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The Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety advertises clearing permit applications received and decisions made, each week. Clearing permit applications received are available for public submissions and/or registrations of interest. Clearing Permit decisions made are available for public appeal.

Submissions or Appeals are to be made within the time period specified in the advertisement.

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New Applications

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Clearing Permit System Link	Related Documents	Applicant	Project	Permit Type	Tenure	Shire	Clearing Purpose	Size (ha)	Submission Closing Date
CPS 10891/1	10891/1	Dampier Salt Limited	Port Hedland Operations	Purpose Permit	Leslie Solar Salt Industry Agreement Act 1966, Mineral Lease 242SA (AML 70/242)	Town of Port Hedland	Mineral Production	0.71 ha	14/03/2025
CPS 10895/1	10895/1	Maximus Resources Limited	Hilditch Gold Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Leases 15/1448, 15/1770, 15/1771	Shire of Coolgardie	Mineral production and associated activities	46 ha	14/03/2025
CPS 10812/1	10812/1	Hanson Construction Materials Pty Ltd	Exmouth Sand Quarry	Purpose Permit	Mining Lease 08/510	Shire of Exmouth	Sand Quarry and associated activites	3.96 ha	14/03/2025
CPS 10870/1	10870/1	Focus Operations Pty Ltd	CNX Open Pit Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Leases 15/630, 15/645, 15/827, Miscellaneous Licence 15/95	Shire of Coolgardie	Mineral Production and Associated Activities	120 ha	11/03/2025
CPS 10845/1	10845/1	Widgie Gold Pty Ltd	Munda Gold Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Lease 15/87, Miscellaneous Licence 15/414	Shire of Coolgardie	Mineral Production and Associated Activities	135 ha	11/03/2025
CPS 10840/1	10840/1	Mt Marion Lithium Management Pty Ltd	Mount Marion Lithium Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Leases 15/841 and 15/999 Miscellaneous Licence 15/353	Shire of Coolgardie	Mineral production and associated activities	330 ha	7/03/2025
CPS 10860/1	10860/1	Michael Guerinoni	Pivot Hill Quarry	Purpose Permit	Mining Lease 80/637	Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley	Mineral production and associated activities	5 ha	7/03/2025
CPS 10833/1	10833/1	Newcam Minerals Pty Ltd	Mt Gould Iron Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Lease 52/236	Shire of Meekatharra	Mineral Production	9.65 ha	7/03/2025
CPS 10886/1	10886/1	DBNGP (WA) Nominees Pty Ltd	Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline	Purpose Permit	Lot 5314 on Deposited Plan 220209 (Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997), Pipeline Licence 40	Shire of Collie	Supporting infrastructure for meter station	0.314 ha	7/03/2025
CPS 10823/1	10823/1	PS Connolly Enterprises Pty Ltd		Purpose Permit	Mining Leases 04/208, 04/209, 04/214	Shire of Broome	Sand Mining	5 ha	7/03/2025
CPS 10867/1	10867/1	DBNGP (WA) Nominees Pty Ltd	Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline	Purpose Permit	Lot 540 on Deposited Plan 221364 (Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997), Lot 704 on Deposited Plan 411759, Lot 3013 on Deposited Plan 042282	City of Karratha	Construction of a pipeline and supporting infrastructure	0.21 ha	7/03/2025
CPS 10822/1	10822/1	Brightstar Resources Limited	Jasper Hills Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Leases 39/138, 39/139, 39/185, 39/262	Shire of Menzies	Mineral Production	100 ha	7/03/2025
CPS 10707/1	10707/1	Saturn Metals Limited	Apollo Hill Pilot Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Lease 31/486, Mining Lease 39/296, Miscellaneous Licence 31/93	Shire of Menzies and Shire of Leonora	Mineral production and associated activities	197 ha	4/03/2025
CPS 10818/1	10818/1	Everest Metal Corporation Ltd	Mt Dimer Taipan Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Lease 77/515	Shire of Yilgarn	Mineral Production	10.32 ha	4/03/2025
CPS 10902/1	10902/1	Zeus Mining Pty Ltd	Garden Gully Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Leases 51/886, 51/889	Shire of Meekatharra	Mineral Production and Associated Activities	93.96 ha	28/02/2025

Submissions for Applications for clearing permits are to be made within the time frame specified in the Advertising Closing Date.
Documents relating to clearing permit applications or decisions can be accessed via the FTP website: https://ftp.dwer.wa.gov.au/permit/.
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Submissions may be forwarded to Resource and Environmental Compliance Division, Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety,
100 Plain St, EAST PERTH WA 6004 or email: nvab@demirs.wa.gov.au.

Amendment Applications

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Clearing Permit System Link	Related Documents	Applicant	Project	Permit Type	Tenure	Shire	Clearing Purpose	Size (ha)	Amendment Requested	Submission Closing Date	Re- advertised Reason
CPS 8797/2	8797/2	Evolution Mining (Mungari) Pty Ltd	Mungari Tailings Storage Facility 3 and 4 Expansion	Area Permit	Mining Lease 15/828	Shire of Coolgardie	Mineral production and associated activities	210.3 ha	Extend the duration of the permit by 5 years	25/02/2025
CPS 6413/3	6413/3	IGO Nova Pty Ltd	Nova Nickel Project	Purpose Permit	Miscellaneous Licence 69/22	Shire of Dundas	Haul road, borrow pits and associated activities	584.5 ha	Extend the duration of the permit to 31 January 2030 and update the permit holder name to reflect a company name change.	25/02/2025

Submissions for Applications for amendments to clearing permits are to be made within the time frame specified in the Advertising Closing Date.
Documents relating to clearing permit applications or decisions can be accessed via the FTP website: https://ftp.dwer.wa.gov.au/permit/.
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Submissions may be forwarded to Resource and Environmental Compliance Division, Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety,
100 Plain St, EAST PERTH WA 6004 or email: nvab@demirs.wa.gov.au.

Clearing decisions made for public appeal

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Clearing Permit System Link	Related Documents	Permit Holder & Project	Permit Type	Tenure	Shire	Clearing Purpose	Size (ha)	Permit Duration	Decision Date	Appeals Closing Date
CPS 6361/3	6361/3	APA Operations Pty Ltd - Eastern Goldfields Pipeline Project	Purpose Permit	Pipeline Licence 108	Shire of Laverton and Shire of Menzies	gas pipeline	570.52 ha	21 February 2015 – 21 February 2030	20/02/2025	13/03/2025
CPS 3399/4	3399/4	Karara Mining Limited	Area Permit	General Purpose Lease 59/38	Shire of Perenjori	Rail loop, stockpile and loading infrastructure	67 ha	13 February 2010 - 12 February 2027	11/02/2025	04/03/2025
CPS 10728/1	10728/1	Brightstar Resources Limited - Menzies Gold Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Lease 29/153	Shire of Menzies	Mineral Production	9.95 ha	1 March 2025 – 28 February 2030	06/02/2025	27/02/2025
CPS 10537/1	10537/1	Northern Star (Carosue Dam) Pty Ltd - Enterprise Project	Purpose Permit	Mining Leases 31/30, 31/380, 31/381	Shire of Menzies	Mineral Production and Associated Activities	233 ha	1 March 2025 – 28 February 2030	06/02/2025	27/02/2025
CPS 5875/5	5875/5	Southern Cross Pipelines Australia Pty Limited - Goldfields Gas Pipeline System	Purpose Permit	Goldfields Gas Pipeline Agreement Act 1994 Pipeline Licence PL 24	Cities of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Karratha Shires of Ashburton, East Pilbara, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, and Wiluna	Pipeline Access, Operation, and Maintenance	2,000 ha	8 February 2014 - 8 February 2030	07/02/2025	28/02/2025

Appeals against a grant of a clearing permit , appeals against the refusal to grant a permit, refusal to permit all clearing;
an amendment, revocation or suspension of a clearing permit; or the conditions of permit must be made within 21 days
of the applicant receiving notification of the decision.
Documents relating to clearing permit applications or decisions can be accessed via the FTP website: https://ftp.dwer.wa.gov.au/permit/.
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Appeals may be lodged online with the Appeals Convenor. For further information about lodging or the appeals process,please visit www.appealsconvenor.wa.gov.au.
If you have any queries, please contact the Office of the Appeals Convenor on (08) 6364 7990 or email to admin@appealsconvenor.wa.gov.au

All Matters Not for Public Comment or Appeal

Clearing Referrals - Not for public comment or appeal

Clearing Referrals proposed under Section 51DA(2) and decision of clearing referrals under section 51 DA(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act)

Referral System Link	Referrer	Location Details	Documents (FTP)	Size (ha)	Decision	Decision Date

Surrender Applications – Not for public comment or appeal

Application to surrender a clearing permit made under Section 51 MA(1) of the EP Act, and the acceptance or refusal of an application to surrender a clearing permit made under Section 51MA(7) of the EP Act.

Decision to revoke or suspend a clearing permit made under Section 51L (1) of the EP Act. Decision to refuse to grant a clearing permit under Section 51E(5)(b) of the EP Act.

Clearing Permit System Link	Related Documents	Permit Holder and Project	Permit Type	Tenure	Shire	Size (ha)	Decision	Decision Date

Decision to amend a clearing permit under section 51 K(2)(b) - Not for public comment or appeal

Decision to amend a clearing permit under Section 51K(2)(b) of the EP Act on the initiative of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Amendment decisions that are not appealable include CEO-initiated amendments and amendments to give effect to a decision of the Minister for Environment.

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