These templates, forms and instructions are for stages of EIA of proposals and schemes from referral to report release. Click here for forms relating to implementation and post assessment. Documents relating to amendments to Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 are being updated and will be published shortly.
The purpose of these instructions is to assist a proponent who ceases to have responsibility for a proposal to advise the EPA of the person to whom which responsibility for the proposal will pass or has passed.
The attached form is for a proponent to meet the requirement to provide a written notice to the EPA under s. 38(6a).
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 Instructions and form - Change of proponent.pdf (PDF, 312.05 KB) | 312.05 KB |
This form should be used by a Proponent to notify the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation of a change of Address and/or Company Name only.
To change a nominated Proponent under Section 38(6a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 Instructions and form to change a nominated proponent.
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 Notification of change of proponent address and or company name - form (DOCX, 111.07 KB) | 111.07 KB |
As of March 30, 2020 the submissions process for IBSA data packages has changed, please refer to the instructions below.
These instructions are to assist proponents in preparing and submitting online Index of Biodiversity Surveys for Assessments (IBSA) data packages, as part of the assessment process under the Environmental Protection Act 1986.
For further information about IBSA and the portal, visit the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s website.
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| Instructions - IBSA Data Packages (PDF, 298.58 KB) | 298.58 KB |
 Example IBSA Data Package (ZIP, 212.65 KB) | 212.65 KB |
| Electronic IBSA Templates (ZIP, 16.17 KB) | 16.17 KB |
| Revision History - Instructions - IBSA Data Packages (PDF, 171.24 KB) | 171.24 KB |
To assist proponents in preparing Index of Marine Surveys for Assessments (IMSA) data packages, to accompany marine survey reports submitted to support assessments under the Environmental Protection Act 1986.
For further information about IMSA and the portal, visit the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s website.
Please note that there are upcoming changes planned for spatial data that is submitted from you to IMSA. To align with the National Measurement Act, IMSA is moving towards requiring all spatial data submissions to be in the GDA2020 datum. This change is anticipated to be completed and confirmed by the 1st of March 2022. Throughout this interim period, you will find that IMSA instructions and templates will be progressively updated to reflect GDA2020, but with an intent to continue to support the GDA1994 datum until further notice.
Download:
IMSA Metadata Report Template (TXT, 4.11 KB)
IMSA Field Names (XLSX, 19.41 KB)
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| Form - IMSA Data Package - Metadata and Licensing Statement (DOCX, 76.66 KB) | 76.66 KB |
| Instructions - IMSA Data Packages (PDF, 407.78 KB) | 407.78 KB |
| IMSA Geodatabase (ZIP, 29.08 KB) | 29.08 KB |
| IMSA Shapefiles (ZIP, 13.09 KB) | 13.09 KB |
These instructions are provided to assist proponents to prepare Impact Reconciliation Procedures (IRP) and Impact Reconciliation Reports (IRR) submitted under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986. Proponents are encouraged to submit IRPs at referral, noting they must be provided during an assessment by the EPA, or otherwise to comply with an implementation condition under a Ministerial Statement.
These instructions set out the standard submission requirements for the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) to assess and/or approve an IRP or IRR. Templates are provided with the instructions to assist proponents and facilitate an efficient environmental impact assessment process. Proponents are required to follow the supplied templates, unless otherwise agreed with DWER.
The purpose of these instructions is to assist proponents in their request for approval to amend their approved proposal and/or the conditions of their approved proposal. The Environmental Protection Authority Chair usually exercises a delegation to consider these applications on behalf of the Minister for Environment.
A request under s. 45C will not be approved if the requested amendment is considered to be a significant amendment.
The Instructions assist proponents to provide the necessary information with their request to enable the decision maker to determine whether to approve an amendment to a proposal and/or implementation conditions under s. 45C.
The purpose of the instructions is to assist proponents to prepare a request to amend implementation conditions of an approved Ministerial statement
The Minister for Environment needs sufficient information from the proponent to decide whether to request that the Environmental Protection Authority conduct an inquiry and report on whether the implementation conditions for an existing Ministerial statement, or any of them, should be amended.
Proponents are required to use the Form for all requests relating to an amendment to implementation conditions under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1986.
An audit table for the Statement addressed in this Statement of Compliance must be provided as Attachment 2. Post Assessment Guideline 1 provides an audit table template and describes its attributes.
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| PAF2 - Statement of Compliance - 2018.docx (DOCX, 50.19 KB) | 50.19 KB |
The purpose of these instructions is to assist proponents to provide the necessary information with their request to amend their proposal under section 43A of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act).
Proponents must seek approval from the EPA under section 43A of the EP Act if they wish to amend a proposal during assessment phase before the EPA publishes its assessment report.
A request under section 43A will not be approved by the EPA if the requested amendment is considered to be a significant amendment.
The purpose of these instructions is to assist proponents to prepare an Environmental Review Document (ERD), which is required where the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has decided that the proponent must undertake an environmental review under section 40(2)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act).
The template attached to these instructions provides the structure of the ERD and the minimum requirements including tables and figures. The EPA expects that the ERD contains the content outlined in the template and the proposal-specific requirements specified in the approved Environmental Scoping Document.
The EPA expects that proponents follow the ERD template.
This template is to be used for new, revised and strategic proposals.
Key changes from the previous version reflects the new Instruction on how to define the content of a proposal, focus on application of key principles throughout the EIA process and incorporates amendments to the EP Act that allow the EPA to take into account other statutory decision-making processes that can mitigate impacts on the environment.
The purpose of these instructions is to assist proponents to provide the necessary information with their request to amend their proposal under section 38C of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act).
Proponents must seek approval from the EPA under section 38C of the EP Act if they wish to amend a referred proposal during referral phase before the EPA sets level of assessment.
A request under section 38C will not be approved by the EPA if the requested amendment is considered to be a significant amendment.
The purpose of the Instructions is to assist referrers to provide the necessary information with their Referral form.
The referrer of a proposal should provide the information in the form provided to the EPA to enable them to determine whether the proposal is a valid referral and whether or not to assess it.
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| Instructions - Referral of a proposal under s38.pdf (PDF, 446.52 KB) | 446.52 KB |
| Form - Referral of a proposal under s38.docx (DOCX, 59.53 KB) | 59.53 KB |
This form is to be used for referral of Planning Schemes and Amendments to the EPA under the Planning and Development Act 2005, the Metropolitan Redevelopment Act 2011 and the Hope Valley Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000.
All planning schemes and amendments must be referred to the EPA by the responsible authority.
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| Scheme Referral Form (DOC, 230.5 KB) | 230.5 KB |
The purpose of these instructions is to ensure proponents provide the necessary information with their request for EPA consent to undertake minor or preliminary work. A form is also provided to assist proponents.
The purpose of these instructions is to provide proponents with relevant information regarding the release of their draft Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) or Environmental Review Document (ERD) for public review during an assessment.
A template for the format and content of an advertisement of a document for public review is attached to these instructions
The purpose of these instructions is to assist proponents to characterise their proposal for an environmental impact assessment under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act). The instructions do not apply to strategic proposals.
The template provided with these instructions provides the structure for defining the General proposal content description and the Proposal content elements for new proposals, for changes to proposals during referral and assessment and for changes to approved proposals.
Examples of Proposal Content Document are contained in the Instructions.
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| Template- Proposal Content Document (DOCX, 40.84 KB) | 40.84 KB |
| Instruction- How to identify the content of a proposal.pdf (PDF, 508.7 KB) | 508.7 KB |
The purpose of these instructions is to assist proponents to prepare an Environmental Scoping Document, which is required where the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has decided that the proponent must undertake an environmental review under section 40(2)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act).
The EPA requires that proponents use the Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) template included with these instructions for all proponent-prepared ESDs.
Key changes from the previous version incorporates amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1986. This includes the requirement to publish the indicative timing of the environmental review, removal of duplication with ERD requirements and incorporates the ability of the EPA to take into account other statutory decision-making processes that can mitigate impacts on the environment.
These instructions are provided to assist proponents to prepare Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) submitted under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986. EMPs may be provided at referral, during an assessment by the EPA, or required as an implementation condition under a Ministerial statement. The term ‘Environmental Management Plan’ is used generically to refer to documents that set out the above information. Documents may be referred to in various ways, e.g. ‘Fauna Management Plan’ or ‘Groundwater Monitoring and Management and Plan’ or ‘Greenhouse Gas Management Plan’.
Some of the EPA’s environmental factors have additional guidance on the development of EMPs. Refer to the relevant technical guidance in the EPA’s Framework for environmental considerations in EIA.
This guidance does not cover the preparation of mine closure plans. Refer to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety’s (DMIRS) Statutory Guideline for Mine Closure Plans and Mine Closure Plan Guidance - how to prepare in accordance with the Statutory Guidelines when preparing mine closure plans. These documents are available on the DMIRS website.
This revised version contains greater emphasis on outcomes and it should be noted that the EPA’s preference is for outcomes-based conditions where practical. When there is an outcomes-based condition, the EPA may recommend an outcomes based environmental management plan (for monitoring). While the EPA’s preference is for outcomes-based conditions, the EPA may recommend objectives-based management plan conditions, where this is not practical or appropriate.
These instructions set out the minimum requirements that the EPA needs to assess and/or approve the plan. Templates and examples are provided with the instructions to assist proponents and facilitate an efficient environmental impact assessment process.
As part of the review of the EPA’s Environmental Factor Guideline- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2023) a template Greenhouse Gas Environmental Management Plan has been developed to support transparency and consistency of these EMPs.
A Greenhouse Gas Environmental Management Plan summary report template has also been developed based on the requirements of current greenhouse gas Ministerial conditions.
