Last updated: January 19, 1995
Inquiry under s46 regarding changing the implementation conditions of Ministerial Statement 144 . It is proposed that the refinery effluent, tailings pond liquor and recovered groundwater will be blended in the lined staging pond at Baldivis prior to feeding to the CMF plant. The filtrate from the CMF plant will be returned to the refinery site and treated in the existing reverse osmosis circuit. In addition to the CMF plant, WMC is reviewing current remedial plans, as well as short and long... Read more...Last updated: May 9, 1994
The proposal is for the first privately owned and operated landfill accepting general and municipal waste in Western Australia. Other privately owned and operated landfills in Western Australia have been restricted to land filling specific types of waste, such as builders rubble, clean fill or waste generated from particular industrial or manufacturing process. These landfills are typically approved by a local authority under sections of the Town Planning and Development Act and Local... Read more...Last updated: December 10, 1993
SCM Chemicals Ltd (the proponent) proposes to continue using its Dalyellup solid residue disposal site beyond March 1994, the expiry date of current approvals for the site. SCM referred this proposal to the Environmental Protection Authority as an amendment to its existing Environmental Conditions in July 1993. Read more...Last updated: March 17, 1993
H A & KM Athorn (the proponent) received approval from the Minister for the Environment to develop a non organic (dry) landfill at Reserve 25252, Wanneroo Road, Nowergup on 7 June 1991 subject to a number of legally binding Environmental Conditions ( Ministerial Statement 145 ). The site has been operational since early September 1991 and is expected to be operational for only a few more months. In providing a definition of dry inert materials which would be acceptable at the site, the... Read more...Last updated: July 9, 1992
The proposal is to collect an existing backlog of waste polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides which are stored at various centres in Western Australia and export them to the United Kingdom for destruction by high temperature incineration at the Rechem facilities at Fawley and Pontypool. The proposal does not cover waste which may be generated in the future as it is unlikely these materials would ever be used again in Western Australia. Environmental issues relating to... Read more...Last updated: July 1, 1992
Proposal to build and operate a landfill to take waste from the City of Rockingham and, for a fee, waste from other councils. Read more...Last updated: August 21, 1991
The proposed site is on cleared agricultural land 6 km south-west of the City of Geraldton at Meru, near the Narngulu industrial area. The nearest residence is more than 1 km from the site and the nearest industrial site is about 600 m away. The proposal is for the construction and operation of a solid (domestic) waste landfill site and for the concept of locating various types of waste disposal facilities, such as septage ponds, at the same site. The waste facilities concept plan shows sites... Read more...Last updated: March 13, 1991
The proposal is to fill a mined sand pit by allowing waste disposal operators, such as demolition contractors, to dump dry waste materials (i.e. inert fill) under the supervision of the proponent. The site would be operated from 7 am to 4 pm. The landfill would have a life of about 5 years. The floor of the landfilI pit would be raised to a minimum level of RL 30 m to ensure at least 3 metres of clean sand between the inert fill and the highest known water table. Waste materials would be dumped... Read more...Last updated: February 27, 1991
The proposal is to construct a facility to treat wastewater from Augusta to secondary standards and dispose of the effluent by ground infiltration on an area adjacent to the ponds. The site selected is Unalienated Crown Land located approximately 3km south-west of the Central Business District of the town of Augusta. The wastewater from Augusta will be treated using oxidation ponds. Initially there will be 3 oxidation ponds operated in series to cater for a population of 1,000. Future upgrading... Read more...Last updated: February 19, 1990
The Health Department acting under instructions from the Cabinet Committee on Metropolitan Waste, has proposed a non-hazardous industrial liquid waste treatment plant at Forrestdale on the existing Metropolitan Septage Treatment Plant site. The facility will treat this liquid waste and discharge the treated effluent to sewer. This will obviate the current method of disposal which is to discharge it to the City of Gosnells landfill site on Kelvin Road in Orange Grove. The Ctty of Gosnells gave... Read more...Last updated: December 21, 1988
Proposal for an emergency waste water outlet into Jervoise Bay on the north east side of Cockburn Sound Read more...Last updated: October 26, 1988
The proposal is for an Integrated Waste Disposal facility in the Eastern Goldfields region. The facility would be owned and operated by the Health Department and only wastes generated in Western Australia would be accepted for disposal. The proposal includes: a high temperature incinerator for the disposal of organochlorines, which at this stage include agricultural chemicals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's); and an area for burial of intractable solid wastes which include low level... Read more...Last updated: October 25, 1988
Inquiry under s46 into a proposed change to the conditions of Ministerial Statement 15 - change to conditions regarding hours of opening. Read more...Last updated: January 21, 1988
The Health Department, acting under instructions of the Cabinet Committee on Metropolitan Waste, has proposed a treatment plant for septic tank pumpout material and grease trap wastes, to be located at Westfield. The facility will enable the proper treatment of this material, and the discharge to sewer of the liquid effluent. This will obviate the current methods of disposal which are not environmentally acceptable, and which may give rise to odours. Read more...Last updated: November 27, 1987
The proposal is to incinerate approximately 1,000 tonnes of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PGBs), over a 3-5 year period, at a waste disposal facility to be located in the proximity of Koolyanobbing, approximately 53 km north of Southern Cross. The proposal consists of transporting the PCBs from storage and handling facilities in Perth and the Pilbara to the incinerator site at an abandoned hard rock quarry near Koolyanobbing, a former mining town currently inhabitated by two caretakers and their... Read more...