This data represents the Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia. This dataset represents the Local Assessment Unit (LAU) for the inner Port Hedland port area to be used for the purpose of applying Environmental Assessment Guideline No.3 (EPA 2009). The inner Port Hedland port area LAU provides the spatial basis for evaluating and accounting for the cumulative development-related irreversible losses of, and serious damage to, benthic primary producer habitats within the LAU boundaries. The area encompasses nearshore barrier islands, tidal creeks and adjacent intertidal areas in the vicinity of the Port Hedland inner port and has a total area of 15,102.5 hectares. © Government of Western Australia 2014. Environmental Protection Authority.

This dataset was formally known as EPB Local Assesment Port Hedland Port 2011(EPA-006)