Last updated: April 13, 1988
The proposal is for a wool scouring plant at Bakers Hill, approximately 60 km east of Perth. The proposal involves production of 5 700 tonnes of scoured wool per year, initially, followed later by top making, spinning and knitting facilities. The proposed site is 65 hectares in area, has no dwellings and is deemed suitable by appropriate local authorities. It is partly bounded by a golf course on the north side and the remainder is bounded by agricultural land. The closest residence is... Read more...Last updated: March 8, 1988
The proposal is to mine high grade iron ore from a scree and erosion fan located south of McCamey's Monster Hill. The initial output in the first year will be 3 million tonnes which will increase to 5 million tonnes in the second year. The total tonnage over the life time of the project is 34.5 million tonnes. The processing plant will consist of a series of screens to separate the ore from the waste. The product ore will be transported to Port Hedland via a haul road to the Mt Newman to... Read more...Last updated: March 8, 1988
The proposal is to establish a pilot plant to produce Mahimahi (commonly referred to as Dolphin Fish) at a site near Sandalwood Bay, north of Hutt Lagoon on the west coast of Western Australia. Read more...Last updated: March 8, 1988
The proposal is to continue to develop the grouundwater resources of the Gnangara Mound for public water supply requirements. Read more...Last updated: March 1, 1988
The proposal is for a silicon smelter at Picton, near Bunbury. On 31 March 1988, subsequent to the release of the EPA's report and recommendations relating to this assessment, the Deputy Premier referred to the EPA a proposal for the possible relocation of the project to the Kemerton Industrial Area . Read more...Last updated: March 1, 1988
The Point Grey Project is proposed as a new residential and holiday settlement. It is proposed to cover a total area of 1,083 ha and include: the Thomas Peel College a 50 ha site, which would include associated administration buildings, sports and recreation facilities and student and staff residential accommodation for approximately 1,080 people; residential nodes - 2,820 lots covering an area of 469 ha. Blocks would vary in size between 700 and 1,200 square metres, be serviced by reticulated... 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: February 25, 1988
The proposal is to establish a gold mining operation of up to 2 million tonnes per annum with a project life of 4-5 years. The mine is proposed to be located in State Forest, with processing and waste disposal facilities located on private land. The mine would be adjacent to the currently operating Boddington Gold Mines, and would mine the same ore body. The proposed mine is located in the eastern, low rainfall. section of the Darling Range and also within the catchment area of the 34 Mile... Read more...Last updated: February 15, 1988
The proposal is to upgrade the existing Mine facilities by increasing the maximum daily process from 8 000 tonnes to 12 000 tonnes. Ore would continue to be mined from the same orebody currently being mined. It is therefore expected that the proposed increases in the rate of production would shorten the overall project life from fifteen to possibly ten years. The plant facilities required for the upgrading would be an additional crusher, a ball or semi-autogenous grinding mill, additional... Read more...Last updated: February 10, 1988
In April 1987, the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) released proposals for the management of the State forest and conservation areas within the Northern, Central and Southern Forest Regions. These administrative regions include almost all of the State forest within the South West Region and contain a large number of other areas under the management responsibility of CALM, such as nature reserves and national parks. The preparation of these plans is required under the... Read more...Last updated: January 21, 1988
The Health Department, acting under instructions of the Cabinet Committee on Metropolitan Waste, has proposed a treatment plant for septic tank pumpout material and grease trap wastes, to be located at Westfield. The facility will enable the proper treatment of this material, and the discharge to sewer of the liquid effluent. This will obviate the current methods of disposal which are not environmentally acceptable, and which may give rise to odours. Read more...Last updated: January 18, 1988
The proposal is to establish a mariculture development at several locations within Exmouth Gulf. The proposal covers the culture of a variety of products including algae (, Dunaliella salina, ), brine shrimp (, Artemia, ), prawn species indigenous to the area, oysters indigenous to the area, and fish of various species. Read more...Last updated: January 18, 1988
The proposal is for a briquetting plant at Collie, Western Australia, approximately 160 km south of Perth. The project is in two stages. Stage 1 is the construction of a plant to produce 30,000 tonnes/year (t/y) of various types of briquettes. The plant will also produce 70,000 t/y of coal char, some for use in briquette manufacture and some for sale. Stage 2 would be the upgrading of the plant to 120,000 t/y briquette production. The briquettes would be made utilising coal from Collie and... Read more...Last updated: December 14, 1987
The Environmental Protection Authority previously assessed a proposal by Prestige Bricks to establish a brickworks at the former Midland Abattoir site in Midland. Following the publication of a statement by the Hon Minister for Environment that the project could proceed subject to eleven conditions, the Company subsequently advised the EPA that due to poor foundation conditions on the southern segment of their site, it proposed to relocate the brick plant and kiln to an area that had previously... Read more...Last updated: November 27, 1987
The proposal is to incinerate approximately 1,000 tonnes of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PGBs), over a 3-5 year period, at a waste disposal facility to be located in the proximity of Koolyanobbing, approximately 53 km north of Southern Cross. The proposal consists of transporting the PCBs from storage and handling facilities in Perth and the Pilbara to the incinerator site at an abandoned hard rock quarry near Koolyanobbing, a former mining town currently inhabitated by two caretakers and their... 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...Last updated: November 13, 1987
The proposal is for the development of the Saladin offshore oilfield close to Thevenard Island, some 25 km NNW of Onslow. Production of light crude oil from the offshore wells would be transferred by pipeline to a treatment and storage facility on the island. Tankers would be served by a loading site to the NNE of the island. Production over at least six years is envisaged. Read more...Last updated: November 5, 1987
In accordance with the conditions of the mining leases, a mining plan was submitted to the Department of Mines by Endeavour Resources Limited to continue mining operations in the Lancelin dunes. These plans were subsequently referred to the Environmental Protection Authority for assessment with respect to the environmental aspects of the proposal. This proposal discussed various stages of development through the perceived life of the project: initially removing sand from low lying dunes west of... Read more...Last updated: November 1, 1987
Swan Shire Council has submitted an overall planning strategy for the Hazelmere area to the State Planning Commission (SPC) and has requested the Commission's consideration to amending the Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) to introduce Urban and Urban Deferred zoning and an Important Regional Road reserve into the area. The SPC referred the proposed MRS amendment to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) requesting comments and/or recommendations on Council's submission. The EPA... Read more...Last updated: October 15, 1987
The proposal is to change mining methods of the Eneabba south operation from dry mining to dredging. This would involve the establishment of a dredge pond in existing mining pits from which a suction cutter dredge would progress along a prescribed mining path followed by a floating wet concentrator plant. Tailings would be stacked behind the operations allowing rehabilitation of mined out areas to be carried out progressively as the dredge operation proceeds. Rehabilitation would involve re-... Read more...