64CClosure criteria

64C Closure criteria

For the purposes of section 84AZU(3)(b) of the Act, the prescribed criteria (closure criteria) are as follows—

(a) the measures the licensee must take to address the risks to public health and safety, the environment and infrastructure posed by the geotechnical, hydrogeological, water quality or hydrological status of declared mine land covered by the licence;

(b) the actions the licensee must take to achieve the long-term objective to convert the declared mine land to a safe and stable and sustainable condition;

(c) the measures the licensee must take to minimise the erosion of the declared mine land;

(d) the measures the licensee must take to revegetate the declared mine land;

(e) the measures the licensee must implement to assess and manage fire risks;

(f) the actions that the licensee must take to manage the physical attributes of the declared mine land;

(g) the measures the licensee must take to mitigate the limits or constraints on rehabilitation of the declared mine land;

(h) the objectives that the licensee must satisfy for the proposed landform to be able to support the proposed outcomes for land use;

(i) the actions that the licensee must take to ensure the compatibility of the proposed final landform with the surrounding areas;

(j) the milestones that the licensee must meet on the progress of the rehabilitation, the rate of mining and the nature of the mining operation;

(k) the rate and expected level of ongoing research into aspects of the declared mine land and water that the licensee must achieve—

(i) to resolve any deficiencies in the available data; and

(ii) to limit any uncertainty surrounding the state of the declared mine land and water;

(l) the measures the licensee must take to manage aspects of the water that includes water quality, water availability for rehabilitation, water balance and any impacts on the broader water system;

(m) the use that the licensee must make of appropriate technologies to mitigate negative impacts on the declared mine land;

(n) the measures the licensee must take to enable all the expected post-closure outcomes.

Reg. 64D inserted by S.R. No. 97/2022 reg. 12.