Project Proponent Waste Management WA Department of Environmental Protection. Proposal description The Intractable Waste Disposal Facility is located at Mt Walton East, 125 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The proposal involves the disposal by shaft entombment or burial of a range of intractable wastes included in the list of potential wastes for disposal at the facility. This inquiry under s46 is in regard to a request for an extension of time limit of approval and inclusion of alternative destruction technologies, relating to Ministerial Statement 353. Assessment Number 1127 Region Goldfields Esperance Referred under EP Act s46 Industry sector Waste management Last updated January 19, 2000 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 Date published Friday, 13 June, 1997 4. EPA Report on assessment EPA Report Number 954 EPA Report Disposal by Shaft Entombment or Trench Burial of a Range of Intractable Wastes at the IWDF, Mt Walton (s46) (PDF, 1.04 MB) Key Environmental Factors Human Health Terrestrial Environmental Quality Date published Monday, 25 October, 1999 Appeals close Monday, 8 November, 1999 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal Ministerial Statement Comments This Statement has been superseded by Ministerial Statement 562, published on 1 February 2001. Date of approval Wednesday, 19 January, 2000 Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement 533 (PDF, 203.4 KB) Post-assessment changes Section 46 inquiry Intractable Waste Disposal Facility, Mt Walton East (s46)
