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Pinjarra Refinery Efficiency Upgrade

Project
Proponent: 
Alcoa World Alumina Australia
Proposal description: 

The proposal is to upgrade the Pinjarra Alumina Refinery. The proposal involves an upgrading of the seed filtration facility to improve its efficiency in order to increase the alumina production by approximately 17% to approximately 4.2 million tonnes per annum. This will require an increase in the bauxite mining rate at Alcoa’s Huntly bauxite mine and additional bauxite grinding, slurry storage and calcination facilities.

Assessment Number: 
1498
Region: 
Peel
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Industrial
Last updated: 
September 21, 2015
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Environmental Protection Statement
PDF icon Appendix A - Air dispersion modelling
PDF icon Appendix - Air dispersion modelling - independent desktop review
PDF icon Appendix B - Health Risk and Toxicological Assessment Report
PDF icon Appendix B - Review of draft Health Risk and Toxicological Assessment Report
PDF icon Appendix C - Noise Modelling Report
PDF icon Appendix C - Noise Monitoring Report
PDF icon Appendix C - Independent review of Acoustic consultancy work
PDF icon Appendix E - Upgrade updates
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Environmental Protection Statement (EPS)
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Date published: 
Monday, 8 December, 2003
3. Assessment
Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Pinjarra Refinery Efficiency Upgrade EPS - Dec 2003.pdf
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1122
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Pinjarra Refinery Efficiency Upgrade
Key Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Water
Date published: 
Wednesday, 10 December, 2003
Appeals close: 
Wednesday, 24 December, 2003
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Wednesday, 3 March, 2004
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 646
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 1 to Statement 646 - Amendment of Key Proposal Characteristics: Atmospheric emissions from 640 tpa NOx to 780 tpa NOx - change to proposal approved under s45C on 1 July 2008.

Attachment 2 to Statement 646 - Increase in production, bauxite residue generation, emissions of NOx, CO and greenhouse gases; update description of the proposal including the ‘Development Envelope’; correction of a unit error; and removal of elements that are not key proposal characteristics relevant to the environment, managed under other legislation, completed, or not relevant to the proposal - change to proposal approved under s45C on 21 September 2015.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Tuesday, 1 July, 2008
Monday, 21 September, 2015

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/pinjarra-refinery-efficiency-upgrade