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Mineral Resources Act 1989
sec.344BMeaning of rehabilitation activity
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### sec.344B Meaning of rehabilitation activity
A rehabilitation activity for a final rehabilitation site is an activity that the holder of the environmental authority or PRCP schedule for the mining activities that were carried out on the site would be required to carry out—
for the environmental management of the site under an environmental requirement; or
if an EPA surrender application were made for the environmental authority—to satisfy an EPA administering authority of the approval matters for the application.
In this section—
approval matter , for an EPA surrender application, means a matter about which the EPA administering authority must be satisfied under the Environmental Protection Act , section 269 .
environmental requirement see the Environmental Protection Act , schedule 4 .
EPA administering authority , for an EPA surrender application, means the administering authority for the application under the Environmental Protection Act .
EPA surrender application means a surrender application under the Environmental Protection Act , section 257 (1) .
s 344B ins 2011 No. 2 s 73
amd 2012 No. 20 s 125 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 47 s 402 ; 2016 No. 32 s 28 ; 2019 No. 17 s 233
sub 2020 No. 14 s 147
(sec.344B-ssec.1) A rehabilitation activity for a final rehabilitation site is an activity that the holder of the environmental authority or PRCP schedule for the mining activities that were carried out on the site would be required to carry out— for the environmental management of the site under an environmental requirement; or if an EPA surrender application were made for the environmental authority—to satisfy an EPA administering authority of the approval matters for the application.
(sec.344B-ssec.2) In this section— approval matter , for an EPA surrender application, means a matter about which the EPA administering authority must be satisfied under the Environmental Protection Act , section 269 . environmental requirement see the Environmental Protection Act , schedule 4 . EPA administering authority , for an EPA surrender application, means the administering authority for the application under the Environmental Protection Act . EPA surrender application means a surrender application under the Environmental Protection Act , section 257 (1) .
- (a) for the environmental management of the site under an environmental requirement; or
- (b) if an EPA surrender application were made for the environmental authority—to satisfy an EPA administering authority of the approval matters for the application.