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: April 22, 2007
The proposal is to raise the application rate for total nitrogen from 106 to 150 kg/ha/y to the area of irrigated trees on the tree farm. Inquiry under s46 into changes to Ministerial Statement 287 . The original proposal, assessed in 1992, calculated nitrogen loadings in the wastewater applied to the grass bays and the irrigated trees at the wastewater disposal site. The projected loadings were based on the wastewater treatment plant being upgraded to reduce nitrogen concentrations in the... Read more...Last updated: December 7, 2005
Inquiry under Section 46(1) of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, , on whether the conditions of the implementation of Ridgepoynt Pty Ltd's (Ridgepoynt) proposal, to remediate the Tonkin Park Industrial site by containment of the waste on-site in a cell, should be changed. Specifically, the conditions regarding the timeline for implementation, ongoing monitoring of the groundwater and ongoing management of the cell are to be reviewed. Read more...Last updated: October 13, 2004
The proposal is to establish a Resource Recovery Facility (RRF) to process 100 ,00 tonnes per annum of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the Neerabup Industrial Area (NIA), City of Wanneroo Read more...Last updated: August 6, 2003
The proposal is for a poultry litter fired power station at a site approximately 70 kilometres north of Perth on the Brand Highway near Muchea. The power station would receive poultry litter from farms across the broad Perth region. Delivery would be by covered trucks, which would enter the enclosed litter reception shed and tip onto a concrete floor. A front-end loader would be used to place the litter on to a conveyor which would place it on the stockpile. The trucks would be washed down... Read more...Last updated: March 18, 2002
The Brookdale Liquid Waste Treatment Facility (LWTF) has been operating under environmental approvals since 1988 as a septage treatment plant. The facility was also licenced by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to receive some specific types of hazardous liquid waste for treatment to render them nonhazardous or utilised on-site as reagents for treating other liquid wastes. This proposal is for a change to plant processes and waste acceptance criteria for this facility to enable... Read more...Last updated: March 1, 2002
The Western Australian government has committed to remediating three contaminated sites on the west side of Morangup Road, approximately 25km south-west of Toodyay. A small amount of contamination from Site C has entered Lot 12. This contamination will be removed as part of Site C’s remediation. Read more...Last updated: July 10, 2001
Inquiry under section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, to increase to phosphorus discharge limit Read more...Last updated: March 13, 2001
Inquiry under section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, to change conditions of Ministerial Statement 481 published on 13 July 1998 to allow increased nitrogen oxides emissions Read more...Last updated: February 1, 2001
The Intractable Waste Disposal Facility (IWDF) is 75km north-east of Koolyanobbing and approximately 53km north-east of Jaurdi Station Homestead (unoccupied). The site occupies a 25km 2 Crown Reserve No. 42001 and is accessed by a 100km long dedicated unsurfaced road (Crown Reserve No. 44102) that extends northward from the Boorabbin Siding on Great Eastern Highway. This inquiry under s46 is in regard to consolidation of environmental conditions of Ministerial Statements 44 , 205 , 353 and 533... Read more...Last updated: January 24, 2001
The proposal is for a regional waste processing facility within the Kwinana Heavy Industrial Estate. The site is located on the Swan Coastal Plain approximately 30 kilometres south west of the Perth Central Business District and 3 kilometres north-west of the Town of Kwinana. The site is a large undeveloped piece of land which is adjacent to the British Petroleum (BP) refinery. The nearest residences are located to the north east in Hope Valley (approximately 2.6 kilometres) and to the east in... Read more...Last updated: January 19, 2000
The Intractable Waste Disposal Facility is located at Mt Walton East, 125 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The proposal involves the disposal by shaft entombment or burial of a range of intractable wastes included in the list of potential wastes for disposal at the facility. This inquiry under s46 is in regard to a request for an extension of time limit of approval and inclusion of alternative destruction technologies, relating to Ministerial Statement 353 . Read more...Last updated: December 15, 1999
The proposal is for the stages 1 and 2 of the development of the Busselton Wastewater Treatment Plant, Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Busselton, to an output of 6,750 cubic metres per day, and disposal of treated wastewater from the plant via an onsite wetland to the Vasse Agricultural drain and consequently to the Vasse Diversion Drain. Read more...Last updated: October 9, 1998
The proposal is to manage the environmental impact of a former liquid waste disposal site in Southern River Road, Gosnells. The site includes 13 unlined lagoons constructed from sand. Discharges to the lagoons included primarily septage and brewery wastes, however unknown quantities of other wastes were also discharged. Read more...Last updated: August 21, 1998
The Water Corporation proposes to construct a 500mm-600mm diameter pressure sewer main and associated pump station to service the sewage requirements of residential development within the vicinity of the Ellenbrook Development located 26km north of the Perth CBD. Read more...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...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: January 19, 1995
Inquiry under s46 regarding changing the implementation conditions of Ministerial Statement 144 . It is proposed that the refinery effluent, tailings pond liquor and recovered groundwater will be blended in the lined staging pond at Baldivis prior to feeding to the CMF plant. The filtrate from the CMF plant will be returned to the refinery site and treated in the existing reverse osmosis circuit. In addition to the CMF plant, WMC is reviewing current remedial plans, as well as short and long... Read more...Last updated: May 9, 1994
The proposal is for the first privately owned and operated landfill accepting general and municipal waste in Western Australia. Other privately owned and operated landfills in Western Australia have been restricted to land filling specific types of waste, such as builders rubble, clean fill or waste generated from particular industrial or manufacturing process. These landfills are typically approved by a local authority under sections of the Town Planning and Development Act and Local... Read more...Last updated: December 10, 1993
SCM Chemicals Ltd (the proponent) proposes to continue using its Dalyellup solid residue disposal site beyond March 1994, the expiry date of current approvals for the site. SCM referred this proposal to the Environmental Protection Authority as an amendment to its existing Environmental Conditions in July 1993. Read more...Last updated: July 9, 1992
The proposal is to collect an existing backlog of waste polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides which are stored at various centres in Western Australia and export them to the United Kingdom for destruction by high temperature incineration at the Rechem facilities at Fawley and Pontypool. The proposal does not cover waste which may be generated in the future as it is unlikely these materials would ever be used again in Western Australia. Environmental issues relating to... Read more...