On 15 June, 2010, the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) approved the Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) for the proposed Roe Highway Extension.
The ESD provides the scope of works for the Public Environmental Review (PER) of the proposed Roe Highway Extension. The purpose of the ESD is to define critical issues and further studies necessary to make an informed assessment of the proposed project’s environmental and social impacts in compliance with Section 45 of the Western Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and Section 38 of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act).
In accordance with the Bilateral Agreement between the Commonwealth and the State, the
ESD and PER will be submitted to the EPA. The project was referred to the EPA in April 2009 and the Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) in July 2009. Thereafter, the Bilateral Agreement was enacted. In November 2009, the EPA set the level of assessment for the proposal at PER.
The ESD was approved by the EPA as a an acceptable basis for the preparation of the PER document.
Please click here to download the full approved ESD document.
To download individual chapters click on the relevant links below:
The approved ESD document is also available for viewing in the reference collection of the following local libraries:
- Spearwood Library
- Coolbellup Library
- Success Library
- Melville Civic Square Library.