Project Proponent Blair Fox Generation Pty Ltd Proposal description The proposal is for a poultry litter fired power station at a site approximately 70 kilometres north of Perth on the Brand Highway near Muchea. The power station would receive poultry litter from farms across the broad Perth region. Delivery would be by covered trucks, which would enter the enclosed litter reception shed and tip onto a concrete floor. A front-end loader would be used to place the litter on to a conveyor which would place it on the stockpile. The trucks would be washed down prior to leaving the site. As required, front-end loaders would remove litter from the stock pile and place it in the combustor feed hoppers. The poultry litter would then be combusted at 915 to 960 degrees Celsius with a residence times of 2.8 seconds. An automatic control system would activate auxiliary gas burners and restrict poultry feed if the temperature was to drop below 850 degrees Celsius. Assessment Number 1412 Region Wheatbelt Referred under EP Act s38 Industry sector Power generation Waste management Last updated August 06, 2003 Current Status Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal Chair's Determination Assess - Public Environmental Review Preliminary Environmental Factors Social Surroundings Date published Monday, 17 December, 2001 3. Assessment Scoping Approved Thursday, 11 April, 2002 Environmental Review Environmental Review documentation PER document (PDF, 952.27 KB) PER Figures (PDF, 7.14 MB) Appendix 1 - Public Consultation (PDF, 1.2 MB) Appendix 2 - litter on pasture (PDF, 179.63 KB) Appendix 3 - Vegetation Assesment (PDF, 490.47 KB) \Appendix 4 - Ground Water (PDF, 11.63 MB) Appendix 5 - Air Quality Assessment (PDF, 231.28 KB) Appendix 6 - Dioxin Health Risk Assessment (PDF, 9.25 MB) Appendix 7 - CSIRO Ash Report (PDF, 182.68 KB) Appendix 8 - Aboriginal Heritage Assessment (PDF, 1.12 MB) Appendix 9 - Flue Gas Desulphurisation (PDF, 142.61 KB) Appendix 10 - EPA Guidelines (PDF, 372.26 KB) 4. EPA Report on assessment EPA Report Number 1083 EPA Report Poultry Litter Fired Power Station, Muchea (PDF, 2.61 MB) Date published Monday, 9 December, 2002 Appeals close Monday, 23 December, 2002 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal Ministerial Statement Date of approval Wednesday, 6 August, 2003 Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement 631 (PDF, 588.88 KB)
