sec.17Statutory conditions of environmental authority for Enterprise Mine

sec.17 Statutory conditions of environmental authority for Enterprise Mine

Environmental authority EPML00575913 is taken to include the following conditions (the statutory conditions )— subject to paragraph (c) , mining activities that are the winning of a mineral from the place where it occurs may be conducted only within the restricted mine path for an Enterprise Mine lease; mining activities that are the winning of a mineral from the place where it occurs within the restricted mine path for an Enterprise Mine lease may be conducted only until the end of 31 December 2019; dredging may be conducted only within the dredge path; disturbance of land may only occur within the limit of disturbance. If a condition of environmental authority EPML00575913 is inconsistent with a statutory condition, the statutory condition prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. The administering authority for the environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act may amend the environmental authority to ensure it is consistent with the statutory conditions. In this section— disturbance of land means any of the following— compacting, removing, covering, exposing or stockpiling earth; removing or destroying vegetation or topsoil from land to an extent that the land is susceptible to erosion; carrying out mining; submerging an area with tailings or waste; constructing infrastructure on land, including roads, tracks, bridges, culverts, dams, buildings, fixed machinery, hardstand areas, airstrips, and helipads; releasing contaminants into the soil or subsoil. s 17 sub 2013 No. 63 s 12 ; 2016 No. 32 s 13 (sec.17-ssec.1) Environmental authority EPML00575913 is taken to include the following conditions (the statutory conditions )— subject to paragraph (c) , mining activities that are the winning of a mineral from the place where it occurs may be conducted only within the restricted mine path for an Enterprise Mine lease; mining activities that are the winning of a mineral from the place where it occurs within the restricted mine path for an Enterprise Mine lease may be conducted only until the end of 31 December 2019; dredging may be conducted only within the dredge path; disturbance of land may only occur within the limit of disturbance. (sec.17-ssec.2) If a condition of environmental authority EPML00575913 is inconsistent with a statutory condition, the statutory condition prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. (sec.17-ssec.3) The administering authority for the environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act may amend the environmental authority to ensure it is consistent with the statutory conditions. (sec.17-ssec.4) In this section— disturbance of land means any of the following— compacting, removing, covering, exposing or stockpiling earth; removing or destroying vegetation or topsoil from land to an extent that the land is susceptible to erosion; carrying out mining; submerging an area with tailings or waste; constructing infrastructure on land, including roads, tracks, bridges, culverts, dams, buildings, fixed machinery, hardstand areas, airstrips, and helipads; releasing contaminants into the soil or subsoil.