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: August 29, 1991
The Peel-Harvey estuarine system is badly degraded. The system shows signs of severe eutrophication (nutrient enrichment), which results in excessive algal growth. The algae live on the nutrients, and multiply rapidly, stifling life in the Estuary in warmer weather. The algae accumulate on the shores of the Estuary and rot, causing odour problems, polluting the shore, and killing wildlife and fish. This results in a significant reduction in the recreational, environmental, social and economic... Read more...Last updated: July 29, 1991
The Environmental Protection Authority has received a number of proposals, each of which involves an application for a well licence to pursue conventional sprinkler irrigated agriculture. Each proposal was referred to the Environmental Protection Authority by the Water Authority of WA and each property is located within the Swan Coastal Plain catchment of the Peel-Harvey Estuary. The Authority has also received a number of other proposals for the same class of activity within the Swan Coastal... Read more...Last updated: July 10, 1991
This assessment is of two proposals, each of which involves an application for a well licence to pursue irrigated agriculture within the Peel-Harvey coastal plain catchment. Proposal 1 involves the flood irrigation of commonly grown pasture species (clover and perennial grasses) on an area of riverine clays adjacent to the North Dandalup River. Between 10 to 15 kg of phosphorus would be applied each year, with two thirds applied in autumn and one third applied in spring. Irrigation would occur... Read more...Last updated: May 2, 1991
The proposal is for rezoning of Lot 6 and Part Lot 64 Lloyd Avenue Ravenswood from "Residential Development" to "Residential R-10" and "Caravan/Chalet Park". Approval to subdivide and to develop the Chalet/Caravan Park will be sought at a later date. Clean fill will be used to bring buildings such as the communal amenities block and private amenities blocks in the north-east corner to meet minimum floor levels recommended by the Water Authority. It is proposed to... Read more...Last updated: February 27, 1991
The proposal is for the subdivision of Pt Lot 27, Cockburn Sound Location 16, for industrial purposes. This is consistent with the present zoning of the land. The proposal is located on cleared land. The proponent has agreed that all lots in the subdivision would be serviced by sewerage. Stormwater runoff from all road reserves within the industrial subdivision is proposed be piped to a central sump with the sufficient storage capacity to cater for a 1 in 10 year storm event. This site is... Read more...Last updated: February 7, 1991
The proposal is for the subdivision of Lots 1 & 2 Cockburn Sound Location 16, for industrial purposes. This is consistent with the present zoning of the land. The proposal is located on cleared land which was mined for limestone and then re-contoured. Part of the proposed subdivision is within the 200 m buffer area for the Water Authority Sewage Treatment Plant located north of Gordon Road, however as light winds which carry odours tend to occur in the evening outside of working hours the... Read more...Last updated: January 25, 1991
AWP Holdings Limited operates a solvent wool scouring plant at Miguel Road, Spearwood, Western Australia. One of its wastes is mud resulting from agricultural dirt scoured from the wool. The composition of the mud is grit, organic matter, salt with traces of heavy metals and pesticides, particularly the insecticide diazinon. The proposal is to carry out a year's trial on disposing of the mud by injecting it into the subsoil on land at Amarillo Farm. The property straddles the lower reaches... Read more...Last updated: January 25, 1991
The proposal consists of a boat haven with mooring facilities for up to 175 boats, a public boat landing, a launching ramp, refuelling and sullage pump-out facilities, a village centre, and tourist and residential accommodation. lt is located on 35 ha of privately owned land situated adjacent to the Sticks Channel, Peel Inlet, in the town of Mandurah. The land is zoned Tourist under the Mandurah Town Planning Scheme 1A, Amendment No 45. Following publication of the EPA's report and... Read more...Last updated: November 23, 1990
The proposal is for rezoning Lot 602, Beacham Road Pinjarra from Rural to Industrial and to specify that only "dry-industrial" uses would be permitted in this area by adding Clause 7.4.3 to the Shire of Murray Town Planning Scheme No 4 Scheme Text. On-site sewage effluent disposal has been proposed. The site is within the area defined as the Peel-Harvey Catchment by the Minister for the Environment where clearing, drainage and nutrient controls apply. The Environmental Protection... Read more...Last updated: September 10, 1990
The proposal is to provide reticulated gas to the public in the Mandurah area using standard air/gas mixing and storage facilities at SECWA's site in Gordon Road, Mandurah. The plant will provide an initial gas reticulation system to allow a customer base to be established. Further planning is to provide a connection to the Perth-Bunbury natural gas pipeline when the customer base is large enough to warrant the capital investment. The plant is similar to one operating in Albany... Read more...Last updated: June 8, 1990
Inquiry under s46 into amending the conditions of Ministerial Statement 85 . Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd submitted a Notice of Intent for the mining and processing of supergene and basement ores at the Boddington Gold Mine in July 1989. Following assessment of the Notice of Intent by the Environmental Protection Authority, the Minister for the Environment issued a statement "that the proposal may be implemented" on 22 November 1989 (Ministerial Statement 85). Further metallurgical... Read more...Last updated: September 26, 1989
Sunland Pty Ltd has proposed the development of a golf course and residential estate on Murray Location 17, immediately adjacent to and south of, the existing Murray Lakes Canal Development in the Shire of Murray. Read more...Last updated: April 1, 1989
Esplanade (Mandurah) Pty Ltd proposes to develop a canal estate at Halls Head Mandurah called Port Mandurah. This project would involve single residential water front allotments, fronting onto a network of canals, linked to the Mandurah Inlet Channel and includes a tourist development site and a village centre, encompassing a total area of 113.8 hectares. Read more...Last updated: February 1, 1989
Barrack Energy Limited propose to conduct a seismic survey north east of Jurien in an area with includes Mt Lesueur. Part of this area has been recognised as having important conservation value. It is subject to Environmental Protection Authority Red Book recommendation 5.17 which states that the area should be a declared Class A Reserve for the purpose of nature conservation and vested in the National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority. Read more...Last updated: January 31, 1989
Clover Meats Pty Ltd purchased a partly completed abattoir on a 200 ha rural site at North Dandalup in 1983. It proposes to finish construction of the abattoir in the near future and to operate the abattoir initially at a slaughter rate of 200 cattle/day with upgrading to 400 cattle/day at a later stage. The major potential environmental impact with this proposal is that it would discharge phosphorus to Peel Harvey catchment area. Given the present phosphorus problem in the estuary, very strict... Read more...Last updated: October 25, 1988
The proposal is to rezone and subdivide Lots 6, 164 and 165 Lakes Road, East Mandurah from "Future Urban" to "Residential 1" (R Code 5) and subdivide the property into 390 "Special Residential" lots within the range of 2,000m 2 to 4,000m 2 , with an average of approximately 2,500m 2 . No clearing would be permitted other than for the purpose of firebreaks, access, safety and construction of a dwelling. It is proposed that the area closest to Lake Goegrup and to the... Read more...Last updated: October 14, 1988
The proposal is for a 330 kV transmission line from Harvey to Kwinana, a distance of approximately 102 km. The first 51 km of the route parallels the existing Bunbury - Cannington 132 kV line from the Harvey Substation site almost to Pinjarra. There are a number of deviations to avoid major road intersections, dwellings and their environs and Pinjarra townsite. Following this , the route joins the existing Muja - Southern Terminal 330 kV line and follows it for most of the next 44 km. There is... Read more...Last updated: September 30, 1988
The proposal is to establish a Rare Earth Treatment Plant at Pinjarra in Western Australia. The proposal has two stages. The first stage would treat the monazite with caustic to produce a solid containing rare earth hydroxides and a calcium phosphate waste. The second stage would treat the solid containing the rare earth hydroxide to produce rare earth salts, thorium waste and the ammonium nitrate waste., Note:, Upon consideration of this proposal the Environmental Protection Authority... Read more...Last updated: March 1, 1988
The proposal is for a development scheme for Point Grey, near Mandurah. This proposal includes: a college and associated residential campus; an 18 hole golf course; tourist and holiday accommodation sites; 3,200 single residential lots; 300 'rural residential lots'; and shopping, education and community infrastructure. The development would house and accommodate approximately 9 000 people, with a staged development programme extending over a 25 to 30 year period. Read more...Last updated: November 25, 1987
The Coodanup Development is a proposal by Mezzanine Pty Ltd to develop a residential and boat haven complex on Cockburn Sound Location 16, being part lots 167 to 169. This land is situated on a strip that lies between the Serpentine River and the Peel Inlet at Coodanup, near Mandurah. The land, which is currently used for grazing purposes, is presently zoned as Future Urban, Rural, Residential and Local Recreation under the Shire of Mandurah Town Planning Schemes 1A. The Shire has resolved to... Read more...