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Last updated: September 2, 1994
Swan Portland Cement Ltd received approval from the Minister for the Environment ( Ministerial Statement 267 , 8 June 1992) to develop the quicklime plant and limestone quarry at Nowergup. This is an inquiry under s46 regarding a request to change the above proposal to increase the production capacity of the quicklime plant from the original 230,000 tonnes/annum to 460,000 tonnes/annum, and to increase the rate of limestone quarrying from the approved 450,000 tonnes/annum to approximately 1,000... Read more...Last updated: August 22, 1994
Since the original environmental statement was published ( Ministerial Statement 84 ), a detailed review of the whole route between middle Swan and the Metropolitan Region Scheme boundary at Wooroloo has been completed. As a result of these studies, Main Roads consider that some sections of the original route need to be changed. In its letter to the Minister for the Environment, Main Roads also indicated that a detailed study of the possible alignment options for the Perth to Adelaide National... Read more...Last updated: August 19, 1994
The Tiwest Joint Venture (TJV), the proponent, proposes to increase the production of finished titanium dioxide pigment at its Kwinana Pigment Plant. The Tiwest Joint Venture has requested changes to Condition 1 of the Ministerial Statement of 26 April 1989, relating to the Pigment Plant. Condition 1 restricts the original plant to 54,000 tonnes per annum of finished titanium dioxide pigment, as assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority in Bulletin 373. The proponent now proposes to... Read more...Last updated: August 4, 1994
Cockburn Cement Limited (the proponent) proposes to dredge 3.7 million tonnes of shell sand from 67ha of Success Bank over a two year period. The area would be dredged using existing plant and equipment. Of the 67ha that is proposed to be dredged, 17ha has substantial seagrass coverage. Read more...Last updated: July 15, 1994
The Canning Property Group proposes to partly develop for residential purposes Lots 122, 123 and 403 Acourt Road, Canning Vale, with the remaining portion being given up for inclusion in the Jandakot Botanic Park. Read more...Last updated: May 28, 1994
Oxleigh Holdings Pty Ltd proposes to develop part of Lot 2 near the corner of Alexander Drive and Gnangara Road Landsdale for residential purposes. A portion of this Lot known as 'Snake Swamp' was identified in recommendation M8 (Wanneroo Wetlands - Eastern Chain) of the Environmental Protection Authority's System Six report, as being valuable for conservation because of its wetland functions. 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 17, 1994
Inquiry under section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, to change the conditions for sodium cyanide plant debottlenecking 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: March 4, 1994
The proponents have written to the Minister for the Environment asking that environmental condition 10 part 3, and procedure 1-1 of Ministerial Statement 288 , which affects land owned by Mt Lawley Pty Ltd, be amended to exclude the Mt Lawley land and allow implementation of the Ellen Brook proposal. Specifically, the proponents have asked that the reference to 450 hectares in the north-west corner of the site, which comprises about 300 hectares of Mount Lawley's land and 150 hectares of... Read more...Last updated: February 1, 1994
The proposal is to develop the site of an old fertilizer works in McCabe Street Mosman Park for residential purposes. The site had been used from 1910 to 1969 primarily as a fertilizer manufacturing works. Since the early seventies the site has not been actively used. The proponents intend to collect all waste and contaminated soils from over the site and place them into a secure underground storage cell to be constructed on the site. Read more...Last updated: November 25, 1993
In March 1988 the Health Department of Western Australia, the proponent, requested that the waste receival time on Saturday at the Westfield Treatment Plant be changed from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon to 7am to 4.00pm. During its assessment of this request (EPA Bulletin 348) the EPA, after consulting with the City of Armadale and other decision making authorities, found the change acceptable. The EPA reported to the Minister for the Environment in August 1988 that the proposal was acceptable. In... Read more...Last updated: November 15, 1993
The proposal is to construct a marina at the north eastern end of the Dawesville Channel, adjoining the planned Eastport canal estate, which has been the subject of a separate assessment by the Authority (EPA Bulletin 671, January 1993). The marina is proposed to be located in part on land reclaimed as a result of construction of the Dawesville Channel, which has already been granted environmental approval. Read more...Last updated: November 2, 1993
The proposal is to upgrade and widen the Brookton Highway between Armadale and Brookton. At present the road has a safety problem because the road and its gravel verges are narrow, there are sharp corners and the surface is hilly and rough. A portion of the Highway passes through an area of State Forest which was identified as potentially valuable for conservation by the Environmental Protection Authority in its System 6 'Red Book' report of 1983 (recommendation C37). The values of... Read more...Last updated: October 7, 1993
The proposal is to expand the capacity of the Whitemans Brick plant, located on the corner of Great Northern Highway and Middle Swan Road. The proponent seeks approval for the second stage of the plant modernization and expansion, which requires the addition of a second tunnel kiln. Read more...Last updated: September 30, 1993
The proposal is to extend the existing Safety Bay Road so that it becomes a major east-west link road between the eventual extension of the Kwinana Freeway beyond its currently planned termination at Thomas Road Kwinana, to Ennis Avenue and the established residential areas of Waikiki and Warnbro. 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: June 30, 1993
The proposal is to develop an Inlet along the existing alignment of Claisebrook Drain in East Perth to provide a focus for urban redevelopment in the area. The Inlet will be a canal waterway that provides an aesthetic and direct connection with the Swan River and will have publicly owned faciiities along its edge. The construction of the waterway and adjacent edge facilities has the following components: an entrance channel, main basin, perched water feature, habitat island and surrounding hard... Read more...Last updated: April 28, 1993
The proposal is to irrigate approximately 6 hectares of Lot 1 Pinjar Road. The proponent has not determined the type of crops to be grown because the the proponent would seek a lessee to operate the proposed market garden if it gained approval. Read more...Last updated: April 19, 1993
Metroplan - a planning strategy for the Perth metropolitan area released in 1990 - included a commitment to develop the Stirling Regional Centre, extending from Scarborough Beach Road in the south to the Stirling Rail Station and the City of Stirling municipal offices in the north. Development of this centre will entail the filling of the Cedric Street Wetland to accommodate the establishment of the 'core precinct'. The proposal is to relocate the ecological, hydrological and social... Read more...