Project -Desktop Review Report.pdf
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Eramurra Solar Salt Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Benthic Communities and Habitats
Marine Environmental Quality
Marine Fauna
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 6 September, 2021
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon 0212_LEI_ERA_ESD_SUP_Environmental Scoping Document_RevE 221129 signed.pdf
Approved: 
Thursday, 22 December, 2022
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Thursday, 19 June, 2025 to Thursday, 14 August, 2025
Make a submission: 
Eramurra Solar Salt Project - Public Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon 0212_LEI_ERA_ERD_DOC_Environmental Review Document_0_250612 Part 1 of 3.pdf
PDF icon 0212_LEI_ERA_ERD_DOC_Environmental Review Document_0_250612 Part 2 of 3.pdf
PDF icon 0212_LEI_ERA_ERD_DOC_Environmental Review Document_0_250612 Part 3 of 3.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.1 Hydrologic Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.2 Tidal Inundation Modelling.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.3 The past the present and future coastal dynamics.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.4 Baseline Soils and Sediment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.5 July 2024 Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring Event.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.6 Site Setting and Groundwater Baseline Update.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.7 Base Hydrodynamic Modelling.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.8 Interim MCP.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1.9 GMMP.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2.1 MEQMMP.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2.2 DSDMMP.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2.3 Sediment Analysis Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2.4 Baseline Water Quality.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2.5 Dredge Plume Modelling.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2.6 Bitterns Dispersion Modelling.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2.7 Ecotoxicology Test Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2.8 Ecotoxicology Technical Justification.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.1 BCH Cumulative Loss Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.2 Intertidal BCH.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.3 Subtidal BCH.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.4 Introduced Marine Pests.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.5 Mangrove Remote Sensing.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.6 Algal Mat Remote Sensing.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.7 Benthic Mat Studies.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.8 BCHMMP.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3.9 Effects of future SLR.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.1 Conservation Significant Marine Fauna Desktop Study.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.2 - Marine Turtle Monitoring 2022-23.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.2 - Marine Turtle Monitoring 2023-24.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.2 - N00801 Eramurra Hatchling Turtle Orientation 2024_25 Rev0.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.2 - O2 Marine Turtle Nesting Study Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.3 Benchmark Artifical Light Monitoring and Modelling.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.4 - Murdoch Sawfish Survey.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.4 - O2 Marine Sawfish Survey Field Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.4 - Sawfish Risk Assessment Workshop.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.5 - Potential Risks to Fisheries.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.5 Fish and Fisheries Factual Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.6 Underwater Noise and Vehicle Collision Risk Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4.7 ALMP.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5.1 Detailed Flora and Vegetation Survey.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5.2 Remote Sensing Horseflat PEC.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5.3 Minuria tridens Resolution Study.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5.4 Tecticornia Resolution Study.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.1 Detailed Terrestrial Fauna and Migratory Shorebird Surveys.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.2 - Proposed_NP_Sampling_Schedule_Final.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.2 24082 Eramurra Solar Salt Night Parrot Sampling 2024_v2.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.2 -Eramurra_Revised_Sampling_Analysis_Report_Final.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.2 Results of Acoustic Surveys Conducted for the Night Parrot.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.2 Revised_Eramurra_NP_Habitat_Report_Final.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.3 Camera Detection update for Eramurra Solar Salt Project Footprint from 24th July 2024 to 18th October 2024.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.3 Eramurra Salt Review of Northern Quoll Assessment Final Nov23.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.3 Northern Quoll Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6.4 Urodacus, Acanthodillo, and Conothele.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.1 Environmental Noise Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.2 Greenhouse Gas Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.3 Subterranean Fauna Desktop Study.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.4 Interim Offset Strategy.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.5 Geotechnical Investigation Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.6 Eramurra Salt - Jan2025 GW and SW Monitoring Review.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.6 Geosyntec Peer Review.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.6 Hydrologic Assessment Peer Review of LWC (now replaced by SWS 2025).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.6 LWC Response to Comments for July 2024 Monitoring Event Report - DR001.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.6 Peer Review Benthic Mat Study.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.6 Peer Review Hydraulic Model.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.6 Peer Review of Groundwater Affects and Seepage Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7.7 Tecticornia Study.pdf
PDF icon Proponent Response to EPAS Comments.pdf
PDF icon Attachment A - Response to Comments - Inland waters.pdf
PDF icon Attachment B Response to Comments - Marine fauna.pdf
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
June 19, 2025
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon s. 43A Notice - 210623.pdf
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Wed, 21/06/2023

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/eramurra-solar-salt-project