VRX Silica (ASX: VRX) has announced that the Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia has accepted the Response to Submissions (RtS) for the Arrowsmith North silica sand project and published it on the EPA website.
Acceptance and publication of the RtS is a significant milestone for the project as it confirms the EPA will now formally undertake its assessment of Arrowsmith North. The stages of the approvals process that follow publication are subject to statutory timeframes, giving greater certainty of timing for determination of an approval outcome.
“The RtS is a vital component of the EPA assessment process and now, having been accepted and published, is a confirmation that the EPA will be completing its assessment of the Arrowsmith North silica sand project,” VRX managing director Bruce Maluish said.
“This work is the culmination of an extensive series of studies that have been undertaken for the project and these are included in the RtS and the Environmental Review Document that has previously been published on the EPA website.
“Acceptance of the RtS is a significant milestone in what has been a lengthy approvals process for Arrowsmith North. We are pleased that this process is now entering its final stages.
“We thank shareholders for their continued patience as we work through this.”
