Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 206

206 Environmental authority for particular resource activities includes condition prohibiting use of restricted stimulation fluids

(1) This section applies for an environmental authority issued for a resource activity other than a mining activity.

(2) The environmental authority is taken to include a condition prohibiting the use of restricted stimulation fluids.

Example for subsection (2)—

the use of hydrocarbon chemicals to stimulate the fracturing of coal seams

(3) The condition mentioned in subsection (2) is taken to be a standard condition imposed on the environmental authority.

(4) In this section—

"restricted stimulation fluids" means fluids used for the purpose of stimulation, including fracturing, that contain the following chemicals in more than the maximum amount prescribed under a regulation—

(a) petroleum hydrocarbons containing benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene or xylene;

(b) chemicals that produce, or are likely to produce, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene or xylene as the chemical breaks down in the environment.