Last updated: October 4, 2012
Request to change implementation conditions of Ministerial Statement 126 . Read more...Last updated: January 17, 2012
The proposal is to construct a sub sea pipeline, onshore gas treatment and compression plant, and sales gas pipeline. The subsea pipeline from the Macedon Gas Field (100 kilometres west of Onslow) connects to the onshore gas treatment and compression plant at Ashburton North (15 kilometres southwest of Onslow). The sales gas pipeline connects the onshore facility to the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas (DBNG) Pipeline. Read more...Last updated: June 11, 2018
The proposal is for the construction and operation of a technical ammonium nitrate production facility (TANPF) on Site D within the King Bay/Hearson Cove Industrial Estate on the Burrup Peninsula. The proposal is located approximately 13 kilometres north-west of Karratha. Read more...Last updated: October 21, 2016
The original proposal is for mining of silica (quartzite) rock approximately 15 kilometres north of Moora on Mining Lease M70/191, and smelting to produce silicon, employing wood, charcoal, coal and the silica mined at Moora, in the Kemerton Industrial Area approximately 20 kilometres north of Bunbury in the Shire of Harvey. This revised proposal is for an increase from the approved three submerged electric arc furnaces to four submerged electric arc furnaces at the Kemerton site, and the... Read more...Last updated: December 14, 2015
The Utah Point Berth Project consists of two separate stages: Stage A: Dredging and Reclamation; and Stage B: Construction and Operation. Stage A, dredging and reclamation works for the UPBP was approved by the Minister for Environment as an amendment to the existing Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) approval and managed according to the approved conditions. The works for Stage A have been successfully completed. The EPA determined that Stage B, the construction and ongoing operation of stockyard... Read more...Last updated: June 30, 2010
The proposal is to construct and operate a minimum 50 GL/annum and up to 100 GL/annum desalination plant on Lots 32 and 33, and Part Lot 8 Taranto Road, Binningup; marine inlet/outlet pipes; and a water supply pipeline to transport potable water to the Integrated Water Supply Scheme via a storage facility near Harvey. Read more...Last updated: December 15, 2009
Dredging of approximately 3,900,000 cubic metres of material for two new berth pockets and extensions to the existing departure channel and swing basin at Harriet Point and Stanley Point; disposal of dredged material at dredged material management areas. Read more...Last updated: March 23, 2010
Inquiry under s46 into a proposed change to environmental conditions for the construction and operation of a brick making facility on Lot 1 on Plan 16479 Military Road, Bellevue, the subject of previous Ministerial Statements 002 and 012. Since the original assessment in 1987, more has become known about brickwork emissions and cumulative impacts in the Swan Valley. Read more...Last updated: February 13, 2009
The proposal for the brick and tile works at Malaga was initially assessed by the EPA in 1987. In 1994 an amendment to the proposal was assessed. This amendment related to the subdivision of part of the brickworks site and did not alter the operation of the brickworks in any way. Since 1987 more has become known about brickwork emissions. As a result the conditions imposed on the proposal in 1987 were out-dated. This inquiry under s46 is to determine whether to change the conditions of... Read more...Last updated: July 12, 2007
The proposal is for the construction and operation of an ethanol bio-refinery on a 19 hectare site in the Kwinana Industrial Area. Read more...Last updated: September 24, 2007
The proposal is to upgrade the Worsley alumina refinery in order to increase production to 4.4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). This is an inquiry under section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, into a request to amend the conditions of Ministerial Statement 719 . Read more...Last updated: September 21, 2005
CSBP currently produces approximately 235,000 tpa of ammonium nitrate at its Kwinana operations which are located within the Kwinana Industrial Area. This proposal is to expand the ammonium nitrate production capacity to approximately 580,000 tpa by debottlenecking and duplicating its existing facilities. The expansion includes: duplication and/or debottlenecking of the existing 500 tpd nitric acid plant; duplication and/or debottlenecking of the existing 635 tpd ammonium nitrate reaction plant... Read more...Last updated: October 5, 2005
CSBP Limited propose to remediate the former Cresco site in Bayswater. There is up to 280,000 m 3 of contaminated soil present on site. The contamination was caused by the disposal of pyritic wastes or cinders, lead chamber washings, sodium bisulphate, den-scrubber effluent, superphosphate and other building wastes during the site’s history. The cinders, sodium bisulphate and den-scrubber effluent were deposited in excavated pits while the other wastes were disposed of on a more random basis.... Read more...Last updated: June 23, 2005
The proposal is to install improved pollution control equipment on the Liquor Burner at Kwinana in order to reduce emissions. The existing pollution control equipment on the Liquor Burner consists of a primary and secondary cyclone with water scrubbing. The proposed pollution control equipment consists of a primary cyclone, filter, wet scrubber and a regenerative thermal oxidiser (RTO). The stack height would also be increased. Alcoa predicts the proposed equipment will result in reductions of... Read more...Last updated: August 3, 2005
The proposal is for the construction and operation (on a temporary basis) of six evaporation ponds (120m × 30m) in the north-eastern corner of the Mungari Industrial Estate in the Shire of Coolgardie. The effluent to be evaporated at the Mungari site will be sourced from Total Waste Management’s liquid waste treatment facility in Boulder. The effluent has a chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the range 20,000- 25,000 mg/L and a total dissolved solids (TDS) content ranging from 20,000 to 40,000 mg/L... Read more...Last updated: September 21, 2015
The proposal is to upgrade the Pinjarra Alumina Refinery. The proposal involves an upgrading of the seed filtration facility to improve its efficiency in order to increase the alumina production by approximately 17% to approximately 4.2 million tonnes per annum. This will require an increase in the bauxite mining rate at Alcoa’s Huntly bauxite mine and additional bauxite grinding, slurry storage and calcination facilities. Read more...Last updated: May 16, 2003
Inquiry under s46 into the request for changes to the implementation conditions of Ministerial Statement 034 and Ministerial Statement 470 . CSBP proposes to export shipments of anhydrous ammonia from the Fremantle Ports’ Bulk Cargo Jetty at Kwinana to overseas markets, utilising its existing ammonia storage tanks, ammonia transfer pipeline (previously used for ammonia importation) and mobile loading/unloading arm trolley. The only additional item required to facilitate ammonia export is an... Read more...Last updated: December 20, 2002
Methanex proposes to develop a methanol complex on the Burrup Peninsula, approximately 1300 kilometres north of Perth. The selected project site is located in the King Bay – Hearson Cove Industrial Area, approximately 6 and 10 kilometres from the towns of Dampier and Karratha respectively. Approximately 84 hectares of the 100 hectare site will be cleared to accommodate the methanol complex. Read more...Last updated: December 20, 2002
The proposal is for construction and operation of a methanol plant of 1.05 million tonnes per annum (Mt/a) nominal capacity, at Withnell East industrial area on the Burrup Peninsula The proposal includes the installation of a gas supply pipeline, product pipeline, seawater supply pipeline and wastewater discharge pipeline to be situated in infrastructure corridors for which the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (MPR) will be proponent. The plant footprint will occupy approximately... Read more...Last updated: November 18, 2002
The proposal is to construct and operate a commercial scale HIsmelt Process Plant at Kwinana in Western Australia. The plant will be located at the site currently occupied by the existing HIsmelt Research and Development Facility (HRDF) within the northern portion of the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA), 40km south of Perth. The Stage 1 plant will initially produce around 820,000 tonnes per annum of pig iron. If the Stage 1 plant is found to be technically and commercially viable, the proponent... Read more...