Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 126C

126C Requirements for PRC plan

(1) A proposed PRC plan must—

(a) be in the approved form; and

(b) describe the following—

(i) each resource tenure, including the area of each tenure, to which the application relates;

(ii) the relevant activities to which the application relates;

(iii) the likely duration of the relevant activities; and

(c) include—

(i) a proposed PRCP schedule that complies with section 126D ; and

(ii) a detailed description, including maps, of how and where the relevant activities are to be carried out; and

(iii) details of the consultation undertaken by the applicant in developing the proposed PRC plan; and

(iv) details of how the applicant will undertake ongoing consultation in relation to the rehabilitation to be carried out under the plan; and

(d) state the extent to which each proposed post-mining land use for land, or non-use management area, identified in the proposed PRCP schedule for the plan is consistent with—

(i) the outcome of consultation with the community in developing the plan; and

(ii) any strategies or plans for the land of a local government, the State or the Commonwealth; and

(e) for each proposed post-mining land use for land, state the applicant’s proposed methods or techniques for rehabilitating the land to a stable condition in a way that supports the rehabilitation milestones under the proposed PRCP schedule; and

(f) identify the risks of a stable condition for land mentioned in paragraph (e) not being achieved, and how the applicant intends to manage or minimise the risks; and

(g) for each proposed non-use management area, state the reasons the applicant considers the area can not be rehabilitated to a stable condition because of a matter mentioned in section 126D (2) ; and

(h) for each matter mentioned in paragraph (g) , include copies of reports or other evidence relied on by the applicant for each proposed non-use management area; and

(i) for each proposed non-use management area, state the applicant’s proposed methodology for achieving best practice management of the area to support the management milestones under the proposed PRCP schedule for the area; and

(j) include the other information the administering authority reasonably considers necessary to decide whether to approve the PRCP schedule for the plan.

(2) The matters mentioned in subsection (1) , other than the matter mentioned in subsection (1) (c) (i) , are the
"rehabilitation planning part" of the proposed PRC plan.