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Notification on Public Comment Outcomes for Public Information Only

10 February 2025

EPBC 2024/09828, development of Collie Green Steel Mill at 154 Boys Home Road, Palmer 6225, 5 km northeast of the Collie townsite.

Re-publication of Preliminary Documentation under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) for public information only. The following notice is published pursuant to Section 95B(2) of the EPBC Act.

Green Steel of Western Australia Collie Pty Ltd (GSWA) propose to develop the Collie Green Steel Recycling Mill, WA’s first green steel mill and associated infrastructure (the Proposal) at 154 Boys Home Road, Palmer (Lot 2 on Deposited Plan 74040). The proposed action was determined to be a controlled action under the EPBC Act with assessment by Preliminary Documentation. The relevant matters protected by a provision of Part 3 of the EPBC Act are:

  1. Baudin’s Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii)
  2. Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso)
  3. Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (Zanda latirostris)
  4. Western Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis)
  5. Chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii)
  6. Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
  7. Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)

EPBC 2024/09828 received six public comments during the invitation to public comments period. All comments have been reviewed and taken consideration within the referral documentation and preliminary documentation.

A copy of the response summary, final Preliminary documentation and original referral information for the proposed action is available on the GSWA’s website at greensteelwa.com.au/colliesteelmillepbc/.

Hard copies of these document are available for review at the following locations from 11 February 2025 to 25 February 2025:

  • Shire of Collie, 87 Throssell Street Collie WA 6225
  • State Library of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, 25 Francis Street, PERTH WA 6000

If you have accessibility requirements, please contact info@greensteelwa.com.au for assistance.

Further information on the assessment process under the EPBC Act is available from the website: dcceew.gov.au/environment/epbc/approvals.