❓ Mr. Stephens asks about clearing applications in the Pilbara region for roadside verges and station roads. The response details the number of applications received for road construction/maintenance and clarifies exemptions for pastoral leases, with no referrals to the EPA.
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(1) How many applications have been received for clearing roadside verges in the Pilbara Region for the following calendar years:
(a) 2005;
(b) 2006;
(c) 2007;
(d) 2008; and
(e) as at 1 September 2009?
(2) How many applications have been received for the establishment of new station roads in the Pilbara Region for the following calendar years:
(a) 2005;
(b) 2006;
(c) 2007;
(d) 2008; and
(e) as at 1 September 2009?
(3) Of those, how many have been referred to the Environmental Protection Authority for environmental impact assessment?
(a) 2005;
(b) 2006;
(c) 2007;
(d) 2008; and
(e) as at 1 September 2009?
(2) How many applications have been received for the establishment of new station roads in the Pilbara Region for the following calendar years:
(a) 2005;
(b) 2006;
(c) 2007;
(d) 2008; and
(e) as at 1 September 2009?
(3) Of those, how many have been referred to the Environmental Protection Authority for environmental impact assessment?
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Answered
18 November 2009
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
29 days
(1) Since 2005, the Department of Environment and Conservation has received 13 applications to clear native vegetation for road construction and maintenance in the Pilbara Region:
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) Nil.
(d) 4
(e) 2 for the period from 1 January to 1 September 2009
(2) Nil.
Under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, clearing of native vegetation is an offence unless undertaken under the authority of a clearing permit or the clearing is subject to an exemption, including clearing on pastoral leases.
Activities that are associated with the maintenance and management of a pastoral lease that are a requirement under the Land Administration Act 1997, such as clearing to construct a road and other pastoral improvements, would be exempt from requiring a clearing permit, in accordance with Schedule 6 of the Act.
(3) Nil.
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(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) Nil.
(d) 4
(e) 2 for the period from 1 January to 1 September 2009
(2) Nil.
Under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, clearing of native vegetation is an offence unless undertaken under the authority of a clearing permit or the clearing is subject to an exemption, including clearing on pastoral leases.
Activities that are associated with the maintenance and management of a pastoral lease that are a requirement under the Land Administration Act 1997, such as clearing to construct a road and other pastoral improvements, would be exempt from requiring a clearing permit, in accordance with Schedule 6 of the Act.
(3) Nil.
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