Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 264A

264A Requirements for post-surrender management report

(1) A post-surrender management report for land the subject of a surrender application must—

(a) be in the approved form; and

(b) include a map of the land showing the location of—

(i) where the resource activities were carried out on the land; and

(ii) the site features of the land; and

(c) state—

(i) whether the particulars of any part of the land are included in the environmental management register or contaminated land register; and

(ii) whether a site management plan under chapter 7 , part 8 exists for any part of the land; and

(d) state any assumptions made in relation to the rehabilitation or future use of the land; and

(e) include a risk assessment of the land that complies with the residual risk assessment guideline; and

(f) include a risk management plan for the land that complies with subsection (2) if—

(i) the risk assessment of the land identifies residual risks for the land for which remedial action or ongoing management activities may need to be carried out in relation to the land; and

(ii) the residual risk assessment guideline requires the estimated costs and expenses that may be incurred in carrying out the remedial action or ongoing management activities to be worked out in a stated way; and

(g) include any other matters prescribed by regulation.

(2) A risk management plan for land the subject of a surrender application must be in the approved form and include—

(a) spatial information about the site features of the land, including the location, size and type of the features; and

(b) details of the consultation with affected owners and occupiers about—

(i) any assumptions made in relation to the rehabilitation or future use of the land; and

(ii) the remedial action or ongoing management activities that may need to be carried out in relation to the land; and

(c) a statement of any assumptions made in relation to the remedial action or ongoing management activities that may need to be carried out in relation to the land; and

(d) an activity schedule outlining details of any remedial action or ongoing management activities that may need to be carried out in relation to the land; and

(e) if a site management plan under chapter 7 , part 8 for any part of the land provides for carrying out activities that are the same, or substantially the same, as remedial action or ongoing management activities mentioned in the activity schedule—details of how those activities are to be carried out and managed in perpetuity; and

(f) the estimated amount of the costs and expenses that may be incurred in carrying out remedial action or ongoing management activities mentioned in the activity schedule, worked out as stated in the residual risk assessment guideline.