Environmental Assessment and Regulatory System (EARS)

EARS Online and EARS 2 are online systems for submitting and tracking environmental applications and compliance reporting.

Users must be registered against a company in order to access either system. Only applications lodged by the company you are registered for will be displayed.

EARS Online

EARS Online allows online lodgement and tracking of the following Minerals and Petroleum Environmental Applications:

  • Programme of Work (PoW)
  • Mining Proposal (MP)
  • Environment Plan (EP)
  • Oil Spill Contingency Plan (OSCP)

Please note that MPs for Mining Lease applications cannot be submitted via EARS Online, these must be posted or handed in at a Mining Registrar office.

A short video tutorial shows you how to track the progress of your application.

Access to Environmental Assessment and Regulatory System (EARS Online)

EARS 2

EARS 2 allows online lodgement and tracking of the following Mineral Environmental Compliance Reports:

  • Annual Environmental Reports (AER)
  • Mining Rehabilitation Fund (MRF)

Access to Environmental Assessment and Regulatory System (EARS 2)

EARS 2 Frequently Asked Questions - 254 Kb

EARS 2 Frequently Asked Questions

Public access to Annual Environmental Report (AER) information

Summary information of all Annual Environmental Reports (AER) submitted to the Department is available for public viewing.

Contact
For further information contact:
Email: EARSManager@dmirs.wa.gov.au
Ph: +61 8 9222 3535

For technical assistance contact IT Service Desk.