❓ Question on Notice regarding the impact of Fortescue Metals Group's activities on endangered species (night parrots and bilbies) and their habitat in the Fortescue Marsh area. The Minister's response indicates varying levels of awareness and responsibility across different government departments.
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I refer to the sightings of a critically endangered species of night parrot and the active presence of endangered bilbies in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area. (1) When did the minister first know of the April 2005 sightings of the critically endangered night parrots at Minga Well in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area? (2) When did the minister first know of the April 2005 sightings of the active burrows of the endangered greater bilbies in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area? (3) Is the minister aware of the level of disturbance in the area since these findings in April 2005; and what permission or clearances for exploration work and management programs have been put in place to protect these endangered species and their habitat from the extensive workings of the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in this area, noting that these extensive workings include exploration roads that transgress the habitat areas and the adjacent Minga Well area where the critically endangered night parrots were sighted? (4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(1) When did the minister first know of the April 2005 sightings of the critically endangered night parrots at Minga Well in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area? (2) When did the minister first know of the April 2005 sightings of the active burrows of the endangered greater bilbies in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area? (3) Is the minister aware of the level of disturbance in the area since these findings in April 2005; and what permission or clearances for exploration work and management programs have been put in place to protect these endangered species and their habitat from the extensive workings of the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in this area, noting that these extensive workings include exploration roads that transgress the habitat areas and the adjacent Minga Well area where the critically endangered night parrots were sighted? (4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(2) When did the minister first know of the April 2005 sightings of the active burrows of the endangered greater bilbies in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area? (3) Is the minister aware of the level of disturbance in the area since these findings in April 2005; and what permission or clearances for exploration work and management programs have been put in place to protect these endangered species and their habitat from the extensive workings of the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in this area, noting that these extensive workings include exploration roads that transgress the habitat areas and the adjacent Minga Well area where the critically endangered night parrots were sighted? (4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(3) Is the minister aware of the level of disturbance in the area since these findings in April 2005; and what permission or clearances for exploration work and management programs have been put in place to protect these endangered species and their habitat from the extensive workings of the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in this area, noting that these extensive workings include exploration roads that transgress the habitat areas and the adjacent Minga Well area where the critically endangered night parrots were sighted? (4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(1) When did the minister first know of the April 2005 sightings of the critically endangered night parrots at Minga Well in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area? (2) When did the minister first know of the April 2005 sightings of the active burrows of the endangered greater bilbies in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area? (3) Is the minister aware of the level of disturbance in the area since these findings in April 2005; and what permission or clearances for exploration work and management programs have been put in place to protect these endangered species and their habitat from the extensive workings of the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in this area, noting that these extensive workings include exploration roads that transgress the habitat areas and the adjacent Minga Well area where the critically endangered night parrots were sighted? (4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(2) When did the minister first know of the April 2005 sightings of the active burrows of the endangered greater bilbies in the Fortescue marsh national wetlands area? (3) Is the minister aware of the level of disturbance in the area since these findings in April 2005; and what permission or clearances for exploration work and management programs have been put in place to protect these endangered species and their habitat from the extensive workings of the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in this area, noting that these extensive workings include exploration roads that transgress the habitat areas and the adjacent Minga Well area where the critically endangered night parrots were sighted? (4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(3) Is the minister aware of the level of disturbance in the area since these findings in April 2005; and what permission or clearances for exploration work and management programs have been put in place to protect these endangered species and their habitat from the extensive workings of the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in this area, noting that these extensive workings include exploration roads that transgress the habitat areas and the adjacent Minga Well area where the critically endangered night parrots were sighted? (4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(4) Is the minister aware that the works also include extensive drilling programs and heavy traffic in the habitat areas; the carting of ore through the habitat areas to crushing and testing facilities and to sample storage areas; the clearing of an area of land for a trial pit; the clearing of extensive areas, including in the habitat areas, for the Fortescue Metals Group workings; and the clearing of land to enable the extension of the airstrip and the creation of open rubbish sites? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(1) The reported night parrot sighting by consultants to Fortescue Metals Group was made on 12 April 2005. The Department of Conservation and Land Management was notified later that month and the executive director advised the minister personally on 5 May 2005. (2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(2) The minister was not advised directly of the survey undertaken in May 2005 by consultants to FMG that located the active burrows at Kardarderrie Well on the Mulga Downs pastoral lease. The public release of this report was in the public environmental review for FMG’s Cloud Break iron ore mine proposal. This PER was released for public comment on 12 September 2005. (3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(3) Under the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Environment, the Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Industry and Resources, exploration work is not generally referred to the EPA and is managed by the Department of Industry and Resources with input from other agencies as necessary. The EPA understands that although there is ongoing exploration, it is not having an impact within the known habitat areas for the night parrot and bilby. I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
I actually thought bilbies were extinct there. (4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
(4) The EPA is aware that extensive drilling programs, including trial mining, are under way within the exploration tenements, but it is not specifically aware of claims that ore is being carted through habitat areas, that the airstrip is being extended or that open rubbish sites are being created. These are claims that have been forwarded to CALM and the Department of Industry and Resources. The Department of Industry and Resources has responsibility for administering exploration tenement conditions. The Department of Environment is aware of two landfill sites and is considering licence applications.
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