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Oakajee Rail Development

Project
Proponent: 
Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

Oakajee Rail Development is a component of the larger Oakajee Port and Rail Development.

The proposed heavy haulage railway and the associated facilities covered in this proposal include 570 kilometres (km) of railway and associated rail infrastructure extending in a north-easterly direction from the North West Coastal Highway (NWCH) approximately 1.5km south of Olsen Road at Oakajee, approximately 24km north of Geraldton, to the Jack Hills mining operations located approximately 500km to the northeast. In addition there will be a 20km link to the existing WestNet rail to Mullewa, known as the Mullewa Spur approximately 90km from the Oakajee Port, and a 10 to 15km link to the Weld Range iron ore deposit known as the Weld Range Spur at approximately 410km from the Oakajee port.

Assessment Number: 
1818
Region: 
Mid West
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Infrastructure
Last updated: 
March 14, 2011
Current Status: 
Awaiting Ministerial decision
Awaiting Ministerial decision
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon 1818-ChairDets-091109.pdf
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 9 November, 2009
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Monday, 5 July, 2010
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 2 August, 2010 to Monday, 30 August, 2010
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
PDF icon Appendix - Rail Vegetation and Flora Assessment
PDF icon Appendix - Vertebrate Fauna Assessment
PDF icon Appendix - SRE Assessment
PDF icon Appendix - Subterranean fauna destop assessment
PDF icon Appendix - Rail Egernia stokesii badia - Summary of Results
PDF icon Appendix - Surface Water Assessment
PDF icon Appendix - Groundwater Assessment
PDF icon Appendix - Acid Sulfate Soils Assessment
PDF icon Appendix - OPR Rail Noise and Vibration Assessment
PDF icon Appendix - Detailed Vegetation and Flora Figures
PDF icon Appendix - Proposal Area Boundary Coordinates
PDF icon Appendix - Groundwater Management Plan - Construction (Rail)
PDF icon Appendix - Noise Management Plan - Operations (Rail)
PDF icon Appendix - Surface Water Management Plan - Construction (Rail)
PDF icon Appendix - Vegetation and Flora Management Plan - Construction (Rail)
PDF icon Appendix - Potential Ballast Quarry Locations
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Summary of submissions and response to submissions
PDF icon Vegetation Monitoring Program
PDF icon Sheet Flow Risk Assessment
PDF icon Slender Billed Thornbill Habitat Assesment
PDF icon Carnaby's Habitat Assesment
PDF icon Mallefowl
PDF icon Offsets Strategy
PDF icon Surface Water Management
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1388
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Oakajee Rail Development
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Date published: 
Monday, 14 March, 2011
Appeals close: 
Wednesday, 23 March, 2011

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/oakajee-rail-development