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Disposal by shaft entombment or trench burial of a range of intractable wastes at the Intractable Waste Disposal Facility, Mt Walton East (s46)

Project
Proponent: 
Waste Management WA
Department of Environmental Protection.
Proposal description: 

The Intractable Waste Disposal Facility is located at Mt Walton East, 125 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The proposal involves the disposal by shaft entombment or burial of a range of intractable wastes included in the list of potential wastes for disposal at the facility.

This inquiry under s46 is in regard to a request for an extension of time limit of approval and inclusion of alternative destruction technologies, relating to Ministerial Statement 353.

Assessment Number: 
1127
Region: 
Goldfields Esperance
Referred under EP Act: 
s46
Industry sector: 
Waste management
Last updated: 
January 19, 2000
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public Notification
Date published: 
Friday, 13 June, 1997
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
954
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Disposal by Shaft Entombment or Trench Burial of a Range of Intractable Wastes at the IWDF, Mt Walton (s46)
Key Environmental Factors: 
Human Health
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 25 October, 1999
Appeals close: 
Monday, 8 November, 1999
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Comments: 

This Statement has been superseded by Ministerial Statement 562, published on 1 February 2001.

Date of approval: 
Wednesday, 19 January, 2000
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 533
Post-assessment changes
Section 46 inquiry: 
Intractable Waste Disposal Facility, Mt Walton East (s46)

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