ProjectProponent: Waste Management WADepartment of Environmental Protection.Proposal description: The Intractable Waste Disposal Facility is located at Mt Walton East, 125 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The proposal involves the disposal by shaft entombment or burial of a range of intractable wastes included in the list of potential wastes for disposal at the facility. This inquiry under s46 is in regard to a request for an extension of time limit of approval and inclusion of alternative destruction technologies, relating to Ministerial Statement 353. Assessment Number: 1127Region: Goldfields EsperanceReferred under EP Act: s46Industry sector: Waste managementLast updated: January 19, 2000Current Status: Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposalChair's Determination: s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public NotificationDate published: Friday, 13 June, 1997 4. EPA Report on assessmentEPA Report Number: 954EPA Report: Disposal by Shaft Entombment or Trench Burial of a Range of Intractable Wastes at the IWDF, Mt Walton (s46)Key Environmental Factors: Human HealthTerrestrial Environmental QualityDate published: Monday, 25 October, 1999Appeals close: Monday, 8 November, 1999 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposalMinisterial StatementComments: This Statement has been superseded by Ministerial Statement 562, published on 1 February 2001. Date of approval: Wednesday, 19 January, 2000Ministerial Statement: Ministerial Statement 533 Post-assessment changesSection 46 inquiry: Intractable Waste Disposal Facility, Mt Walton East (s46)
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