❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for State Development regarding site selection for an LNG precinct near James Price Point. The Minister provides details of the site selection process and the proposed precinct area.
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LNG PRECINCT, KIMBERLEY — PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
I refer to the proposed industrial area identified in question on notice 1441. (1) Has the minister or his department been evaluating the various site locations and areas for the industrial area and/or precinct in the area defined as file notation area 8589? (2) If yes to (1), were three sites being evaluated within the area? (3) If yes to (1) and (2), where were those areas and what were their relevant sizes? (4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE
I refer to the proposed industrial area identified in question on notice 1441. (1) Has the minister or his department been evaluating the various site locations and areas for the industrial area and/or precinct in the area defined as file notation area 8589? (2) If yes to (1), were three sites being evaluated within the area? (3) If yes to (1) and (2), where were those areas and what were their relevant sizes? (4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(1) Has the minister or his department been evaluating the various site locations and areas for the industrial area and/or precinct in the area defined as file notation area 8589? (2) If yes to (1), were three sites being evaluated within the area? (3) If yes to (1) and (2), where were those areas and what were their relevant sizes? (4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(2) If yes to (1), were three sites being evaluated within the area? (3) If yes to (1) and (2), where were those areas and what were their relevant sizes? (4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(3) If yes to (1) and (2), where were those areas and what were their relevant sizes? (4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(1) Has the minister or his department been evaluating the various site locations and areas for the industrial area and/or precinct in the area defined as file notation area 8589? (2) If yes to (1), were three sites being evaluated within the area? (3) If yes to (1) and (2), where were those areas and what were their relevant sizes? (4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(2) If yes to (1), were three sites being evaluated within the area? (3) If yes to (1) and (2), where were those areas and what were their relevant sizes? (4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(3) If yes to (1) and (2), where were those areas and what were their relevant sizes? (4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(4) Has the minister or his department determined that it will now seek to use a larger amalgam of the sites identified in answers to the questions above? (5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(5) If yes to (4), what are the extent, boundaries and size of the new area? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
(1)–(5) On 23 December 2008, after an extensive site selection process was conducted by the Northern Development Taskforce, the Minister for State Development announced that it was proposed to locate an LNG processing precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, some 60 kilometres north of Broome. In early 2009, the Department of Mines and Petroleum was requested to create a file notation area—FNA 8589—on its public plan Tengraph over an area of land and water that represented the marine and terrestrial environmental study area for the proposed Browse LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point. The proposed precinct site itself is a small area contained within this large study area. The request was made to ensure that any person proposing to apply for an application for a mining or petroleum tenement was on notice that studies were to occur and that it was proposed to locate an LNG precinct in the vicinity of James Price Point, as announced by the minister. Only the areas immediately north and south of James Price Point were further evaluated, with the southern locality subsequently being announced as the preferred site. The precinct area is proposed to contain approximately 2 000 hectares, and the port area some 1 000 hectares. At the completion of the environmental approval process, the Department of Mines and Petroleum will be requested to remove FNA 8589 from its public plan.
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