ProjectProponent: Western Collieries LtdProposal description: The proposal is to develop an open cut coal mine at the Premier deposit in the Shotts Sub-Basin of the Collie Coal Basin. The Premier area is about 10 kilometres east of Collie and consists mainly of State Forest managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The Premier Coal Mine would supply approximately 2 million tonnes of coal per year to the proposed private power station due to be built by 1996. It is a proposed open cut coal mining operation which will have a life of 30 years and is on the scale of the Muja mining operation. The mining method will follow the practices being used in the existing open cut operations elsewhere in the Collie Coal Basin. Assessment Number: 601Region: South WestReferred under EP Act: s38Industry sector: CoalLast updated: April 2, 1992Current Status: Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposalChair's Determination: Consultative Environmental ReviewDate published: Saturday, 20 April, 1991 3. AssessmentScopingApproved: Tuesday, 16 April, 1991 Environmental ReviewPublic submissions: Friday, 28 June, 1991 to Friday, 26 July, 1991Environmental Review documentation: Consultative Environmental Review document (PDF, 10.08 MB) 4. EPA Report on assessmentEPA Report Number: 601EPA Report: Premier coal mine expansion, Collie (PDF, 1.93 MB)Date published: Friday, 6 December, 1991 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposalMinisterial StatementDate of approval: Thursday, 2 April, 1992Ministerial Statement: Ministerial Statement 234 (PDF, 291.29 KB)