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Solomon Iron Ore Project

Project
Proponent: 
Fortescue Metals Group Limited
Proposal description: 

Fortescue Metals Group Limited (Fortescue) proposes to develop two new mines within the Solomon Project, a greenfield site approximately 60 kilometres (km) north of Tom Price and adjacent to the North Eastern boundary of the Karijini National Park, and to construct a 127 km railway from the new mines eastwards to the existing Fortescue railway.

Assessment Number: 
1841
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Infrastructure
Iron Ore
Last updated: 
October 15, 2014
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon 1841-ChairDets-160810.pdf
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 16 August, 2010
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Wednesday, 10 November, 2010 to Wednesday, 22 December, 2010
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Appendix 1 Fauna Survey
PDF icon Appendix 2 DEC Email
PDF icon Appendix 3 Subterrenean ecology
PDF icon Appendix 4 chemical Hydrocarbon Management Plan
PDF icon Appendix 5 Fortescue Management Commitments
PDF icon Appendix 6 Solomon Flood Management
PDF icon Appendix 7 Solomon Flood Management
PDF icon Appendix 8 Solomon Water Management Plan
PDF icon Appendix 9 Solomon- DEC
PDF icon Appendix 10 Submissions Response
PDF icon Appendix 11 Solomon Hydrogeological Assesment
PDF icon Appendix 12 Solomon Hydrogeological Assesment
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1386
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Solomon Iron Ore Project
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Water
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Monday, 14 March, 2011
Appeals close: 
Monday, 28 March, 2011
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Wednesday, 20 April, 2011
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 862
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 1 to Statement 862 – Change to Schedule 1, Key Proposal Characteristics Table – change to proposal approved under s45C on 13 December 2011.

Attachment 2 to Statement 862 – Up to 5 hectares of disturbance of the Priority Ecological Community 'Brockman Iron Crackling Clay Communities of the Hamersley Range'; Increase in peak dewatering rate to 25 gigalitres per annum; Changes to Schedule 1 to remove elements not environmentally relevant and to contemporise this Statement – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 21 November 2013.

Attachment 3 to Statement 862 – Increase in Total Disturbance (Mines) of 16 ha, 'Project Development Area 1' and 'Project Development Area 2' changed to 'Project Development Envelope 1’ and 'Project Development Envelope 2' and Amendments to the Project Development Envelope 1 and Rail Corridor and Rail Spur Corridor boundaries, and corresponding adjustment of area values – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 15 October 2014.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Tuesday, 13 December, 2011
Thursday, 21 November, 2013
Wednesday, 15 October, 2014

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/solomon-iron-ore-project