• Smart grid

  • Smart meters
  • Demand side management
  • Edge of Grid
    • Ravensthorpe Bridging Solution
      • Ravensthorpe FAQ's
    • Morawa and Perenjori Community Energy Engagement Project
      • Morawa and Perenjori FAQs
  • Green Town project
    • Green Town FAQ's

• Powerlines and substation projects

  • Powerline projects
    • Ellenbrook underground power project
    • Powering Perth's Communities
    • Guildford to Southern terminal transmission line
    • Hopeland transmission line
    • Kemerton to Binningup transmission line
    • Kojonup to Albany transmission line
      • Consultation process
      • Line route selection
      • Corridor options
      • Sustainability assessment process
    • Mid West Energy Project
      • Mid West Energy Project - Stage 1 (Southern Section)
      • Project information - stage 1
      • Key documents - Southern Section
      • Mid West Energy Project - Stage 2 (Northern Section)
      • Project information - stage 2
      • Community engagement
      • Line route selection
      • Previous updates
    • Muja to Wellstead transmission line
      • Frequently asked questions
      • Line route options
      • EPBC documents
    • Northern Terminal to Hadfields transmission line
    • Automation works
    • Bunbury-Busselton-Margaret River Project Suite
      • Picton to Busselton transmission line
      • Dalyellup Substation and transmission line
      • Busselton Substation works
      • Busselton to Margaret River reinforcement
      • Community and stakeholder engagement
  • Substation projects
    • Balcatta substation
    • Baldivis substation
      • Baldivis substation update archive
      • Noise Information
    • Bayswater substation
    • Collier substation
    • Cottesloe substation upgrade
      • Project history
    • Forrestdale zone substation site
    • Furnissdale substation land acquisition
    • Geraldton Port and CBD Power Requirements Project
      • Community and Stakeholder Engagement
      • The West End Option: Line route and substation site selection
      • Zone substations and transmission lines
    • Hocking substation land acquisition
    • Joondanna zone substation
    • Maddington substation
    • Manning Street substation upgrade
    • Melville and Fremantle power options
      • Options
    • Morley substation
    • Mundaring Weir substation
      • Site selection process (archive)
      • Project background (archive)
    • PTA Sutherland Substation Cable Supply Project
    • Sawyers Valley substation upgrade
    • South East Terminal substation
    • Western Terminal Reinforcement Project
      • Medical Centre 66/11 kv zone substation
      • Shenton Park 132/11 kV zone substation
      • Engagement process
      • Approvals
  • About substations
    • Substation design
  • Site selection process
  • Community concerns
  • Project archive
    • Banjup/Wandi strategic land purchase
    • Forrestdale Zone substation
    • Hazelmere Zone substation
    • Joondalup substation
    • Rivervale to Cannington transmission line
      • Rivervale to Queens Park transmission line
    • South-west 330kV network upgrade
    • Wangara Zone substation
    • Willetton substation

• Underground power

  • Underground Power Program (UPP)
    • Project history and statistics
    • Completed projects
    • Project schedule
  • Pole to pillar (P2P)

• Helicopter line maintenance

• Wood poles

EPBC documents

Western Power has referred the project to the Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC). The project has been determined a 'controlled action' under the Environmental Protection & Biodiversity Act 1999 (EPBC).

Public comment period for the referral process closed on COB Friday 9 December 2011.

The related documents for comment are provided below:

Public comment documents

• EPBC Environmental Management Plan (PDF 30.4mb - large file)
• Offset Strategy (PDF 747kb)
• West Australian Museum Proposal (PDF 130kb)
• EPBC Referral Form (PDF 958kb), EPBC Referral Form Appendices
• Western Power Muja to Wellstead Transmission Line Project EPBC Referral Supporting Document (PDF 1mb)

Figures for the Referral Supporting Document

• Figure 1 (PDF 395kb)
• Figure 2 (PDF 231kb)
• Figure 3 (PDF 267kb)
• Figure 4 (PDF 240kb)
• Figure 5 (PDF 1.90mb)
• Figure 6 (PDF 866kb)
• Figure 6a (PDF (1.34mb)
• Figure 6b (PDF 1.33mb)
• Figure 6c (PDF 1.89mb)
• Figure 6d (PDF 1.96mb)
• Figure 7 (PDF 266kb)
• Figure 8 (PDF 274kb)
• Figure 8a (PDF 1.38mb)
• Figure 8b (PDF 1.60mb)
• Figure 8c (PDF 1.48mb)
• Figure 8d (PDF 1.63mb)
• Figure 8e (PDF 1.68mb)
• Figure 9 (PDF 1.64mb)
• Figure 10a (PDF 1.85mb)
• Figure 10b (PDF 1.85mb)
• Figure 11 (PDF 274kb)
• Figure 12a (PDF 1.19mb)
• Figure 12b (PDF 1.38mb)

Appendices for the Referral Supporting Document

• Appendix A - Muja to Kojonup Biodiversity Assessment Methods and Results (PDF 20mb - large file)
• Appendix B - Muja to Wellstead Biodiversity Assessment Survey and Results (PDF 22mb - large file)
• Appendix C - M2K Plant Communities (PDF 72kb)
• Appendix D - K2W Plant Communities (PDF 14kb)
• Appendix E - GHD Flora Impact Assessment (PDF 325kb)
• Appendix F - GHD Threatened Species Impact Assessment Recommendations (PDF 456kb)
• Appendix G - Bamford Fauna EIA 2011 (PDF 846kb)
• Appendix H - Bamford Black Cockatoo report (PDF 905kb)
• Appendix I - WA Museum Black Cockatoo (PDF 3.8mb - large file)
• Appendix J - ngh Environmental Muja to Kojonpup Visual Impact Assessment (PDF 10mb - large file)
• Appendix K - ngh Environmental Muja to Wellstead Visual Impact Assessment (PDF 29mb - large file)

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