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: March 15, 1996
The proposal is to establish an export abattoir at Narrikup, 20km north of Albany. Read more...Last updated: November 21, 1995
Inquiry under s46 regarding amendment of conditions of Ministerial Statement 168 . The proposed changes involve the withdrawal of three conditions and consequential changes to three commitments from the 1991 statement. Onslow Salt submitted a final proposal in January 1995 (Onslow Salt Pty Ltd, 1995), which contained a detailed description and justification for the proposed changes. Read more...Last updated: September 5, 1995
The proposal is to build and operate a Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) plant of nominal capacity of 2 Mtpa, approximately 7.5 km south-west of Port Hedland. The plant will produce a nominal 2 Mtpa of iron briquettes, which can be used as a feedstock for electric arc furnaces in the steel making process. Read more...Last updated: January 13, 1995
Enquiry under section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, for the proposed expansion of the Ewington open cut coal mine. The planned addition (Ewington II) is immediately east of Griffin’s previously approved Ewington mine (Ewington I), and approximately five and a half kilometres east of the town of Collie. Read more...Last updated: January 6, 1995
Reid Highway is identified on the Metropolitan Region Scheme as a 'Controlled Access Highway'. When completed, Reid Highway would connect the Mitchell Freeway and Marmion Avenue in the west with Roe Highway just north of Midland. This proposal is for the 8.3km section of Reid Highway between Beechboro Road and the Great Northern Highway/Roe Highway intersection, which would complete the link between Mitchell Freeway and Roe Highway. Read more...Last updated: April 18, 1994
This is an inquiry under s46 regarding a proposal to subdivide the northern portion of Lot 121 Illawarra Crescent, Malaga into 45 separate industrial lots. Lots fronting Illawarra Crescent are proposed for showroom/semi-commercial use. IBT's brick and tile manufacturing facility is located on the south side of Lot 121. In the original proposal approved by the Minister for the Environment ( Ministerial Statement 3 , 1 September 1987) the northern portion of the lot was intended to serve as... Read more...Last updated: March 8, 1994
The former Gasworks site at East Perth was used for the production of gas from coal between 1922 and 1971. Since decommissioning of the gas plant in 1971, structures have been progressively demolished. The site is now used as a services depot by the State Energy Commission of Western Australia, which is the owner of the site. As a result of past operations, extensive contamination by coal tars, including known carcinogenic and toxic organic chemicals, exists on the site and in adjacent areas of... Read more...Last updated: January 6, 1994
The proposal is to establish an energy infrastructure in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This proposal will provide natural gas and electric power for future industrial developments and includes: a 215 kilometre buried gas pipeline from Karratha to Port Hedland; a gas turbine power station at Port Hedland; approximately 400 kilometres of high-voltage power transmission line from Port Hedland to Newman; a back-up generating plant at Newman; and closure of the existing diesel powered... Read more...Last updated: October 25, 1993
The proposal is to export 1.5 million tonnes of iron ore per annum through the port of Esperance. The ore would be mined by Portman mining at Koolyanobbing and transported by Westrail via the rail link through Kambalda, Norseman and Salmon Gums to the port of Esperance for loading onto ships. The Portman Mining Koolyanobbing iron ore mining venture was separately referred to the Environmental Protection Authority previously. It was determined that it would be subject to Works Approval and... Read more...Last updated: August 24, 1993
The proposal is to establish additional facilities for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) extraction and export within the existing onshore treatment plant at the Burrup Peninsula. The existing Gas Treatment Plant occupies 231ha on a lease at Withnell Bay, near Dampier on the Burrup Peninsula about 1,300km north of Perth. The area within the lease has undergone major development, with the portions of Plant constructed to date consisting of a domestic gas plant, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant,... Read more...Last updated: August 5, 1993
Ransberg Pty Ltd (the proponent) proposes to open up a hard-rock quarry located about 4km east of Mundijong in the Darling Ranges. The Environmental Protection Authority previously assessed the quarry proposal and reported in December 1992 ( Bulletin 662 ). The Environmental Protection Authority concluded that the proposal was environmentally acceptable provided that, before the quarry was expanded such that it would be visible from the Swan Coastal Plain, the proponent obtain further approval... Read more...Last updated: July 6, 1993
The proposal is to establish an industrial park at Mungari, 26 km south-west of Kalgoorlie and 13km north-east of Coolgardie. The park is to cater for the development of heavy industry in the Kalgoorlie/Boulder region. A review by the proponent of potential sites in the goldfields identified Mungari as a preferred site because of its apparently low mineral potential, proximity to infrastructure, distance from residences and drainage considerations. Read more...Last updated: April 14, 1993
The proposal is for a major staged expansion to Wespine's operations at the pine log sawmill, Moore Road, Dardanup. By making adjustments, replacements and additions to the existing plant and equipment and methods of operation, Wespine proposes to progressively increase the throughput of the sawmill, via a series of stages, from the current annual log input capacity of 70,000 m 3 to 400,000 m 3 over a ten year period. Major changes involved in the upgrade of the Dardanup pine log sawmill... Read more...Last updated: January 14, 1993
The Murrayfield Airpark development proposal is sited 10km north-east of Mandurah on lots 11 and 12 Nambeelup Road, Nambeelup. The total area of these holdings is approximately 190 ha. The proposal is to amend the Shire of Murray Town Planning Scheme to permit the construction of an airpark, comprising a resort complex, expanded airstrip utilities and a golfcourse. The existing provision restricts development to rural land uses only, a zoning which permits the operation of a rural airstrip. Read more...Last updated: October 27, 1992
The proposal is to establish a 2,500 kilowatt wind farm and associated 33kV powerline near Esperance. The wind farm is to be built within 'C' class Flora Reserve Number 24486, near Nine Mile Beach approximately 8km west of Esperance. Read more...Last updated: April 6, 1992
Moltoni Corporation proposes to re-develop Location 233 Lefroy road Beaconsfield over a 25 year period using waste materials from a crushing and recycling plant to be built on the site. Read more...Last updated: November 1, 1991
Proposal to establish a cereal straw and waste paper pulp and paper mill near Moora in the Central Midlands district of Western Australia. Read more...