The Southdown Magnetite Project was referred to the EPA in September 2005. The level of assessment for the Project was set at Public Environmental Review (PER) with an eight week public review period.
Grange engaged Ecologia Environment to facilitate the environmental approval process including:

• liaising with government, public stakeholders and contractors;
• undertake environmental impact studies;
• provide specialist technical advice; and
• preparing environmental documentation required to be submitted to regulatory authorities.

Grange is committed to achieving environmentally and socially acceptable solutions for this project. A comprehensive range of surveys have been undertaken in preparation for the Public Environmental Review.

The PER was opened for public review for 8 weeks from 19 February 2007 to 16 April 2007.

The PER describes what Grange intends to do, the potential environmental impact and how the company intends to manage the impact.