During 2014–15, the EPA completed 31 reports, with the type and number of assessments shown in Table 1. A list of all proposals assessed is shown in Appendix 1. Table 1: Completed assessments TYPE OF ASSESSMENT 2013-14 2014-15 and Public Environmental Review Environmental Review and 6 9 Management Programme Assessment on Proponent Information – 9 8 Category A Assessment on Proponent Information – 2 - Category B Changes to Conditions Section 46 16 14 – Derived proposal Section 46(6) 1 - – Planning Section 48A 1 - – TOTAL 35 31 Table 1 includes EPA Report 1550 which was completed and transmitted to the Minister for Environment in June 2015, but released publicly on 2 July 2015. Environmental impact assessment of mining proposals Overview The EPA completed 12 assessments for mining proposals during 2014–15: three Public Environmental Review (PER)/Environmental Review and Management Programme (ERMP) assessments, seven Assessment on Proponent Information (API) Category A assessments and two API – – Category B assessments. Iron ore proposals dominated the completed assessments with 10 (83%) of the assessments relating to iron ore proposals. Of the iron ore assessments, 60% were for proposals in the Pilbara Region and 40% were for proposals on the Yilgarn Craton geological formation in the Midwest and Goldfields regions.
During 2014–15, the EPA completed 31 reports, with the type and number of assessments shown in Table 1. A list of all proposals assessed is shown in Appendix 1. Table 1: Completed assessments TYPE OF ASSESSMENT 2013-14 2014-15 Public Environmental Review and Environmental Review and Management Programme 9 6 Assessment on Proponent Information – Category A 8 9 Assessment on Proponent Information – Category B - 2 Changes to Conditions – Section 46 16 14 Derived proposal – Section 46(6) 1 - Planning – Section 48A 1 - TOTAL 35 31 Table 1 includes EPA Report 1550 which was completed and transmitted to the Minister for Environment in June 2015, but released publicly on 2 July 2015. Environmental impact assessment of mining proposals Overview The EPA completed 12 assessments for mining proposals during 2014–15: three Public Environmental Review (PER)/Environmental Review and Management Programme (ERMP) assessments, seven Assessment on Proponent Information (API) – Category A assessments and two API – Category B assessments. Iron ore proposals dominated the completed assessments with 10 (83%) of the assessments relating to iron ore proposals. Of the iron ore assessments, 60% were for proposals in the Pilbara Region and 40% were for proposals on the Yilgarn Craton geological formation in the Midwest and Goldfields regions.
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