Perdaman Lateral Project

Overview

The Proposal occurs approximately 20 kilometres north of Karratha within an existing industrial area designated as a service corridor within the Burrup Strategic Industrial Area of the Burrup Peninsula. The Project involves the construction of a 550 meter pipeline and associated supporting infrastructure to transport a maximum of 150 TJ of natural gas per day from the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline to the proposed Perdaman Urea Plant development.

The key components of the Proposal include:

• Lateral pipeline
• Inlet station
• Meter station
• Material laydown/storage areas
• Rock causeway.

Following construction, the pipeline trench will be backfilled and restored to a pre-construction state.

The Proposal’s 2.05-hectare (ha) development footprint consists of:

• 0.21 ha of native vegetation
• 1.22 ha of mudflat with no vegetation
• 0.62 ha of existing rock causeway and the Burrup Fertilisers Lateral (Pipeline Licence 62).

Construction and operational scope 1 Greenhouse Gas emissions are estimated to be 1,362 and 8 tonnes of CO₂-e per annum, respectively.

Why your views matter

At this initial stage of the EIA process, comment is simply sought on whether or not the EPA should assess a proposal and, if so, what level of assessment is considered appropriate.

What happens next

Following the seven day public comment period and consideration of any comments received, the EPA will decide whether or not this proposal requires environmental impact assessment and, if so, what level of assessment will be applied.

The EPA's decisions on level of assessment are released each Monday on the EPA's website.