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Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project: Port and North-South Railway (Stage A)

Project
Proponent: 
Fortescue Metals Group Limited
Proposal description: 

The proposal has the following main components:

  • a 345 km railway line from Port Hedland to proposed mining operations at Mindy Mindy. This railway will be constructed in two parts: Part 1 from Port Hedland to the Chichester Ranges and Part 2 from the Chichester Ranges to Mindy Mindy;
  • construction of port facilities consisting of rail loop, car dumper, stockyard and ore handling facilities (including two stackers and a single reclaimer), rescreening facility and product conveyor out to a wharf and shiploader at Anderson Point in Port Hedland.
Assessment Number: 
1505
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Infrastructure
Last updated: 
February 6, 2014
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Benthic Communities and Habitats
Coastal Processes
Marine Environmental Quality
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 15 December, 2003
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon Scoping document (included as Appendix A to the PER)
Approved: 
Thursday, 29 April, 2004
Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
PDF icon Appendix F Port Hedland Dust Modelling Assessment
PDF icon Appendix F Draft Port Hedland Dust Modelling Assessment Report - Peer Review
PDF icon Appendix G Environmental Noise Assessment
PDF icon Appendix G Environmental Noise Assessment Peer Review
PDF icon Appendix H Vegetation and Flora Survey of the Proposed FMG Stage A Rail Corridor
PDF icon Appendix I Fauna Habitats and Fauna Assemblage of the Proposed FMG Stage A Rail Corridor
PDF icon Appendix J Marine Environmental Impacts and their Management
PDF icon Appendix J Marine Environmental Impacts and their Management - Peer Review
PDF icon Appendix K Hydrodynamic Modelling of FMG Conceptual Layouts
PDF icon Appendix K Culverts 1-3 Concept Design
PDF icon Appendix K Addendum to Port Hedland Harbour - Hydrodynamic Modelling for FMG conceptual layouts report
PDF icon Appendix L Surface Hydrology
PDF icon Appendix M Assessment of water supply development
PDF icon Appendix N Geotechnical study
PDF icon Appendix O Socio-economic assessment
PDF icon Appendix P Aboriginal heritage information
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Proponent's response to submissions
PDF icon Appendix 1a Evaluation of Port Layout Alternatives
PDF icon Appendix 1b Port layout Alternatives - Response to Questions
PDF icon Appendix 2 Adequacy of topographic mapping of mangroves
PDF icon Appendix 3 Mangrove BPPH Management Unit and Cumulative Loss Calculations for the Revised FMG Port design
PDF icon Appendix 4 Sediment Contaminants and Acid Sulphate Soils
PDF icon Appendix 4a Review of Sampling and Analysis Plan
PDF icon Appendix 5 Transportation Noise Assessment
PDF icon Appendix 6 Cumulative Biological Impacts of the FMG Stage A proposal
PDF icon Appendix 7 Hydrological impacts
PDF icon Appendix 8 Flood Study Overview
PDF icon Appendix 9 PATN analysis
PDF icon Appendix 10 Borrow Pit Rehabilitation Procedure
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1173
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project: Port and North-South Railway (Stage A)
Key Environmental Factors: 
Benthic Communities and Habitats
Marine Environmental Quality
Flora and Vegetation
Water
Date published: 
Monday, 30 May, 2005
Appeals close: 
Monday, 13 June, 2005
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Monday, 3 October, 2005
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 690
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 1 to Statement 690 - Increase of dredging area and clearance area for Port - 45C change to proposal approved on 6 April 2006.

Attachment 2 to Statement 690 - Additional clearance for temporary access road - 45C change to proposal approved on 17 August 2006.

Attachment 3 to Statement 690 - Additional infrastructure listed as part of Rail Loop and Railway Alignment - 45C change to proposal approved on 12 September 2006.

Attachment 4 to Statement 690 - Increase of dredging area and clearance area for Port - 45C change to proposal approved on 27 April 2007.

Attachment 5 to Statement 690 - Description of conveyors as uncovered - 45C change to proposal approved on 4 April 2008.

Attachment 6 to Statement 690 - Extension of construction period and addition of two car dumpers - 45C change to proposal approved on 7 August 2008.

Attachment 7 to Statement 690 - Additional rail infrastructure and associated clearance of an additional 606 hectares - 45C change to proposal approved on 17 December 2009.

Attachment 8 to Statement 690 - Increase in railway corridor disturbance (371 hectares) due to construction of additional infrastructure, increase in port operating area (3 hectares) due to widening of causeway – section 45C change to proposal approved on 21 August 2011.

Attachment 9 to Statement 690 – Remove and amend the port elements of Schedule 1 to include wharf AP5, and removal of references to export tonnage in Schedule 1 – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 6 February 2014.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Thursday, 6 April, 2006
Thursday, 17 August, 2006
Tuesday, 12 September, 2006
Friday, 27 April, 2007
Friday, 4 April, 2008
Thursday, 7 August, 2008
Thursday, 17 December, 2009
Sunday, 21 August, 2011
Thursday, 6 February, 2014

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/pilbara-iron-ore-and-infrastructure-project-port-and-north-south-railway-stage