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Ashburton Infrastructure Project

Last updated: November 25, 2024

The Proposal is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia within a development envelope of 20,821 ha and clearing no more than 1,564 ha. Onslow Infraco Pty Ltd (herein MRL a wholly owned subsidiary of Mineral Resources Limited) is proposing to develop: • A fully sealed private haul road, approximately 125km in length • Gas pipeline and ancillary haul road infrastructure. • Storage and bulk handling of ore at the Port of Ashburton. • Dredging a dedicated berthing pocket adjacent to the... Read more...

Gorgon Gas Development Revised and Expanded Proposal: Barrow Island Nature Reserve

Last updated: November 25, 2024

The construction of facilities for the development of the Greater Gorgon Gas Fields on the North-West Shelf, and the processing and export of the gas at a liquefied natural gas plant to be constructed on Barrow Island. Read more...

Lumsden Point General Cargo Facility

Last updated: August 12, 2024

The proposal is to develop and operate a general cargo facility within the Port Hedland inner harbour, within the Town of Port Hedland. This proposal has been superseded by the Lumsden Point General Cargo Facility Read more...

Koombana Bay Marine Structures

Last updated: July 31, 2024

The South West Development Commission is proposing an upgrade to the marine structures that are intended to meet existing demand and future requirements for small craft maritime infrastructure and include new mooring facilities for commercial and recreational vessels, floating jetties, a boat servicing facility, improved public ablution facilities and up upgraded boat launching and storage facilities. Read more...

Casuarina Boat Harbour

Last updated: July 23, 2024

This document has been prepared for the first future derived proposal of the Koombana Bay Marine Structures Strategic Proposal (Assessment Number 2049 and Ministerial Statement 1226), namely the Casuarina Boat Harbour (Figure 1 Proposal Content Document). This document supports the Department of Transport’s (DoT’s) request to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) under section 38E of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act) that the referred Casuarina Boat Harbour (CBH) future... Read more...

Cape Riche Seawater Desalination Plant (S46) [2383]

Last updated: July 4, 2024

Time limit for substantial commencement, review of the adequacy of existing implementation conditions to ensure consistency with the EPA’s current objectives for each environmental factor. Read more...

Koolan Island Iron Ore Mine and Port Facility

Last updated: April 24, 2024

Re-opening of an iron ore mine; construction of associated infrastructure and a port facility on Koolan Island; and subsequent rehabilitation and decommissioning of the site. Read more...

Beenyup Wastewater Ocean Outlet into Marmion Marine Park (S46) [2098]

Last updated: April 22, 2024

The proposal is to operate the Beenyup Wastewater Ocean Outlets into Marmion Marine Park that are associated with the Beenyup Wastewater Treatment Plant and Advanced Water Recycling Plant. Read more...

Asian Renewable Energy Hub

Last updated: April 11, 2024

NW Interconnected Power Pty Ltd is seeking to develop the Asian Renewable Energy Hub. The proposal is to construct and operate a large-scale wind and solar hybrid renewable energy project, approximately 220 km east of Port Hedland, WA. The renewable energy will be exported via a subsea power cable to Indonesia and Singapore. Onshore components comprise a series of linear arrays of wind turbines (up to 1,743 turbines) and solar panels distributed across a 644,600 ha development envelope, with a... Read more...

Multi-User Iron Ore Export (Landside) Facility Port Hedland (S46) [2349]

Last updated: February 19, 2024

The requested change relates to condition 3 of Ministerial Statement 1056 (as relevant to Ministerial Statement 891) for an extension to the Time Limit for Proposal Implementation for the proposal approved under MS 891. With the agreement of the proponent, the Environmental Protection Authority will take no further action in relation to the s.46 inquiry into the proposed changes to condition 3 of Ministerial Statement 1056 (as relevant to Ministerial Statement 891) Read more...

HyEnergy® Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Project

Last updated: February 5, 2024

Province Resources Ltd propose to use combined onshore wind and solar energy to produce green hydrogen and ammonia for export to the green energy market. The proposal is distributed across 3 distinct locations within the Shire of Carnarvon, Western Australia. The proposal will comprise the following major elements: • up to 945 ha (6.8 GW) of wind turbines and up to 10,000 ha of solar arrays (5.2 GW) • a new multiuser port facility with a material offloading facility and export terminal •... Read more...

Optimised Mardie Project

Last updated: October 19, 2023

Mardie Minerals Pty Ltd has approval to develop a greenfields high quality salt and SoP project and associated export facility at Mardie, approximately 80 km south-west of Karratha, in the Pilbara region of WA. The project will produce a high purity salt product, Sulphate of Potash (SoP) and other products that can be derived from sea water. The Proposal includes the expansion of the approved Mardie Project (Ministerial Statement [MS] 1175) including expanded concentrator and crystalliser ponds... Read more...

Multi-user Iron Ore Export (Landside) Facility

Last updated: July 31, 2023

The proposal will provide additional port facilities at Port Hedland to receive and stockpile the product from emerging miners, specifically the various mines owned by the proponent’s shareholders, and load this product onto ships for export. Each of the shareholders is exploring and developing new iron ore projects in the Pilbara, with one company actively mining ore and exporting through the existing facilities in the Port of Port Hedland. The current shareholders of the proponent are Atlas... Read more...

Multi-user Iron Ore Export (Landside) Facility, Port Hedland (s. 46)

Last updated: July 31, 2023

The proposal is to construct and operate port infrastructure which includes a stockyard facility, rail loop, conveyor, wharf and ship-loading facility at Port Hedland. Inquiry under s46 in response to a request to change condition 3 - Time Limit for Proposal Implementation of Ministerial Statement 891 . This proposal has been superseded by the Roy Hill Port Expansion Project . Read more...

Roy Hill 1 Iron Ore Project, Port Infrastructure

Last updated: July 31, 2023

The proposal is to construct and operate port infrastructure which includes a stockyard facility, rail loop, conveyor, wharf and ship-loading facility at Port Hedland. This proposal has been superseded by the Roy Hill Port Expansion Project . Read more...

Roy Hill 1 iron ore project port infrastructure proposal (s. 46)

Last updated: July 31, 2023

The proposal is to construct and operate port infrastructure which includes a stockyard facility, rail loop, conveyor, wharf and ship-loading facility at Port Hedland. Inquiry under s46 regarding amending the conditions of Ministerial Statement 858 . This proposal has been superseded by the Roy Hill Port Expansion Project . Read more...

Gorgon Gas Development Revised and Expanded Proposal: Barrow Island Nature Reserve (S46) [2368]

Last updated: June 26, 2023

Inquiry into implementation Condition 10 (Terrestrial and Marine Quarantine Management System), Condition 16 (Long-term Marine Turtle Management Plan) and Condition 25 (Coastal Stability Management and Monitoring Plan) to ensure that they are effective and reflect a contemporary outcome-based condition setting. It is noted a preceding Section 46 inquiry into Ministerial 800 (dated 11-03-2023) has been requested by the Minister for Environment in relation to Conditions 9, and 15 (Inquiry 1).... Read more...

Oakajee Deepwater Port, Oakajee, Shire of Chapman Valley (S46) [2364]

Last updated: May 29, 2023

Time limit for substantial commencement, review of the adequacy of existing implementation conditions to ensure consistency with the EPA’s current objectives for each environmental factor. Read more...

Jansz Feed Gas Pipeline Barrow Island Nature Reserve

Last updated: October 24, 2022

The Jansz feed gas pipeline is proposed to supply natural gas from the Jansz/Io field located in Commonwealth waters approximately 200km off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia and pipe it across the Barrow Island Nature Reserve to the Gorgon Gas Treatment Plant on Barrow Island. Read more...

Albany Port Expansion Project (S46) [2262]

Last updated: July 21, 2022

Change to condition 3 – Time Limit for Proposal Implementation. Extension of time limit of five years to 18 November 2025. Read more...

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