Last updated: December 3, 2018
Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers Limited proposes to construct and operate a methanol plant with a production capacity of approximately 5,000 tonnes per day ( tpd ) on Site E within the Burrup Strategic Industrial Area (SIA) on the Burrup Peninsula. The proposal is adjacent to the Murujuga National Park. The proposal would result in the disturbance of approximately 75 hectares within Site E. Read more...Last updated: November 12, 2018
The proposal is to construct and operate an iron ore export facility at Cape Preston East in the Pilbara region of WA. Read more...Last updated: September 21, 2018
This is the inquiry into a request for changes to Ministerial Statement 906 , relating to the Point Grey Marina. Read more...Last updated: September 10, 2018
Harvest Road Export Pty Ltd is proposing to undertake a two year trial of rock oyster aquaculture at nine sites within the Wooramel Bank, situated along the eastern shoreline of Shark Bay, in the Gascoyne Region. The Wooramel Bank forms part of the Shark Bay Marine Park and World Heritage area. The trial project comprises of nine small sites along a 40 kilometre length of the Wooramel Bank. Seven sites will have intertidal culture systems of oyster baskets held on longlines such that baskets... Read more...Last updated: May 14, 2018
Kimberley Ports Authority (KPA) is seeking to improve accessibility to the Port of Broome, situated in West Roebuck Bay, approximately 5 kilometres south west of the township of Broome. Larger vessels entering the Port, such as cruise ships, have limited access windows due to the large tidal range (10m), presence of channel rock and high spots (shoals) in the access channel. In recognition of the access constraints and the growing tourism industry in Broome, the Department of Primary Industries... Read more...Last updated: May 14, 2018
Section 46 extension to the Time Limit for Authorisation for substantial commencement. Read more...Last updated: April 16, 2018
Johns Creek Boat Harbour is a small facility located at Point Samson, 40 km east of Karratha. Dredging of the Boat Harbour and Entrance Channel is required to restore navigable depths, and is planned for autumn 2018. Maintenance dredging is proposed to occur within the Boat Harbour and Entrance Channel, with disposal to a sandbank about 1 km south of the Boat Harbour (Western Disposal area). Read more...Last updated: July 17, 2017
The Department of Fisheries, on behalf of the Minister for Fisheries proposes to create an ‘Aquaculture Development Zone’ to provide a management precinct for prospective future aquaculture proposals within State Waters, approximately 75 kilometres west of Geraldton within the Fish Habitat Protection Area of the Abrolhos Islands. The strategic proposal area has been selected by the proponent to maximise suitability for marine finfish aquaculture, and minimise potential impacts on existing... Read more...Last updated: April 10, 2017
Condition 3-1 of Ministerial Statement 906 requires the proponent to substantially commence the proposal within five years of the date of issue of the Statement (that is, before 1 August 2017). The proposal has not yet substantially commenced. The proponent for the proposal, Point Grey Development Company Pty Ltd, has requested an extension of the Time Limit of Authorisation (now referred to as “Time Limit for Proposal Implementation”) for substantial commencement to be extended to be... Read more...Last updated: March 7, 2017
The Department of Transport proposes to undertake maintenance and improvement works to the Casuarina Causeway located in Bunbury WA. The proposal includes the refurbishment and realignment of the revetment (including a 0.08 ha increase in the causeway footprint), installation of upgraded services, road works, drainage and landscaping. A multi-purpose building (including ablutions) and fishing/viewing platforms are also included as provisional items. Read more...Last updated: December 21, 2016
Note: In the matter of The Wilderness Society of WA (Inc) –v- Minister for Environment [2013] WASC, the Supreme Court of Western Australia found the Minister’s agreement decision invalid because the EPA’s decision to report was invalid., The proposal is a strategic environmental assessment for a common user LNG hub precinct for future Browse Basin gas processing in the Kimberley Region. Read more...Last updated: December 7, 2016
The proposal is to construct and operate a single entrance onshore marina to accommodate up to 500 boat pens and moorings and a surrounding land development comprising tourism, commercial, public open space and residential land uses. Read more...Last updated: November 22, 2016
The Bunbury Port Authority has prepared this plan to guide future development and decision making within the Inner Harbour and to conform to the strategic planning requirements under the, Port Authorities Act 1999, . It will also provide greater certainty of land use and development for port users, the Bunbury Port Authority and other decision making authorities, neighbouring landowners and the community. Read more...Last updated: November 14, 2016
The Port Rockingham Marina proposal is to construct and operate a new marina facility located at the intersection of Wanliss Street and Rockingham Beach Road, Rockingham, within Cockburn Sound. The EPA assessed the proposal at the level of Public Environmental Review and released its assessment report (Report 1339) in September 2009. Read more...Last updated: June 20, 2016
The Department of Defence proposes to undertake maintenance dredging of accumulated sediments alongside its marine infrastructure on the eastern side of Garden Island, in Cockburn Sound, to return naval waters to navigable depths. Approximately 1,900 cubic metres (m 3 ) of material is to be excavated from four locations in Careening Bay and 5,480m 3 of material from the Armaments Wharf in Sulphur Bay. The proposed dredging method is to use a long reach excavator with a bucket fitted with a... Read more...Last updated: May 1, 2015
The proposal is for the construction and operation of two nominal 229 Megawatt (208 Megawatt net sent-out) subcritical coal-fired base-load generation plants (i.e. Bluewaters Power Station Phases III and IV) on a site adjacent to the existing Bluewaters Phase I and Phase II generating plants located approximately 4.5 kilometres north-east of Collie. The proposal is further documented in Ministerial Statement 837 and EPA Report 1349 . This assessment deals with a request for a change to the Time... Read more...Last updated: February 20, 2015
The proposal is to discharge up to 30 megalitres per day (ML/day) of industrial wastewater, in addition to treated wastewater from Woodman Point and Cape Peron wastewater treatment plants and water from the Jervoise Bay Groundwater Recovery Scheme, to the Sepia Depression via the Cape Peron outlet line from the Kwinana Wastewater Reclamation Plant (KWRP); BP Refinery (Kwinana); CSBP Limited; Edison Mission Energy, and further unspecified sources. Read more...Last updated: December 4, 2014
The proposal is for a three year, pilot scale Mulloway (, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, ) and Yellowtail Kingfish (, Seriola lalandi, ) seacage aquaculture trial in the Zeewijk Channel, Abrolhos Islands (approximately 75 kilometres west of Geraldton). Inquiry under section 46 in response to a request for extension of timeframe for substantial commencement - condition 4 - Ministerial Statement 649 . Read more...Last updated: November 26, 2014
The proposal is for the construction of coastal structures to establish a harbour entrance to the Port Geographe Development with reduced trapping of seagrass wrack, 3 kilometres east of the town of Busselton. Inquiry under s46 regarding a review of the implementation conditions of Ministerial Statement 391 . Read more...