Project Proponent Bunnings Forest Products Pty Ltd Proposal description The proposal is to harvest and export approximately 163,000 tonnes of Eucalyptus globulus woodchips from private plantations over the next five years. A trial shipment of approximately 13,000 tonnes is planned for 1993 with exports rising to 70,000 tonnes per year by 1997. In the 1993 trial, logs will be obtained from nine plantation blocks and transported to WA Chip and Pulp's (WACAP) Diamond Chip Mill to be processed into paper pulp chips. The product will then be hauled to the Bunbury Port by rail and transfered to ship for export using the company's existing facilities at the port site. Harvested areas will be regenerated from coppice re-growth on the cut stumps and the site fertilized the following winter. The second rotation is planned to be harvested approximately eight years later. Assessment Number 689 Region South West Referred under EP Act s38 Industry sector Clearing Last updated December 17, 1997 Current Status Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal Chair's Determination Consultative Environmental Review Date published Monday, December 28, 1992 - 12:00 3. Assessment Scoping Approved Friday, February 28, 1992 - 12:00 Environmental Review Environmental Review documentation Consultative Environmental Review document (PDF, 12.2 MB) 4. EPA Report on assessment EPA Report Number 687 EPA Report Export of woodchips from Eucalyptus globulus plantations (PDF, 1.3 MB) Date published Friday, July 2, 1993 - 12:00 Appeals close Friday, July 23, 1993 - 12:00 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal Ministerial Statement Date of approval Thursday, November 18, 1993 - 12:00 Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement 330 (PDF, 165.49 KB) Post-assessment changes s. 45C amendments Attachment to Statement 330 - increase by approximately 10,000 tonnes the 5-year volume of woodchips - change to proposal approved on 17 December 1997. Date of approval s. 45C Wednesday, December 17, 1997 - 12:00
