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Finalisation of contaminated material clean-up of former Industrial Land, McCabe Street, Mosman Park (s46) [1061]

Last updated: December 19, 1997

The proposal is to manage an additional 67 ,500m 3 of contaminated material as part of the rehabilitation of former industrial land at McCabe Street, Mosman Park . Clean-up of this industrial land commenced in 1995 and has been subject to three previous assessments (EPA Bulletins 324, 699 and 807). The proponents are seeking to amend the existing conditions of approval ( Ministerial Statement 338 ) under Section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, to allow for disposal of the... Read more...

Export of woodchips from Eucalyptus globulus plantations

Last updated: December 17, 1997

The proposal is to harvest and export approximately 163,000 tonnes of, Eucalyptus globulus, woodchips from private plantations over the next five years. A trial shipment of approximately 13,000 tonnes is planned for 1993 with exports rising to 70,000 tonnes per year by 1997. In the 1993 trial, logs will be obtained from nine plantation blocks and transported to WA Chip and Pulp's (WACAP) Diamond Chip Mill to be processed into paper pulp chips. The product will then be hauled to the Bunbury... Read more...

Mid West Iron and Steel Project - Geraldton Steel Plant, Oakajee, Shire of Chapman Valley

Last updated: December 12, 1997

The proposal is to establish the Geraldton Steel Plant (GSP) at Oakajee, 23km north of Geraldton. The GSP will be located within the planned Oakajee Industrial Estate in the Shire of Chapman Valley. The proposal will consist of the following main components: a pellet plant in which the majority of iron ore is converted to pellets suitable for direct reduction; two direct reduction plants for the reduction of pelletised iron ore to direct reduced iron; three electric arc furnaces and tlu·ee... Read more...

Melanie-1 Petroleum Exploration Well, Cape Range Peninsula

Last updated: November 25, 1997

The proposal is to drill and evaluate a land-based exploration well, Melanie-1, on Cape Range Peninsula for a gas and oil target. The proposal does not include any future plans to develop a gas or oil field. The proposed Melanie-1 exploration well is located near the north western tip of Cape Range Peninsula, inland of the Yardie Creek Road and behind the line of hills which form the continuation of Cape Range. The project site, which covers an area of approximately 0.8 hectares, is... Read more...

Class IV Waste Disposal Cells Red Hill Waste Disposal Facility Toodyay Road, Red Hill, City of Swan

Last updated: November 21, 1997

The proposal is to establish Class IV waste disposal cells at the proponent's existing Red Hill Waste Disposal Facility. These waste cells would provide for the disposal of low hazard wastes, including contaminated soils and household hazardous wastes, within the Perth metropolitan area. The facility is located approximately 12 km north east of Midland on Toodyay Road, Red Hill. Read more...

Limestone mine, quicklime plant and use of existing port facility (Point Murat)

Last updated: November 6, 1997

The proposal includes the following key features: construction and operation of a metallurgical limestone mine; production of quicklime at a quicklime plant to be located at the mine; road transportation of limestone and quicklime through Exmouth; and shipping of limestone and quicklime from the Point Murat jetty. Read more...

Extensions to the Exmouth water supply borefield

Last updated: October 13, 1997

The proposal is to extend the Exmouth water supply borefield, and includes: extending the existing borefield, to the west (equipping existing bores) and to the south (drilling and equipping new bores); increasing the long term supply capacity from approximately 760 million litres per year (ML!yr) to 1,025ML!yr; constructing four dedicated stygofauna monitoring bores (two within the proposed borefield extension and two to the south of Shothole Canyon Road, which has been identified as future... Read more...

Mid west iron and steel project - Geraldton Steel Plan, Narngulu Industrial Estate

Last updated: October 13, 1997

The proposal is to to increase the production of Kingstream Resources' recently assessed Mid West Iron & Steel Project Geraldton Steel Plant (GSP), at the Narngulu Industrial Estate south-east of Geraldton, from 1.0 Mt/a to 2.4 Mt/a. Changes are also proposed to the product, specifically that slab steel be produced rather than rolled coil, with resulting changes in the requirement for major plant. Read more...

Wonnich gas development south-west of the Montebello islands

Last updated: September 25, 1997

The proposal is to develop the Wonnich gas field situated some 8 km south-west of the Montebello Islands. Read more...

Prawn Farm at Heron Point, Exmouth Gulf

Last updated: August 28, 1997

The proposal is for a staged development of a 120 hectare prawn farm at Heron Point, approximately 35 kilometres south of Exmouth in Exmouth Gulf. Read more...

Jimblebar Rationalisation and Planned Expansion, Formerly McCamey's Monster Iron Ore Mining Proposal (s46) [917]

Last updated: August 13, 1997

Proposed expansion of the Jimblebar iron ore mine (formerly known as McCamey’s Monster). The proposal by BHP Iron Ore (Jimblebar) Pty Ltd (the proponent) involves an increase in the mining rate from five to eight million tonnes per annum, and the expansion of both the scree and bedrock mining areas. Read more...

Heavy Minerals Mine at Jangardup (s46)

Last updated: July 23, 1997

The approved proposal is to mine and process an average of 271,000 tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate per year. The concentrate is then trucked from the mine to Bunbury via Black Point Road, Stewart Road and the Vasse and Bussell Highways. The approved trucking regime is for a maximum 56 truck trips per week day. Weekend and public holiday transport requires prior approval of the Shire of Nannup, Cable Sands currently implement a trucking regime involving 44 truck trips (full plus empty) per... Read more...

Roe Highway, Stages 3 to 5, Welshpool Road to South Street

Last updated: July 15, 1997

Main Roads of Western Australia has proposed to build further portions of the Roe Highway from Welshpool Road, Beckenham to South Street, Canning Vale. Main Roads has indicated that Roe Highway will provide access to areas of manufacturing concentration and access to the termini of National Highways, airports, ports, freight forwarding centres and major rail heads. In summary, Roe Highway along with Reid and Tonkin Highways, will join other arterial roads to provide easy access to these... Read more...

Pipeline fabrication site within Mardie Station Pastoral Lease

Last updated: July 14, 1997

The proposal is to construct a pipeline fabrication site within the exrstmg Mardie Station Pastoral lease and existing Vacant Crown Land Reserve, approximately 45km south west of Dampier and 15km east of Cape Preston is detailed in the CER. Read more...

Boddington gold mine - Extended basement operation and changes to existing environmental conditions

Last updated: June 30, 1997

The initial proposal by Worsley to develop the Boddington Gold Mine approximately 12km north-west of the town of Boddington was the subject of an EPA evaluation in 1985 (EPA 1985). An Environmental Management Programme was prepared and submitted in 1987 and the mine was commissioned in July 1987. Since that time environmental approvals have been given by the Minister for the Environment for two expansions of throughput, an additional water supply reservoir, the mining of basement and supergene... Read more...

Staged expansion of Tiwest Pigment Plant to 180,000 tpa, Kwinana

Last updated: June 30, 1997

The proposal is to increase the production capacity of Tiwest's titanium dioxide plant at Kwinana. The proposal is to modify/expand the existing plant to allow an increase in production capacity from 80,000 tonne per annum (tpa) to 180,00 tpa of titanium dioxide pigment in three notional stages: Stage I: increase to 120,000 tpa, Stage 2: increase to 165,000 tpa and Stage 3: increase to nominally 180,000 tpa. The first and second stages of the expansion wilI require major modifications to... Read more...

Hedges gold project, Boddington (s46)

Last updated: June 26, 1997

The previously approved proposal is to mine and process up to 2 Mtpa of lateritic gold ore from the Hedges deposit, which is located in State Forest 4 km south of Mt Wells and 12 km north-west of Boddington. Ore is extracted through an open cut mining operation and is hauled 7 km to the carbon-in-leach treatment plant where the gold is recovered and the tailings deposited in a tailings dam. Process water for the treatment plant is supplied from the raw water supply dam which is replenished by... Read more...

Appraisal drilling programme for Wonnich field south-west of the Montebello Islands

Last updated: June 19, 1997

The proposal is to carry out a program of appraisal drilling on the Wonnich petroleum field within permit area TP/8. Read more...

Murray Lakes golf course estate (s46) [951]

Last updated: June 11, 1997

The propsal is for the Murray Lakes golf course and residential estate at Yunderup. Inquiry under s46 into amending the conditions of Ministerial Statement 79 . Read more...

Horticultural development on 200 hectares of land - Sussex Location 4158 Governor Broome Road; Shire of Augusta-Margaret River

Last updated: May 21, 1997

The proposal is to develop five 40ha centre pivot irrigation sites. The five centre pivot sites, in addition to an existing centre pivot site, will result in a total of six centre pivot sites on the property with a total area of 240ha. Only three of the six pivot sites will be used for horticulture at any time. The application for a groundwater licence to irrigate 80 hectares of land (two centre pivot sites) was referred to the EPA by the Water and Rivers Commission on the 29 July 1996 for... Read more...

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