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Ammonia Plant, Burrup Peninsula

Project
Proponent: 
Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

The proposal is to construct and operate an ammonia plant on the Burrup Peninsula, approximately 1300 kilometres north of Perth. The selected project site is located in the King Bay-Hearson Cove Industrial Area and is approximately 6 and 10 kilometres from the towns of Dampier and Karratha respectively. The site covers an area of about 72 hectares and the actual plant footprint and infrastructure (including a thermal desalination plant) will occupy an area of approximately 20 hectares.

Assessment Number: 
1370
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Industrial
Infrastructure
Last updated: 
August 5, 2015
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
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Date published: 
Monday, 12 March, 2001
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Wednesday, 13 June, 2001
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 6 August, 2001 to Monday, 3 September, 2001
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1036
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Ammonia Plant, Burrup Peninsula
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Date published: 
Monday, 10 December, 2001
Appeals close: 
Monday, 24 December, 2001
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Wednesday, 20 February, 2002
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 586
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment to Statement 586 - Increas in the capacity of the two captive power plants from 20 to 22 Megawatts (MWs); change the package (plant start-up) boiler configuration from two 100 tonne per hour(tph) boilers to a 150 and 50 tph boiler; and to install one 5 Megawatt emergency diesel generator instead of two 2MW emergency diesel generators - change to proposal approved under s45C on 6 October 2004.

Attachment to Statement 586 - Conditional approval to use Stage 1 of the Bulk Liquids Jetty for the export of ammonia until such time that the jetty is extended to enable other ships to be loaded/unloaded concurrently - change to proposal approved under s45C on 20 October 2004.

Attachment to Statement 586 - change to a Schedule 1 characteristic (start-up steam generation) - change to proposal approved under s45C on 13 December 2005.

Attachment to Statement 586 - change (1) to a commitment (isolation valves along the ammonia export pipeline); and (2) to a description in the Public Environmental Review of the ammonia export process, specifically, the management of liquid ammonia in the pipeline - change to proposal approved under s45C on 11 September 2006.

Attachment 5 to Statement 586 - an increase in disturbance from 28 hectares to 29 hectares; an increase in ammonia production capacity; an increase in atmospheric emissions; an increase in wastewater discharge and some contaminant concentrations; and amendments to the structure and content of Table 1: Summary of key proposal characteristics in Schedule 1 in Ministerial Statement No. 586 to reflect the above changes and to align its format with the requirements of Environmental Assessment Guideline EAG 1: Environmental Assessment Guideline for Defining the Key Characteristics of a Proposal - change to proposal approved under s45C on 5 August 2015.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Wednesday, 6 October, 2004
Wednesday, 20 October, 2004
Tuesday, 13 December, 2005
Monday, 11 September, 2006
Wednesday, 5 August, 2015

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