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Poultry Litter Fired Power Station, Muchea

Project
Proponent: 
Blair Fox Generation Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

The proposal is for a poultry litter fired power station at a site approximately 70 kilometres north of Perth on the Brand Highway near Muchea. The power station would receive poultry litter from farms across the broad Perth region.

Delivery would be by covered trucks, which would enter the enclosed litter reception shed and tip onto a concrete floor. A front-end loader would be used to place the litter on to a conveyor which would place it on the stockpile. The trucks would be washed down prior to leaving the site.

As required, front-end loaders would remove litter from the stock pile and place it in the combustor feed hoppers. The poultry litter would then be combusted at 915 to 960 degrees Celsius with a residence times of 2.8 seconds. An automatic control system would activate auxiliary gas burners and restrict poultry feed if the temperature was to drop below 850 degrees Celsius.

Assessment Number: 
1412
Region: 
Wheatbelt
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Power generation
Waste management
Last updated: 
August 6, 2003
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
Date published: 
Monday, 17 December, 2001
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Thursday, 11 April, 2002
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 22 July, 2002 to Monday, 19 August, 2002
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
PDF icon PER Figures
PDF icon Appendix 1 - Public Consultation
PDF icon Appendix 2 - litter on pasture
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Vegetation Assesment
PDF icon \Appendix 4 - Ground Water
PDF icon Appendix 5 - Air Quality Assessment
PDF icon Appendix 6 - Dioxin Health Risk Assessment
PDF icon Appendix 7 - CSIRO Ash Report
PDF icon Appendix 8 - Aboriginal Heritage Assessment
PDF icon Appendix 9 - Flue Gas Desulphurisation
PDF icon Appendix 10 - EPA Guidelines
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1083
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Poultry Litter Fired Power Station, Muchea
Date published: 
Monday, 9 December, 2002
Appeals close: 
Monday, 23 December, 2002
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Wednesday, 6 August, 2003
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 631

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/poultry-litter-fired-power-station-muchea