Kemerton Silica Sand (KSS) is a silica sand dredging operation located 35 kilometres north of the Port of Bunbury and approximately 150 kilometres south of Perth.  The KSS property is freehold land owned by the proponent and has operated since 1996.  MBS Environmental assisted KSS in obtaining Federal and State approvals for a 60-year extension to the previously approved project (2012).

Kemerton Silica Sand Assistance:

• Development of an Offset package to support applications for extension of the project footprint and life.
• Preparation and reviews of an Environmental Management Plan, Wetland Monitoring and Management Plan and Rehabilitation Management Plan for the existing operations.
• Annual Compliance Reports for Ministerial Statements.
• Annual Environmental Reports for the site Environmental Licence.
• Acid Sulfate Soil Assessments.
• Water monitoring advice and data review.
• Scoping and management of aspect specific assessments including:
  • Flora and vegetation: Priority species, Threatened flora and Threatened Ecological Communities.
  • Fauna including targeted surveys for Black Cockatoos, Chuditch and Black striped Minnow.
  • Wetlands including invertebrate fauna and vegetation.
  • Short Range Endemic species.
  • Rehabilitation of previously dredged or disturbed areas.