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: January 21, 1993
The proposal is to develop three small ore bodies to the east of the main ore body at the Boddington Gold Mine. The three small ore bodies are known as the Eastern Anomalies and it is proposed to mine them as an extension of the existing mining operation. The Boddington Gold Mine is located approximately 13 kilometres north-west of the town of Boddington in the South West region of Western Australia. The Eastern Anomalies area is located outside of the 34 Mile Brook catchment in which the main... Read more...Last updated: December 24, 1992
This is the Environmental Protection Authority's environmental assessment and recommendations to the Minister for the Environment on the environmental acceptability of forest management proposals by the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) for 1992 onwards. CALM is now the direct manager of timber harvesting rather than, as previously, the controller of timber companies. The last review by EPA was in 1987 when five to ten year management plans were examined. Read more...Last updated: September 4, 1992
The Ewington Coalmine is a proposed open cut coal mining operation which is on the same large scale as the Muja mining operation. The mining method would follow the practices being employed at the Chicken Creek open cut operation near Muja in the Collie Coal Basin. This involves an open cut, strip mining operation using a dragline. The Collie Basin is a depression within the Archaean basement containing Permian coal-bearing sediments. The Basin covers an area of approximately 274km 2 and... Read more...Last updated: August 21, 1992
The proposed Pelican Point development would contain the following components: an 18 hole golf course set in landscaped native parkland; permanent waterfowl and wildlife refuges established within the golf course; a golf resort; several areas of landscaped public open space within the development and adjacent to the foreshores; public facilities such as parking areas, toilets and boat launching ramp; a resort hotel and function centre; a range of tourist and managed residential accommodation... Read more...Last updated: August 7, 1992
Additional landscape works and the extension of Fly-Ash Ponds at Turkey Point, Bunbury. 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...Last updated: April 2, 1992
The proposal is to develop an open cut coal mine at the Premier deposit in the Shotts Sub-Basin of the Collie Coal Basin. The Premier area is about 10 kilometres east of Collie and consists mainly of State Forest managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The Premier Coal Mine would supply approximately 2 million tonnes of coal per year to the proposed private power station due to be built by 1996. It is a proposed open cut coal mining operation which will have a life of 30... Read more...Last updated: March 12, 1992
The proposal is to construct and operate a 132 kilovolt (kV) transmission line between either the Picton or Manjimup substations and Mineral Deposits Limited proposed mineral sands mine at Beenup. SECWA's preferred option is for an overhead supply at 132kV from the Manjimup substation. Two other options from Picton (Great North Road and Margaret River) are also proposed. Read more...Last updated: February 11, 1992
The proposal is to continue current mining of the orebody at Wonnerup, south of the mouth of the Wonnerup Inlet. The orebody contains heavy mineral sands and tailings remaining from mining done by another company in the 1960s. Cleanup work on the tailings remaining from the previous mining operation began in 1989 and is expected to be completed by March 1992. The proposal to mine adjacent to the existing operations would extend the mine life up to 12 months, with land restoration and... Read more...Last updated: January 10, 1992
The proposal is for an exploration programme to explore for mineral sands and to compile geo-scientific data using geophysical, geological and drilling techniques at locations throughout the length and breadth of the D'Entrecasteaux National Park. The area has been explored from the air using remote sensing geophysical techniques, such as airborne magnetometer surveys, and a number of magnetic anomalies, which may represent mineral sands deposits, have been identified. Read more...Last updated: November 14, 1991
This proposal is one of a group of applications for mineral exploration tenements for which a formal level of assessment was set by the Environmental Protection Authority under the Government's former policy (known as "Balancing the Scales", 1988) on exploration in environmentally sensitive areas. The former policy has now been replaced by a new policy entitled "Resolution of Conflict - A Clear Policy for National Parks", 1990. The Environmental Protection Authority... Read more...Last updated: November 12, 1991
Bunbury Port Authority proposes to extend the Inner Harbour at Bunbury by dredging a strip of land to the south-east of the existing basin, to allow for two additional ship berths and associated on shore facilities. The dredged spoil would be used to complete the filling of partially filled areas, to make them suitable in accordance with current zonings for bulk storage and port related activities. Dredging would be undertaken by a cutter suction dredge to a depth of 12.2m. Material would be... Read more...Last updated: November 1, 1991
The proposal includes the following major elements: a 17 metre high homogeneous earth fill embankment; an embankment crest length of approximately 190 metres; a capacity at full supply level (87 metres AHD) of approximately 1,500,000 cubic metres; a surface area at full supply level of approximately 28 ha; a pump off take within the Margaret River and pipeline to the dam located along existing tracks; relocation of Rosa Brook Road close to the limit of the Brook's catchment; and possible... Read more...Last updated: September 12, 1991
Deras (Australia) Pty Ltd (Deras) proposes to establish and operate a 'wet-blue' tannery within the Shire of West Arthur, approximately 14 km north-east of Darkan. The facility would tan up to 220,000 cattle hides per annum using conventional tanning procedures. Hides would be mainly purchased from abattoirs in the south-west. The site would include a receival yard, a parking area, process building (including storage and office areas), a water reservoir and a wastewater treatment and... Read more...Last updated: August 21, 1991
SECWA proposes to expand the generating capacity of the approved Pinjar gas turbine power station site (eight 37MW units) by approximately 300 megawatts (MW). This represents a doubling in the power generating capacity of the power station. In SECWA's original proposal (approved under Ministerial Statement 61 ) the plant was proposed to be a peaking plant which can operate at times of high demand (1 to 8 hours per day) or in emergencies. In this expansion proposal the new gas turbines are... Read more...Last updated: June 12, 1991
The proposal is to establish a second coal-fired base load power station 8km east-north-east of Collie. The proposal includes the construction of two 300 megawatt power generating units and associated infrastructure that will occupy 388 hectares of land. The proposed site is located on the edge of the Collie Coal Basin which is an area that contains the mineable coal reserves in the Collie region., The report:, An integral part of the environmental impact assessment process includes the need to... Read more...Last updated: May 24, 1991
The proposal is to mine about 50ha of farmland per year, by dredging, to produce 500,000 tonnes of heavy minerals annually, for at least 20 years. The dredge would float on the natural watertable surface and reach to the bottom of the deposit without the need to raise or lower the water table. Minerals would be separated from the ore in a wet concentrator floating behind the dredge and by dry concentration at a dry mill at the north of the site. Sand and fine tailings would be returned to the... Read more...Last updated: February 27, 1991
The proposal is to construct a facility to treat wastewater from Augusta to secondary standards and dispose of the effluent by ground infiltration on an area adjacent to the ponds. The site selected is Unalienated Crown Land located approximately 3km south-west of the Central Business District of the town of Augusta. The wastewater from Augusta will be treated using oxidation ponds. Initially there will be 3 oxidation ponds operated in series to cater for a population of 1,000. Future upgrading... Read more...Last updated: September 17, 1990
An application by McLean Consolidated Pty Ltd to export hardwood woodchips derived from the sawmill wastes of the Denmark Sawmill through the Port of Albany was approved by the Minister for Environment in 1988. Since being granted that approval, several factors concerning the original proposal have altered, including change of ownership of both the project and the sawmill. The proponent, Southern Plantations Chip Company Pty Ltd, now wishes to export woodchips derived from sawmill wastes... Read more...Last updated: July 20, 1990
The proposal is to extract about 3.7 million tonnes of ore from about 30 hectares of land at Jangardup each year, to produce 271,000 tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate for trucking to Bunbury annually. The proposed mine life is eight years. Mining would be by a floating dredge feeding a wet separator. On average, some 56 truck trips (28 full, 28 return) per day would be required to transport the product to Bunbury. Read more...