Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 126

126 Requirements for site-specific applications—CSG activities

(1) A site-specific application for a CSG activity must also state the following—

(a) the quantity of CSG water the applicant reasonably expects will be generated in connection with carrying out each relevant CSG activity;

(b) the flow rate at which the applicant reasonably expects the water will be generated;

(c) the quality of the water, including changes in the water quality the applicant reasonably expects will happen while each relevant CSG activity is carried out;

(d) the proposed management of the water including, for example, the use, treatment, storage or disposal of the water;

(e) the measurable criteria (the
"management criteria" ) against which the applicant will monitor and assess the effectiveness of the management of the water, including, for example, criteria for each of the following—

(i) the quantity and quality of the water used, treated, stored or disposed of;

(ii) protection of the environmental values affected by each relevant CSG activity;

(iii) the disposal of waste, including, for example, salt, generated from the management of the water;

(f) the action proposed to be taken if any of the management criteria are not complied with, to ensure the criteria will be able to be complied with in the future.

(2) The proposed management of the water can not provide for using a CSG evaporation dam in connection with carrying out a relevant CSG activity unless—

(a) the application includes an evaluation of—

(i) best practice environmental management for managing the CSG water; and

(ii) alternative ways for managing the water; and

(b) the evaluation shows there is no feasible alternative to a CSG evaporation dam for managing the water.

(3) This section does not apply for a site-specific application for a CSG activity if—

(a) the Coordinator-General has evaluated an EIS for the CSG activity under the State Development Act ; and

(b) there are Coordinator-General’s conditions for each relevant activity the subject of the application; and

(c) an assessment of the environmental risks of the activity would be the same as the evaluation mentioned in paragraph (a) , if completed.