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Environment Protection Act 2019
124XConditions to manage environmental impacts
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124X Conditions to manage environmental impacts
Conditions imposed on an environmental (mining) licence may
include any conditions that are necessary to manage the
environmental impacts associated with the mining activities
including requiring the mining operator to:
(a) minimise and manage greenhouse gas emissions arising from
the mining activities; and
(b) undertake mine closure planning at all stages of a mining
activity to ensure that the following are informed by the
proposed final land use for the mining site:
(i) exploration activities;
(ii) site design;
(iii) mining and processing methodologies;
(iv) waste management technologies and other processes
and technologies used; and
(c) for any area of a mining site where no further mining activity is
proposed – prepare and implement remediation and
rehabilitation and closure plans that maximise the progressive
remediation and rehabilitation of the area as soon as
practicable after mining activity ceases; and
(d) prepare and implement post-closure monitoring, management
and reporting plans; and
(e) comply with any other requirement prescribed by regulation.