Consultation
The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) carries out public consultation to gain the views of all stakeholders and interested parties to inform a transparent and accountable decision-making process.
DWER is undergoing environmental regulatory reform and developing a schedule of documents and intended consultation release dates.
Consultations open for feedback
Closed consultations (including submissions as available)
- Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) for groundwater clean-up
- Discussion paper – Controlled Waste Review
- Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2018 - 2023
- Consultation Paper - Amendments to Environmental Protection Regulations 1987
- Discussion paper – Plastic bag ban
- Draft Burrup Rock Art Strategy – Consultation
- Discussion paper– Container deposit scheme
- Discussion paper – Waste levy and waste management: Proposed approaches for legislative reform
- A Guide to preparing Revegetation Plans for Clearing Permits
- BHP Billiton Iron Ore, Port Hedland Port Operations Amendment Application
- Keysbrook Leucoxene Pty Ltd Licence Amendment Application
- Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2016–2020
- Proposed Amendments to the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008 to Require Record-keeping and Annual Reporting of Waste and Recycling Data
- Draft Guideline: Environmental Noise for Prescribed Premises
- Revised Draft Environmental Standard: Composting
- Wasterock Pty Ltd works approval application
- Guidance Statement: Publication of Annual Audit Compliance Reports
- Contaminated Sites Guideline: Identification, reporting and classification of contaminated sites in Western Australia
- Licence documentation
- Draft guideline: a guide to grazing and clearing of native vegetation
- Draft guideline: Submitting an application for the use of waste-derived materials (case-by-case determination)
- Allawuna Farm Landfill works approval application
- Opal Vale Salt Valley Road Landfill works approval application
- Noise Amelioration Plan for the Wagerup Alumina Refinery
Upcoming consultations
The below deliverables are scheduled for release for public consultation.
| Deliverable | Date |
|---|---|
| Environmental Standard: Rural landfills (in development with WA Local Government Association) |
Release date to be advised |
| Guideline: Emissions to Air |
Release date to be advised |
| Guideline: Odour |
Release date to be advised |
| Guideline: Emissions to Land |
Release date to be advised |
| Guideline: Emissions to Water |
Release date to be advised |
| Environmental Standard: Metropolitan Landfills |
Release date to be advised |
| Environmental Standard: Waste Water Treatment Plants |
Release date to be advised |
| Environmental Standard: Tailings Storage Facilities |
Release date to be advised |
* Consultation on reform deliverables is on hold for the interim following the 1 July 2017 merger of the former Department of Environment Regulation with the Department of Water and Office of the Environmental Protection Authority.
Works approvals, licences and clearing permits
Keysbrook Leucoxene Pty Ltd Licence Amendment Application
- Works Approvals and Licences – 07 August 2017
- Works Approvals and Licences – 31 July 2017
- Works Approvals and Licences – 24 July 2017
- Works Approvals and Licences – 17 July 2017
- Works Approvals and Licences – 10 July 2017
- Licences and works approvals – 23 January 2017
- Licences and works approvals – 16 January 2017
- Licences and works approvals – 09 January 2017
About making a submission
By making a submission, you are consenting to the submission being treated as a public document and being published on the department’s website. Your name will be included but your contact address will be withheld for privacy.
If you do not consent to your submission being treated as a public document, you should mark it as confidential, specifically identify those parts which you feel need to be kept private, and include an explanation. The department may request that a non-confidential summary of the material is also given. It is important to note that even if your submission is treated as confidential by the department, it may still be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act 1992 or any other applicable written law.
The department reserves the right before publishing a submission to delete any content that could be regarded as racially vilifying, derogatory or defamatory to an individual or an organisation.
Please take careful note of the deadline for comment, as no late submissions will be accepted.