sec.57Additional matters relating to coal mining for safety management system

sec.57 Additional matters relating to coal mining for safety management system

For section 675 (1) (u) of the Act , a safety management system for the operating plant must— for an operating plant used to drill or complete a petroleum well—identify and assess the potential risks to the safe and optimal mining, or future mining, of coal that may be created by the proposed stimulation of a coal seam in the well, having regard to each of the following— the proposed method of stimulation; the predicted characteristics of the strata immediately above and below the coal seam; the stress regime of the coal seam and surrounding strata; information reasonably available to the operator of the plant about similar stimulation cases; and for an operating plant in, or adjacent to, the area of a coal mining lease— identify and assess the potential risks to the safe and optimal mining, or future mining, of coal in the relevant coal mining area from the operation of the operating plant; and state measures to minimise the risk. a buffer zone or area adjacent to the boundary of the relevant coal mining area in which a particular activity must not be carried out at the operating plant In this section— similar stimulation cases , for the stimulation of a coal seam in a petroleum well, means previous instances involving stimulation of a coal seam in a petroleum well using similar methods and in similar geological and geotechnical conditions. (sec.57-ssec.1) For section 675 (1) (u) of the Act , a safety management system for the operating plant must— for an operating plant used to drill or complete a petroleum well—identify and assess the potential risks to the safe and optimal mining, or future mining, of coal that may be created by the proposed stimulation of a coal seam in the well, having regard to each of the following— the proposed method of stimulation; the predicted characteristics of the strata immediately above and below the coal seam; the stress regime of the coal seam and surrounding strata; information reasonably available to the operator of the plant about similar stimulation cases; and for an operating plant in, or adjacent to, the area of a coal mining lease— identify and assess the potential risks to the safe and optimal mining, or future mining, of coal in the relevant coal mining area from the operation of the operating plant; and state measures to minimise the risk. a buffer zone or area adjacent to the boundary of the relevant coal mining area in which a particular activity must not be carried out at the operating plant (sec.57-ssec.2) In this section— similar stimulation cases , for the stimulation of a coal seam in a petroleum well, means previous instances involving stimulation of a coal seam in a petroleum well using similar methods and in similar geological and geotechnical conditions.

• (a) for an operating plant used to drill or complete a petroleum well—identify and assess the potential risks to the safe and optimal mining, or future mining, of coal that may be created by the proposed stimulation of a coal seam in the well, having regard to each of the following— (i) the proposed method of stimulation; (ii) the predicted characteristics of the strata immediately above and below the coal seam; (iii) the stress regime of the coal seam and surrounding strata; (iv) information reasonably available to the operator of the plant about similar stimulation cases; and