Project Proponent Atlas Iron Ltd Proposal description The proposal is to develop and operate a direct shipping iron ore project in the Pilbara, as allowed in Ministerial Statement 775. The project involves the open-cut mining of eight small pits approximately 70 kilometres east of Port Hedland to obtain direct shipping ore quality haematite. Annual ore production will be 1.5 million tonnes. This assessment is for the proposal under s46 of the EP Act to remove condition 8-1 related to troglofauna sampling. Assessment Number 1782 Region Pilbara Referred under EP Act s46 Industry sector Iron Ore Last updated July 20, 2009 Current Status Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal Chair's Determination s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public Notification Extract of determination 1782-ChairDets-130409.pdf (PDF, 54.25 KB) Preliminary Environmental Factors Subterranean Fauna Date published Monday, April 13, 2009 - 12:00 4. EPA Report on assessment EPA Report Number 1320 EPA Report Pardoo direct shipping iron ore project - proposal under s46 of the EP Act to remove condition 8-1 (PDF, 22.31 KB) Date published Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 12:00 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal Ministerial Statement Date of approval Monday, July 20, 2009 - 12:00 Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement 797 (PDF, 11.37 KB)
