This "Search Proposal" function provides all assessment documentation associated with a specific proposal, from referral through to Ministerial Statement, where relevant. Information on a specific proposal not available through this search function can be obtained by contacting DWER, EPA services: info.epa@dwer.wa.gov.au
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Last updated: May 26, 1997
Mrs A MMW Bennett proposes to dredge a portion of the Swan River to provide access for a 25 m long motor boat to an underground private boatshed at Lot 55 Saunders Street Mosman Park. Access to the boatshed would involve cutting a channel through a portion of foreshore land privately owned to High Water Mark but reserved for 'Parks and Recreation'. Public access is proposed to be maintained along the foreshore across the channel via swing footbridge. Read more...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...Last updated: May 19, 1997
The proposal is to to expand NufarmCoogee Pty Ltd's Chlor-alkali Plant at Kwinana to allow an increase in chlorine gas production to 42,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) through the installation of a new electrolysis processing circuit. Storage of chlorine held on site will rise from a nominal 50 tonnes to 150 tonnes. Read more...Last updated: March 14, 1997
Main Roads Western Australia proposes to reconstruct the existing two lanes into a four lane carriageway at the Bedfordale Hill section of Albany Highway between the end of the existing dual carriageway and the road train assembly area in the City of Armadale. The earthworks for the proposed carriageway encroach onto Bungendore Park which is part of System 6 Recommendation MSO - Darling Scarp. The proposal also involves the deviation of Neerigen Brook in two locations. Read more...Last updated: December 7, 1996
The main components of the proposal are: a Conservation and Foreshore Reserve of approximately 23.9ha along the Mandurah Channel frontage of the development site; approximately 500 single residential waterside lots (R 15 and R20) established along the margins of 33ha of canal waterways, which will be linked with the existing canal system within the Port Mandurah Stage 1 development and the Mandurah Channel; two areas of communal (group) housing development (R 40) covering 2. 7ha and providing... Read more...Last updated: December 2, 1996
The original proposal was to subdivide Lot 6 Old Coast Road into eleven lots ranging in size from 2 hectares (ha) to 6 ha each. During the public review period for the draft criteria, the proponent modified the proposal and now proposes to subdivide Lot 6 into 9 lots averaging approximately 4 ha. The proposal is located within the Lake Clifton catchment area. Lake Clifton is one of the most significant wetlands in Western Australia due to its international importance as a waterbird habitat and... Read more...Last updated: December 2, 1996
The proposal is for the the Rural subdivision of Lots 102-106 and Lot 152, Armstrong Hills Drive, Shire of Waroona, within the catchment of Lake Clifton, Western Australia. The proposed subdivision lies in two sections to the east and west of an existing special rural subdivision. Lot 152 comprises the eastern portion and it is proposed to subdivide it into 11 lots of approximately 2 ha each. Lot 152 is in the Peel-Harvcy catchment. Environmental conditions in relation to its development are... Read more...Last updated: November 6, 1996
The proposal is to dredge two channels to connect the Swan River with an internal artificial water body. Construction of the channel will involve: dredging of one 15m wide, 1 m deep channel through the System 6 area and near shore sandbars at the northern end of the wetland; the excavation of a 55m wide channel to -2.5m AHD, through the southern end of the tip site; plus the dredging of a 320m long, 55m wide navigation channel to -2.5m AHD through river shallows to connect with the main deep... Read more...Last updated: October 22, 1996
The proposal is to develop a nickel/cobalt ore mining and processing operation 50km north-west of Kalgoorlie and 9km east of Ora Banda. Read more...Last updated: July 2, 1996
The proposal is to expand alumina production from 2.0 million tonnes per annum to 3.5 million tonnes per annum at the Worsley Alumina Refinery, Collie, and undertake associated bauxite mining activities at Boddington. Read more...Last updated: June 25, 1996
The proposal is to construct and operate additional infrastructure to satisfy the requirements of the recently proposed AUSI Iron Project Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) plant near Wickham in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, the subject of EPA Bulletin 794. Read more...Last updated: May 8, 1996
The proposal is to develop an upgraded tailings storage facility (TSF) at the Mt Keith nickel mine, located approximately 100 kilometres north of Leinster in the north-eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia Mining. Processing of nickel ore commenced at Mt Keith in 1994. To date, two conventional paddock storage type tailings cells have been used to store tailings, and the proponent has approval to construct an additional two cells. In 1990, a feasibility study into centralised thickened... Read more...Last updated: April 9, 1996
The proponent, Tiwest Joint Venture (Tiwest), seeks an amendment to the environmental conditions of Ministerial Statement 59 under Section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, , to allow the synthetic rutile plant at Chandala an increase in nameplate production from 130,000 to 200,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of synthetic rutile. The plant was originally assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in December 1988 and was approved by the Minister for the Environment to build... Read more...Last updated: March 15, 1996
The proposal is to establish an export abattoir at Narrikup, 20km north of Albany. Read more...Last updated: March 15, 1996
The proposal is to place contaminated materials into an enlarged portion of an engineered containment cell located onsite at McCabe Street in Mosman Park. The proponent wishes to increase the size of the containment cell and to amend the environmental conditions of Ministerial Statement 338 relating to removal of drainage outfalls at the site. This is the inquiry under s46 into the requested amendments. Read more...Last updated: March 15, 1996
Proposal to place contaminated materials into an enlarged portion of an engineered containment cell located onsite at McCabe street in Mosman Park. The proponent wishes to increase the size of the containment cell and to amend environmental conditions relating to the removal of drainage outfalls at the site. Read more...Last updated: March 1, 1996
The Tony Scolaro Family Trust intends to redevelop an existing caravan park into a Park Home Estate. The proposal will involve the construction of new infrastructure including 120 park homes (demountable houses), associated access roads, a new wastewater treatment plan and infiltration areas for stormwater and treated wastewater. Read more...Last updated: February 1, 1996
Inquiry under s46 to amend the conditions of Ministerial Statement 160 as amended by Ministerial Statement 305 . The proponent has requested permission to continue using on-site effluent disposal systems with nutrient retention capabilities until the sewer line passes the property. The Water Authority of Western Australia will construct a sewer line along Bertram Road, past the school, which will enable the school to connect at a far lesser cost than that required by the connection to the East... Read more...Last updated: September 6, 1995
The proponent, Western Power, proposes to dispose of about 6,700 m 3 /d of clear saline water from the Collie Power Station via a 68 km pipeline to the ocean at the northern end of the Leschenault Peninsula north of Bunbury. The saline water to be discharged would have a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) level of 3,200 to 5,000 g/m 3 , and have ambient temperature. The main constituent would be sodium chloride or common salt. This water, although unsuitable for the power station, could be used by... Read more...Last updated: August 3, 1995
The proposal is for a bypass road around the urban areas of Busselton. The selected alignment has the potential for significant impacts on the Broadwater wetland suite, which has been recommended for conservation of its natural values in Recommendation 1.2 of the System One report (Environmental Protection Authority, 1973). Currently, all major roads servicing the region converge on Busselton and pass through the centre of the town as Bussell Highway. The Shire of Busselton and Main Roads... Read more...