Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Mineral Industries) Regulations 2019
64FMatters required in a declared mine rehabilitation plan
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64F Matters required in a declared mine rehabilitation plan
(1) For the purposes of section 84AZU(3)(f) of the Act, the following are prescribed matters—
(a) the information relating to rehabilitation specified in subregulation (2);
(b) a stakeholder engagement plan that—
(i) identifies the persons or classes of persons, including the persons or classes of persons prescribed by regulation 64G—
(A) consulted on the draft declared mine rehabilitation plan; and
(B) who will be consulted on the declared mine rehabilitation plan; and
(ii) includes a strategy and milestones for ongoing engagement with those persons and classes of persons during rehabilitation and closure of the declared mine; and
(iii) complies with any relevant guidelines issued by the Minister under section 120A of the Act;
(c) the proposed outcomes for land use and proposed post-mining land use, including any land that is not able to be rehabilitated to a stable condition, described in a manner consistent with any relevant guidelines issued by the Minister under section 120A of the Act;
(d) all the legal approvals and permissions required for the activities or outcomes in the declared mine rehabilitation plan;
(e) the components of the declared mine rehabilitation plan in relation to which additional details must be provided annually in accordance with regulation 57A(b)(i).
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), the following information is specified—
(a) any use of passive controls to maximise the rehabilitation outcome that any landforms are to be safe, stable and sustainable;
(b) the rehabilitation or closure objectives that are consistent with—
(i) any relevant guidelines issued by the Minister under section 120A of the Act; or
(ii) information that the Department Head has approved;
(c) the rehabilitation or closure milestones relevant to the ongoing monitoring, management and maintenance of the declared mine land including—
(i) milestones necessary for the rehabilitation of the land to a safe, stable and sustainable condition and to minimise the risks posed by the declared mine land; and
(ii) milestones required to meet the closure criteria set out in regulation 64C; and
(iii) milestones for obtaining the relevant legal approvals and permissions required for the rehabilitation of the mine, the closure of the mine and post‑closure of the mine under subregulation (1)(d);
(d) an identification and assessment of—
(i) risks that may lead to an early or sudden cessation of operations and closure of the mine; and