Environmental Impact Statement

Rio Tinto Alcan has released an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the South of Embley Project. The EIS is based on a series of social and environmental studies and extensive consultation with stakeholders about the South of Embley project.

Due to its length, the EIS has been divided into four volumes. To access a particular volume, please click on the appropriate link below.

Description Format

Volume 1

Table of contents (PDF 97 KB) PDF icon
Executive Summary (PDF 462 KB) PDF icon
Introduction (PDF 629 KB) PDF icon
Project Description (PDF 796 KB) PDF icon
Land (PDF 1.03 MB) PDF icon
Climate (PDF 169 KB) PDF icon
Water resources - part 1 (PDF 1.07 MB) PDF icon
Water resources - part 2 (PDF 1.2 MB) PDF icon
Marine - part 1 (PDF 960 KB) PDF icon
Marine - part 2 (PDF 984 KB) PDF icon
Marine - part 3 (PDF 929 KB) PDF icon
Marine - part 4 (PDF 995 KB) PDF icon
Marine - part 5 (PDF 974 KB) PDF icon

Volume 2

Table of contents (PDF 85 KB) PDF icon
Terrestrial flora and fauna - part 1 (PDF 684 KB) PDF icon
Terrestrial flora and fauna - part 2 (PDF 855 KB) PDF icon
Terrestrial flora and fauna - part 3 (PDF 629 KB) PDF icon
Terrestrial flora and fauna - part 4 (PDF 519 KB) PDF icon
Aquatic ecology - part 1 (PDF 742 KB) PDF icon
Aquatic ecology - part 2 (PDF 613 KB) PDF icon
Air quality (PDF 1003 KB) PDF icon
Noise and vibration (PDF 420 KB) PDF icon
Cultural heritage (PDF 232 KB) PDF icon
Visual amenity (PDF 881 KB) PDF icon
Waste (PDF 263 KB) PDF icon
Transport (PDF 538 KB) PDF icon
Consultation (PDF 352 KB) PDF icon

Volume 3

Table of contents (PDF 83 KB) PDF icon
Social impact assessment - part 1 (PDF 821 KB) PDF icon
Social impact assessment - part 2 (PDF 545 KB) PDF icon
Economics (PDF 377 KB) PDF icon
Health and safety (PDF 153 KB) PDF icon
Hazard and risk (PDF 186 KB) PDF icon
Cumulative impacts (PDF 269 KB) PDF icon
Environmental management plan - part 1 (PDF 877 KB) PDF icon
Environmental management plan - part 2 (PDF 537 KB) PDF icon
Environmental management plan - part 3 (PDF 783 KB) PDF icon
EPBC assessment report - part 1 (PDF 809 KB) PDF icon
EPBC assessment report - part 2 (PDF 883 KB) PDF icon
EPBC assessment report - part 3 (PDF 853 KB) PDF icon

Volume 4

Appendix 1A, 1B (PDF 1.19 MB) PDF icon
Appendix 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F (PDF 580 KB) PDF icon
Appendix 3A, 3B (PDF 166 KB) PDF icon
Appendix 5A (PDF 1.51 MB) PDF icon
Appendix 5B (PDF 1.45 MB) PDF icon
Appendix 6A (PDF 108 KB) PDF icon
Appendix 7A (PDF 160 KB) PDF icon
Appendix 7B (PDF 1.74 MB) PDF icon
Appendix 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F (PDF 477 KB) PDF icon
Appendix 8A, 8B, 8C (PDF 893 KB) PDF icon
Appendix 15A (PDF 2.36 MB) PDF icon
Appendix 18A (PDF 221 KB) PDF icon
Appendix 19A (PDF 103 KB) PDF icon
Definition, abbreviations and units (PDF 228 KB) PDF icon
References (PDF 232 KB) PDF icon