Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine

Project

Proponent:

Proposal description:

The Revised Proposal outlines a significant increase in ground disturbance to that previously approved, a revised materials management strategy, a Life of Mine water management strategy including Managed Aquifer Reinjection, a significant increase in dewatering volumes and establishment of permanent surface water diversion structures.

Proposal Content Document:

Proposal Content Document.pdf (PDF, 4.07 MB)

Assessment Number:

2214

Region:

Pilbara

Referred under EP Act:

s38

Industry sector:

Iron Ore

Last updated:

November 25, 2024

Current Status:

Ministerial Statement published

1. Referral

Comment on this referral:

Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine

Comment period:

Monday, 13 May, 2019 to Sunday, 19 May, 2019

Referral documentation:

Referral Form (PDF, 739.5 KB)

Environmental Review Document - 2019 PT1.pdf (PDF, 12.45 MB)

Environmental Review Document - 2019 PT2.pdf (PDF, 7.87 MB)

Environmental Review Document - 2019 PT3.pdf (PDF, 6.41 MB)

A01 - Proposed Schedule 1.pdf (PDF, 340.6 KB)

A02.1 - Life of Mine Water Management Strategy - Groundwater Change Assessment.pdf (PDF, 10.19 MB)

A02.2 - Life of Mine Water Management Strategy - Appendices.pdf (PDF, 11.32 MB)

A03 - Hydraulic Structures.pdf (PDF, 15.24 MB)

A04 - Desktop Review of Vegetation Mapping.pdf (PDF, 4.78 MB)

A05 - Survey for Triodia veniciae.pdf (PDF, 4.37 MB)

A06 - Remote MAR Borefield Reconnaissance Flora and Vegetation Survey.pdf (PDF, 10.42 MB)

A07 - Detailed (Level 2) Flora and Vegetation Assessment (2017-18).pdf (PDF, 12.37 MB)

A08 - FMMA Strategies and RHIO Management.pdf (PDF, 549.44 KB)

A09 - Life of Mine Water Management Strategy Vegetation Risk Assessment.pdf (PDF, 7.49 MB)

A10 - Level 1 - Targeted Vertebrate Fauna Assessment.pdf (PDF, 12.89 MB)

A11 - Night Parrot Survey Final.pdf (PDF, 7.16 MB)

A12 - Subfauna Desktop.pdf (PDF, 3.52 MB)

A13 - TSF Decant Water Re-use Risk Assessment_opt.pdf (PDF, 7.64 MB)

A14.01 - Mine Closure Plan Final.pdf (PDF, 10.93 MB)

A14.02 - Mine Closure Plan Appendices PT1.pdf (PDF, 6.38 MB)

A14.03 - Mine Closure Plan Appendices PT2.pdf (PDF, 10.61 MB)

A14.04 - Mine Closure Plan Appendices PT3.pdf (PDF, 7.11 MB)

2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal

Chair's Determination:

Assess - Public Environmental Review

Extract of determination:

Revised Proposal for Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine (PDF, 507.84 KB)

Preliminary Environmental Factors:

Date published:

Monday, 1 July, 2019

3. Assessment

Scoping

Environmental scoping document:

CMS17574 - ESD Approved - 130120.pdf (PDF, 2.98 MB)

Approved:

Monday, 13 January, 2020

Environmental Review

Public submissions:

Monday, 11 January, 2021 to Monday, 1 February, 2021

Make a submission:

Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine - Public Environmental Review

Environmental Review documentation:

Revised Proposal - Environmental Review Document - Public Environmental Review_Part1.pdf (PDF, 83.62 MB)

Revised Proposal - Environmental Review Document - Public Environmental Review_Part2.pdf (PDF, 60.11 MB)

Revised Proposal - Environmental Review Document - Public Environmental Review_Part3.pdf (PDF, 25.73 MB)

Roy Hill Revised Proposal Key Figures.pdf (PDF, 27.66 MB)

Appendix 01 - ESD Scoping.pdf (PDF, 243.68 KB)

Appendix 02 - LOM WMS.pdf (PDF, 30.53 MB)

Appendix 03 - Groundwater Model Transport Simulations.pdf (PDF, 16.41 MB)

Appendix 04 - MAR Groundwater Data Review.pdf (PDF, 34.61 MB)

Appendix 05 - Mine Closure Plan 2018 -2021 DRAFT (PART 1).pdf (PDF, 66.6 MB)

Appendix 05 - Mine Closure Plan 2018 -2021 DRAFT (PART 2).pdf (PDF, 62.4 MB)

Appendix 06 - S38_Hydraulic_Structures.pdf (PDF, 20.97 MB)

Appendix 07 - World View 3 GDV mapping.pdf (PDF, 8.24 MB)

Appendix 08 - Consolidated Flora and Vegetation Report (PART 1).pdf (PDF, 58.41 MB)

Appendix 08 - Consolidated Flora and Vegetation Report (PART 2).pdf (PDF, 63.49 MB)

Appendix 08 - Consolidated Flora and Vegetation Report (PART 3).pdf (PDF, 56.53 MB)

Appendix 08 - Consolidated Flora and Vegetation Report (PART 4).pdf (PDF, 25.37 MB)

Appendix 09 - LOM WMS Vegetation Risk Assessment inc Add 2.pdf (PDF, 10.09 MB)

Appendix 10 - Roy Hill Vegetation Management Plan - Mine.pdf (PDF, 5.22 MB)

Appendix 11 - Survey Effort Maps for MNES and Fauna.pdf.pdf (PDF, 6.96 MB)

Appendix 12 - Ecologia Environment (2006) SRE Survey 2006.pdf (PDF, 559.15 KB)

Appendix 13 - Ecologia (2008b) Additional SRE Survey Report.pdf (PDF, 3.13 MB)

Appendix 14 - ENV Australia (2009) Roy Hill Borefield Vertebrate Fauna Assessment.pdf (PDF, 1.83 MB)

Appendix 15 - Roy Hill Iron Ore Project Borefield Desktop Survey (Ecologia, 2009).pdf (PDF, 911.23 KB)

Appendix 16 - Ecologia (2009d) Short-range Endemic Desktop Survey.pdf (PDF, 834.94 KB)

Appendix 17 - Western Australian Museum (2009) The SRE Invertebrate Fauna of Roy Hill.pdf (PDF, 322.97 KB)

Appendix 18 - Ecologia (2010) Additional SRE invertebrate survey..pdf (PDF, 10.85 MB)

Appendix 19 - Ecologia Environment (2009b) Remote Borefeild & Pipeline Short Range Endemic Survey.pdf (PDF, 516.31 KB)

Appendix 20 - Bennelongia (2011) Monitoring SRE at RHIO 2011.pdf (PDF, 3.13 MB)

Appendix 21 - Bennelongia (2012) Monitoring SRE at RHIO Feb 2012.pdf (PDF, 6.4 MB)

Appendix 22 - Bennelongia (2013) Monitoring SRE Invertebrates at RHIO April-July2013.pdf (PDF, 4.23 MB)

Appendix 23 - Roy Hill Fauna List.pdf (PDF, 949.34 KB)

Appendix 24 - Ecologia 2009d Level 2 Detailed Fauna Survey.pdf (PDF, 5 MB)

Appendix 25 - Biologic 2017 Level 1 Targeted Fauna Survey.pdf (PDF, 10.52 MB)

Appendix 26 - Biologic 2018a Level 1 Targeted Fauna Survey.pdf (PDF, 82.32 MB)

Appendix 27 - Animal Plant Mineral 2010 Fauna Habitat Survey of the Proposed Borefields Pipeline Route from adjacent Roy Hill Station to Eaton Bore.pdf (PDF, 5.26 MB)

Appendix 28 - Ecologia 2008 Level 1 Fauna Survey.pdf (PDF, 45.28 MB)

Appendix 29 - Biologic 2020 Level 1 Targeted Survey.pdf (PDF, 3.85 MB)

Appendix 30 - Roy_Hill_Night_Parrot_Survey_Final.pdf (PDF, 7.16 MB)

Appendix 31 - Biologic 2020a Roy Hill Development Project Short-Range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna Desktop Assessment.pdf (PDF, 3.38 MB)

Appendix 32 - Roy Hill Short Range Endemic Species List.pdf (PDF, 161.32 KB)

Appendix 33 - Ecologia (2009) Interim SRE Invertebrate Report.pdf (PDF, 3.38 MB)

Appendix 34 - Phoenix (2011) Level1 Fauna survey and desktop review for the Roy Hill Infrastructure Railway - Bonney Downs Alignment.pdf (PDF, 36.84 MB)

Appendix 35 - Mine Vertebrate Fauna Management Plan.pdf (PDF, 12.07 MB)

Appendix 36 - SWIB Troglofauna Assessment.pdf (PDF, 2.82 MB)

Appendix 37 - Subterranean Fauna LOM WMS Desktop Review.pdf (PDF, 16.68 MB)

Appendix 38 - Remote MAR Subterranean Fauna and Hydrogeology_241120.pdf (PDF, 1.67 MB)

Appendix 39 - TSF Decant Water Re-use Risk Assessment.pdf (PDF, 15.54 MB)

Appendix 40 - Peer Review of LOM WMS.pdf (PDF, 465.48 KB)

Appendix 41- Roy Hill Mine Water Management Plan.pdf (PDF, 6.31 MB)

Appendix 42 - Greenhouse Gas Management Plan - Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine.pdf (PDF, 432.3 KB)

Appendix 43 - Roy Hill Rehabilitation Success Report.pdf (PDF, 18.14 MB)

Appendix 44 - Conservation Significant Fauna Offset Strategy.pdf (PDF, 6.53 MB)

Appendix 45 - Impact Reconciliation Procedure.pdf (PDF, 5.28 MB)

Appendix 46 - EPBC Act Protected Matters Search August 2018.pdf (PDF, 78.1 KB)

Appendix 47 - MNES Regional Distribution Maps.pdf (PDF, 2.67 MB)

Appendix 48 - Migratory Birds Regional Distribution Maps.pdf (PDF, 3.57 MB)

Appendix 49 - Proposed Schedule 1.pdf (PDF, 137.48 KB)

Figure 1-04 - Interaction Between MS847 and Revised Proposal.pdf (PDF, 680.12 KB)

Figure 2-03 - 2-04 - Revised Proposal Concept Layout.pdf (PDF, 4.17 MB)

Figure 2-06 - Approved and proposed water footprint.pdf (PDF, 652.06 KB)

Figure 2-15 - Current and Proposed Conservation Areas.pdf (PDF, 887.78 KB)

Figure 4-01 - 4-02 - Flora and Vegetation Survey Coverage.pdf (PDF, 1022.8 KB)

Figure 4-03 - 4-04 - Flora and Vegetation Survey Effort.pdf (PDF, 1.05 MB)

Figure 4-05 - 4-06 - Beard Vegetation Associations.pdf (PDF, 783.89 KB)

Figure 4-07 - 4-08 - Land Systems.pdf (PDF, 847.38 KB)

Figure 4-09 - 4-10 - PECs near RDE.pdf (PDF, 728.83 KB)

Figure 4-12 - 4-14 - Vegetation Units .pdf (PDF, 2.46 MB)

Figure 4-16 - 4-17 - Vegetation of other significance.pdf (PDF, 4.11 MB)

Figure 4-18 - 4-19 - Vegetation Condition.pdf (PDF, 2.9 MB)

Figure 4-18 - Fortescue Marsh Management Area Zones.pdf (PDF, 667.11 KB)

Figure 4-20 - 4-21 - Priority Flora Locations.pdf (PDF, 1.31 MB)

Figure 4-22 - 4-23 - Weed Locations.pdf (PDF, 1.33 MB)

Figure 4-27 - 4-28 - Fauna Survey Coverage.pdf (PDF, 495.65 KB)

Figure 4-29 - 4-31 - Fauna Habitats within RDE.pdf (PDF, 732.05 KB)

Figure 4-33 - 4-34 - Caves and Water Pools within RDE.pdf (PDF, 392.6 KB)

Figure 4-35 - Cumulative Impacts to Antichiropus sloanae.pdf (PDF, 346.27 KB)

Figure 4-36 - 4-38 - SRE Invertebrate locations against SRE habitats.pdf (PDF, 2.12 MB)

Figure 4-40 - 4-41 - Subterranean Fauna Habitats.pdf (PDF, 853.97 KB)

Figure 4-82 - 4-83 - Cumulative Groundwater Impacts.pdf (PDF, 1.92 MB)

Figure 7-03 - 7-04 - Northern Quoll Habitat.pdf (PDF, 202.5 KB)

Figure 7-05 - 7-06 Greater Bilby Habitat.pdf (PDF, 411.1 KB)

Figure 7-07 - Proposed Bilby Offsets Map.pdf (PDF, 724.05 KB)

Figure 7-08 - 7-09 - Ghost Bat Roost Locations.pdf (PDF, 1.06 MB)

Figure 7-10 - 7-11 - Ghost Bat Habitat.pdf (PDF, 290.16 KB)

Figure 7-12 - Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bat Locations.pdf (PDF, 352.77 KB)

Figure 7-14 - 7-15 - Pilbara Olive Python Habitat.pdf (PDF, 254.46 KB)

Figure 7-15 - 7-17 - Migratory Bird Habitat.pdf (PDF, 632.22 KB)

Date Published (Environmental Review documentation):

January 11, 2021

Proponent response to submissions:

Roy Hill Response to Submission Report.pdf (PDF, 1.48 MB)

Appendix 01 - LOM WMS Vegetation Risk Assessment inc Add 2.pdf (PDF, 10.09 MB)

Appendix 02 - Vegetation Classification Methodology Memo.pdf (PDF, 4.88 MB)

Appendix 03 - LOM WMS Vegetation Risk Assessment Consequence Memo.pdf (PDF, 254.58 KB)

Appendix 04 - S38_Hydraulic_Structures.pdf (PDF, 17.46 MB)

Appendix 05 - Draft Roy Hill Mine Water Management Plan.pdf (PDF, 4.39 MB)

Appendix 06 - S43A Notice.pdf (PDF, 5.37 MB)

Appendix 07 - Roy Hill Vegetation Management Plan (OP-PLN-00344).pdf (PDF, 7.87 MB)

Appendix 08 - Draft Impact Reconciliation Procedure.pdf (PDF, 3.65 MB)

Appendix 09 - Greenhouse Gas Management Plan - Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine Rev4.pdf (PDF, 353.9 KB)

Appendix 10 - Roy Hill Mine Vertebrate Fauna Management Plan (OP-PLN-00324).pdf (PDF, 19.46 MB)

Appendix 11 - Weed Management Plan (OP-PLN-00145).pdf (PDF, 20.01 MB)

Appendix 12 - Figure 1 - Roy Hill Project Conceptual Hydrogeological Cross Section.pdf (PDF, 72.82 KB)

Appendix 13 - Figure 1a - Conceptual Hydrogeological Section – showing hydrographs of deep and shallow aquifer response to dewatering, injection and rainfall.pdf (PDF, 300.11 KB)

Appendix 14 - Figure 2 - Conceptual effect of Roy Hill water management on aquifer water balance.pdf (PDF, 54.29 KB)

Appendix 15 - Figure 2-3 - Conceptual Mine Layout.pdf (PDF, 1.79 MB)

Appendix 16 - Figure 2-4 - Conceptual Borefield Layout.pdf (PDF, 323.64 KB)

Appendix 17 - Figure 2-5 Buffle Grass Records in RDE.pdf (PDF, 777.43 KB)

Appendix 18 - Figure 2-6 Ghost Bat Cave _ Overhangs.pdf (PDF, 624.26 KB)

Appendix 19 - Figure 2-7 Ghost Bat Cave Exclusion Zone.pdf (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Appendix 20 - Figure 3 - Groundwater drawdown cumulative effects – location plan.pdf (PDF, 197.84 KB)

Appendix 21 - Figure 4 - Groundwater and Surface Water Risk Areas.pdf (PDF, 2.65 MB)

Appendix 22 - Figure 4-12 Vegetation Units across the Revised Development Envelope.pdf (PDF, 1.08 MB)

Appendix 23 - Figure 4-16 Vegetation of Other Significance.pdf (PDF, 720.38 KB)

Appendix 24 - Figure 5 - VT 30 and Narbung Land System Extent.pdf (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Appendix 25 - Figure 6 - Astron Vegetation Classification Map.pdf (PDF, 10.76 MB)

Appendix 26 - Figure 7 - Heritage Management Areas.pdf (PDF, 2.15 MB)

Appendix 27 - Figure 8 - Map of Ethnobotanic Survey.pdf (PDF, 136.59 KB)

Appendix 28 - Biologic 2021 Roy Hill Rhagodia Hamersley_Memo.pdf (PDF, 306.66 KB)

Appendix 29 - Roy Hill Mine Annual Aquifer Review Aug 2019 to Jul 2020.pdf (PDF, 27 MB)

Appendix 30 - GHD 2021 Surface Water Hydraulic Structure Vegetation Impacts.pdf (PDF, 2.41 MB)

Appendix 31 - Astron LOM WMS Vegetation Risk Assessment Addendum Maps.pdf (PDF, 708.2 KB)

Appendix 32 - Consolidated Flora and Vegetation Report.pdf (PDF, 6.62 MB)

Appendix 33 - Weed Management Procedure.pdf (PDF, 139.8 KB)

Appendix 34 - Astron, 2021b. Surface Water Flows – Memo, August 2021.pdf (PDF, 4.03 MB)

MANIFEST_Appendices.pdf (PDF, 390.32 KB)

Date published (Proponent response to submissions):

October 18, 2021

Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A

s. 43A notice:

CMS17574 - S43A Notice - 310821.pdf (PDF, 5.37 MB)

Date of approval s. 43A:

Tue, 31/08/2021

4. EPA Report on assessment

EPA Report Number:

1716

EPA Report:

EPA Report 1716 - Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine - assessment report.pdf (PDF, 11.17 MB)

Key Environmental Factors:

Date published:

Wednesday, 27 October, 2021

Appeals close:

Wednesday, 17 November, 2021

5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal

Ministerial Statement

Date of approval:

Thursday, 19 May, 2022

Ministerial Statement:

Statement 1189.pdf (PDF, 4.49 MB)

Post-assessment changes

Section 46 inquiry:

Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine (s46) [2490]

s. 45C amendments:

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 1189 - Condition 12-3 is deleted, and replaced. Change approved under S45C on 24 November 2022.

Attachment 2 to Ministerial Statement 1189 - Remove the total dissolved solid (TDS) limit of 50,000 mg/L for aquifer reinjection of excess mine dewater. Remove the TDS limit of 50,000 mg/L for dust suppression using excess mine dewater. Replace the introduction to reference a Proposal Content Document for the purposing of describing the approved proposal. Replace condition 1-1 to reflect the removal of the TDS limits. Change approved under S45C on 2 July 2024.

Attachments:

MS1189 S45C Att 1 Summary of reasons.pdf (PDF, 247.23 KB)

Attachment 2 - Summary of Reasons.pdf (PDF, 4.32 MB)

Date of approval s. 45C:

Friday, 24 November, 2023

Tuesday, 2 July, 2024

Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine

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