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Environment Protection Act 2019
124HObligations of mining operators – legacy mine feature
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124H Obligations of mining operators – legacy mine feature
(1) This section applies in relation to a legacy mine feature on a mining
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(2) The mining operator of the mining site must:
(a) monitor the environmental impacts associated with or resulting
from the legacy mine feature including any impacts occurring
outside the mining site; and
(b) manage the environmental impacts associated with or
resulting from the legacy mine feature including any impacts
occurring outside the mining site; and
(c) remediate and rehabilitate the environmental impacts
associated with or resulting from the legacy mine feature at
the mining site, if:
(i) the mining operator has conducted mining activities on
the legacy mine feature or any part of the legacy mine
feature; or
(ii) any action of the mining operator has had an adverse
impact on the legacy mine feature; and
(d) undertake post-closure monitoring, management and
reporting activities required for the legacy mine feature if the
mining operator is responsible, under paragraph (c), for the
remediation and rehabilitation of the environmental impacts
associated with or resulting from the legacy mine feature.