233QPrescribed enactments

233Q Prescribed enactments For section 124Z of the Act, the following Acts are prescribed: (a) the Pastoral Land Act 1992; (b) the Planning Act 1999; (c) the Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998; (d) the Water Act 1992. 233QA Prescribed requirements for conditions to manage environmental impacts (1) For section 124X(e) of the Act, conditions imposed on an environmental (mining) licence may require the mining operator to minimise and manage the environmental impacts of dewatering for a mining activity. dewatering, for a mining activity, means the removal of water for one or more of the following purposes: (a) facilitating access below ground level for the mining activity; (b) ensuring the serviceability and safety of operating conditions below ground level for the mining activity; (c) preventing or controlling pollution below ground level arising from the mining activity. Example for definition dewatering, paragraph (c) Intercepting contaminated seepage and plumes of polluted groundwater.

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