State Barrier Fence Esperance Extension - Environmental Review

Overview

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is proposing to extend the existing state barrier fence from its current termination point 25 kilometres east of Ravensthorpe, north to Salmon Gums and ending east of Esperance near Cape Arid National Park in Western Australia.

An Environmental Review Document (ERD) has been prepared by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development in accordance with Environmental Protection Authority procedures and is released for public review.

The ERD describes the proposal, and examines the likely environmental effects and the proposed environmental management procedures associated with the proposed development.

Hard copies of the document may be purchased for $10 (including postage and packaging) or a CD version is available free of charge from:

             Department of Primary Industries and regional Development

             Address: 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151

             Telephone: 9368 3333

Copies of the document may also be downloaded from www.epa.wa.gov.au or www.agric.wa.goc.au.

Copies of the document will be available for examination at:

·                State Library of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, 25 Francis Street Perth WA 6000

·                Esperance Public Library, Windich Street, Esperance WA 6450

·                Ravensthorpe Community Resource Centre and Public Library, Old Fitzgerald Building, Lot 6 Dunn Street, Ravensthorpe WA 6346

·                Hopetoun Community Resource Centre and Public Library, 46 Veal Street, Hopetoun WA 6348

Public submissions are to be received by the EPA by 29 January 2018

Submissions are to be made at: https://consultation.epa.wa.gov.au

Alternatively submissions can be

·         posted to: Chairman, Environmental Protection Authority, Locked Bag 33, Cloisters Square, Perth WA 6850

·         delivered to: the Environmental Protection Authority, Level 4, The Atrium, 168 St Georges Terrace, Perth 6000.

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