Alcoa of Australia Limited’s (Alcoa) clearing permit application (CPS 10626/1) to the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety is for the clearing of native vegetation for geotechnical investigations.  Under the original CPS application, referred to the EPA, Alcoa sought to clear 20 hectares of native vegetation (ha). However, Alcoa has since amended the application to reduce the area to 11ha.

The geotechnical investigations are located at Myara North which is a future mine region included in Alcoa’s Pinjarra Alumina Refinery Revised Proposal which is currently under assessment by the EPA (Assessment number 2253).  

Clearing will occur predominately on existing access roads/tracks and disturbed land and will comprise of mainly low impact activities with limited ground disturbance.