ProjectProponent: Department of Environment and ConservationProposal description: The proposal is to construct and maintain a 45 kilometre (km) coastal walk trail from Point Ann to Hamersley Inlet, through the Wilderness Management Zone of the Fitzgerald River National Park. Camping facilities such as sleeping huts, water collection facilities and toilets would be constructed at camping points along the walk trail. The proposal would also require vehicle access tracks for ongoing maintenance of the walk trail, camping facilities, and emergency response. Assessment Number: 1885Region: Goldfields EsperanceReferred under EP Act: s38Industry sector: InfrastructureLast updated: August 28, 2012Current Status: Ministerial Statement published 1. ReferralComment period: Friday, 14 January, 2011 to Thursday, 20 January, 2011 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposalChair's Determination: Assess - Assessment on Proponent Information - Category BPreliminary Environmental Factors: Terrestrial Environmental QualityDate published: Monday, 2 May, 2011 4. EPA Report on assessmentEPA Report Number: 1396EPA Report: Coastal Walk Trail- Hamersley Inlet (PDF, 793.23 KB)Proponent documents: Referral document (PDF, 2.24 MB) Fitzgerald River National Park Management Plan 1991-2001 (PDF, 1.1 MB) Overview maps of the project area from Bremer Bay to Hopetoun, including Fitzgerald River National Park (PDF, 10.65 MB) Maps describing the Fitzgerald River National Park Recreation Master Plan (PDF, 4.61 MB) Site development plans for recreation sites at the eastern end of Fitzgerald River National Park, etc (PDF, 42.92 MB) Car park development specifications for the eastern end of Fitzgerald River National Park (PDF, 9.23 MB) Concept plans for recreation sites at the western end of Fitzgerald River National Park (PDF, 5.51 MB) Walk trail concept plan and map (PDF, 9.91 MB) Fitzgerald River National Park Management Plan 1991-2001 proposed amendments (PDF, 182.09 KB) Main Roads Western Australia clearing permit 2005-2010 (PDF, 800.47 KB) Flora survey for Hamersley Drive stage 1 (PDF, 4.13 MB) Flora survey for proposed gravel extraction at Lot 6382 Steeredale Road, Hopetoun (PDF, 829.81 KB) Flora survey for Hamersley Drive recreation sites (PDF, 5.84 MB) Fitzgerald River National Park threatened taxa report (PDF, 15.65 KB) Visual impact assessment for the sealing of three kilometres of Hamersley Drive at the eastern end of Fitzgerald River NP (PDF, 3.76 MB) Dieback Management Plan, map, survey and interpretation (PDF, 18.71 MB) Fauna survey for Hamersley Drive (PDF, 1.67 MB) Fauna survey for recreation sites at the eastern end of Fitzgerald River National Park (PDF, 1.34 MB) Fitzgerald River National Park improvement project environmental framework (PDF, 57.25 KB) Fitzgerald River National Park Hamersley Drive environmental management plan (PDF, 17.71 MB) Report of an archaeological heritage assessment along Hamersley Drive (PDF, 1.94 MB) Report of an ethnographic Aboriginal heritage survey of Hamersley Drive, and materials extraction pits within FRNP (PDF, 4.67 MB) Status on compliance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (PDF, 49.75 KB) Public Participation Communications Plan (as at Spring 2009) (PDF, 1.76 MB) Feedback reports on community meetings (June 2010 and August 2010) (PDF, 409.51 KB) Spatial data (ZIP, 116.31 KB)Key Environmental Factors: Flora and VegetationDate published: Monday, 2 May, 2011Appeals close: Monday, 16 May, 2011 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposalMinisterial StatementDate of approval: Thursday, 22 December, 2011Ministerial Statement: Ministerial Statement 884 (PDF, 578.01 KB) Post-assessment changess. 45C amendments: Attachment 1 to Statement 884 – Two walk trails: an Eastern walk trail from Quoin Head to Cave Point including a spur trail to Hamersley Inlet; and a Western trail from Point Ann to Fitzgerald Inlet with shorter walk option at Lake Nameless; reduction and relocation of overnight camping, and amendment to Wilderness Management Zone Boundary – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 28 August 2012. Date of approval s. 45C: Tuesday, 28 August, 2012
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