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Earl Grey Lithium Project (Revised Proposal)

Project
Proponent: 
Covalent Lithium Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

Covalent Lithium Pty Ltd propose to make changes to their existing approved lithium mine. 

Changes include the construction and operation of a solar plant to provide renewable energy, changes to the tailings disposal method from a dry to a wet tailings, co-disposal of inert refinery waste generated from the Kwinana Lithium Refinery and modification of existing flora and vegetation and fauna exclusion areas. 

The revised proposal would include the additional disturbance of 56 hectares (ha). 

Assessment Number: 
2315
Region: 
Goldfields Esperance
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Lithium
Last updated: 
November 23, 2022
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Earl Grey Lithium Project (Revised Proposal)
Comment period: 
Tuesday, 12 October, 2021 to Monday, 18 October, 2021
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Earl Grey Lithium Project Revised Proposal Referral Form .pdf
PDF icon Banksia sphaerocarpa Targeted Survey.pdf
PDF icon Blue Vein and Powerline Access Roads Fauna Survey.pdf
PDF icon Camponotus sp. nr. terebrans (Sugar Ant) Targeted Fauna Survey (Development Envelope).pdf
PDF icon Camponotus sp. nr. terebrans (Sugar Ant) Targeted Fauna Survey (Solar Plant).pdf
PDF icon Chuditch Monitoring (2019).pdf
PDF icon Chuditch Monitoring (2020).pdf
PDF icon Conservation Significant Flora Targeted Survey.pdf
PDF icon Construction Environmental Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Earl Grey Lithium Project Greenhouse Gas Emissions.pdf
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Earl Grey Lithium Project Revised Proposal (2021).pdf
PDF icon Fauna Environmental Management Plan (2020).pdf
PDF icon Field Survey Vegetation Health Monitoring Transects (memorandum) .pdf
PDF icon Field Survey vegetation TEC Assessment (memorandum).pdf
PDF icon Field Survey Vegetation Transects & TEC Assessment (Memorandum).pdf
PDF icon Flora & Vegetation Assessment Earl Grey Irish Breakfast & Prince Wales Prospects (2017).pdf
PDF icon Flora & Vegetation Assessment Earl Grey Lithium Project (2018).pdf
PDF icon Flora & Vegetation Assessment Earl Grey Lithium Project Water Pipeline Corridor.pdf
PDF icon Flora & Vegetation Survey Blue Vein Mine Mt Holland .pdf
PDF icon Flora and Vegetation Assessment Earl Grey Lithium Project Water Pipeline Supplementary Report.pdf
PDF icon Flora and Vegetation Environmental Management Plan (2021).pdf
PDF icon Flora Offset Strategy (2020).pdf
PDF icon Flora Survey Mt Holland (2020).pdf
PDF icon Introduced Flora (Weed) Survey.pdf
PDF icon Ironcaps Banksia Conservation Plan.pdf
PDF icon Kwinana Lithium Refinery Process Residues Geochemical Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Malleefowl Monitoring (2019).pdf
PDF icon Malleefowl Monitoring (2020).pdf
PDF icon Malleefowl Monitoring (Memorandum).pdf
PDF icon Pipeline Fauna Survey.pdf
PDF icon Regional Flora Survey (2019).pdf
PDF icon SRE & Subterranean Fauna Desktop Assessment (2019).pdf
PDF icon Statistical Comparison Vegetation Ironcap Hills PEC (2018).pdf
PDF icon Subterranean Fauna Desktop Assessment (2018) .pdf
PDF icon Tailing Storage Facility Siting and Options Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Tailings Geochemical Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Targeted Chuditch and Malleefowl Survey (2016-2017).pdf
PDF icon Targeted Flora Survey Mt Holland Lithium Project (2020).pdf
PDF icon Targeted Search Threatened Flora Mt Holland Gold Project.pdf
PDF icon Targeted Surveys for Threatened Flora Species Banksia sphaerocarpa var. dolichostyla (2017).pdf
PDF icon Threatened & Priority Flora Assessment Earl Grey Lithium Project Pre-Clearance Surveys.pdf
PDF icon Threatened & Priority Flora Assessment Tenemement M77-215 Tracks and Drill Hole Locations.pdf
PDF icon Threatened and Priority Flora Assessment Earl Grey Lithium Project Pre-Clearance Surveys.pdf
PDF icon Threatened Fauna Offset Environmental Management Plan (2021).pdf
PDF icon Vegetation Condition Monitoring Transect Establishment.pdf
PDF icon Waste Rock Characterisation.pdf
PDF icon Water Pipeline Fauna Survey.pdf
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Additional Assessment Information (public review)
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Earl Grey Lithium Project (Revised Proposal)
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 1 November, 2021
3. Assessment
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 9 May, 2022 to Sunday, 22 May, 2022
Make a submission: 
Earl Grey Lithium Project (Revised Proposal) - Additional Information
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Covalent Lithium (2022) Earl Grey Lithium Project Revised Proposal ERD (Rev3, April 2022) .pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1 - Covalent Lithium Environment Policy.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2 - Flora and Vegetation Environmental Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Terrestrial Fauna Environmental Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4 - Fauna Offset Strategy.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5 - EPBC Act Revised Proposal Approval.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6 - Stakeholder Consultation Register.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7 - Response to EPA s40(2)(a) Request for Additional Information (November 2021).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 8 - Response to EPA s40(2)(a) Request for Additional Information (March 2022).pdf
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
May 9, 2022
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1730
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Earl Grey Lithium Project (Significant Amendment) EPA assessment report.pdf
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Date published: 
Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
Appeals close: 
Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1199

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/earl-grey-lithium-project-revised-proposal