Outer Harbour Port Development, Kwinana – Environmental Scoping Document

Overview

The Director General of the Department of Transport on behalf of the State of Western Australia is proposing to construct and operate a new multimodal port in the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA), approximately 30 km south of Perth. The Proposal is primarily located within Cockburn Sound and includes:

• A port facility.
• Adjacent areas of landside development.
• An offshore breakwater.
• Dredging for a second main channel.
• Dredging for access channels, turning basins and berthing areas.
• Use of dredge material for beneficial re-use and, where required, placement in approved marine placement areas.
• Removal of the disused Kwinana Bulk Berth 1 (KBB1) Jetty.
• Removal of the KBB2 Jetty, with replacement infrastructure as a component of the port facility.
• Connections to road and rail infrastructure up to the vicinity of Rockingham Road.
• Relocation, removal or upgrade of existing infrastructure, structures and buildings.
• Temporary construction infrastructure.
• Maintenance of all infrastructure and assets, including maintenance dredging.

A draft Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) has been prepared by the Director General of the Department of Transport on behalf of the State of Western Australia in accordance with Environmental Protection Authority procedures and is released for public review.

The draft ESD sets out the preliminary key environmental factors and environmental information the Environmental Review Document must address.

The document may be downloaded from the EPA website at https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/outer-harbour-port-development-kwinana. The document is also available on the proponent’s website at https://westport.wa.gov.au/.

Hard copies of the document are available free of charge from:

Department of Transport – Westport Office

125 Murray Street, Perth WA 6000 

1800 875 000 

enquiries@westport.wa.gov.au

Copies of the document will be available for examination at:

• State Library of Western Australia
• Fremantle Library
• Darius Wells Library
• Spearwood Library
• Safety Bay Library
• Rockingham Library

Public submissions are to be received by the EPA by 28 November 2024.

Submissions should be made through this consultation portal.

Alternatively submissions can be

Posted to:

Chair

Environmental Protection Authority

Locked Bag 10

Joondalup DC  WA 6919.

Delivered to:

Environmental Protection Authority

Prime House

8 Davidson Terrace

Joondalup  WA  6027.

If you have any questions on how to make a submission, please contact EPA Services of the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 6364 7000