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- Draft Permit Only for Mining Activities from Eco Access |
Listed
here are some of the important points for conditions of approval on
a new draft permit from Eco Access/Queensland Government. To read
a full copy of this draft document in pdf format click
here. There are many very good conditions in this document
but of course... it all relies on compliance
| AIR |
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Take reasonable and practicable
measures necessary to Prevent release of windblown dust from
vehicles used for transporting materials mined from mining lease
number 50200 ("ML50200"). |
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Trafficable areas associated with
the mining activity must be maintained using reasonable and
practicable measures necessary to minimise the release of wind
blown or traffic generated dust to the atmosphere. Reasonable
and practicable measures may include but are not limited to:
(a) keeping surfaces clean;
(b) sealing with bitumen or other suitable material;
(c) using water sprays;
(d) installing an effective truck body and wheel wash facility;
and
(e) using dust suppressants and wind breaks. |
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Take reasonable and
practicable measures necessary to minimise the release of dust
to the atmosphere as a consequence of the mining activity. Reasonable
and practicable measures may include but are not limited to:
(a) installation of windshields or barriers;
(b) water spays; and
(c) keeping material moist.
Waste and/or vegetation must not be burned on ML50200. |
| BIODIVERSITY |
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Native seeds endemic to ML50200
must be collected and propagated for use in revegetation. |
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Collection and propagation of native
seeds must include species Caustis blakei subsp. macrantha,Eucalyptus
taurina, Grevillea quadricauda and Paspalidium grandispiculatum. |
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Every Plan of Operations must provide
for retention or effective rehabilitation of rock-wallaby habitat
where that habitat is not within 50 metres of the centre of
the bed of Fifteen Mile Creek or its tributaries as provided
for by condition WA1. |
| IMPACTS ON SURROUNDS |
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A vegetation buffer zone of at
least 50 metres width must be maintained along all boundaries
of ML50200 except boundaries to any property owned by the environmental
authority holder or any other entity controlled by the environmental
authority holder. |
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Prior to the commencement of mining
activity in each area of ML50200 that is the subject of an approved
Plan of Operations the buffer areas required by condition WA1
must be clearly marked on the ground. |
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The existing crossing of Fifteen
Mile Creek should be used if practicable. |
| LAND |
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The mining activity, in combination
with any environmentally relevant activity conducted on the
site,must not cause more than 5ha of significantly disturbed
land at any one time. |
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Prior to the commencement of rehabilitation
activities, a Mining Plan designed to rehabilitate significantly
disturbed land to achieve a stable land form with vegetation
representative of undisturbed land must be submitted to and
accepted by the administering authority, addressing the following
issues:
(a) staging of rehabilitation;
(b) final landform design;
(c) proposed species list; and
(d) revegetation success criteria (including species diversity
and density of cover). |
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Rehabilitation must be completed
in accordance with the Mining Plan and to the satisfaction of
the administering authority. |
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Rehabilitation of significantly
disturbed land, apart from those areas currently being utilised
for the mining activity, must take place progressively and must
commence within six months of cessation of the mining activity
in an area. |
| NOISE |
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Explosive blasting is not permitted
on ML50200. |
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Operating hours must be limited
to between 6am and 6pm Monday to Saturday, excluding public
holidays |
| WASTE |
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Effective procedures must be implemented
to ensure that wastes generated on ML50200 are minimised,recycled,
stored, handled and transferred in a proper and efficient manner,
and so that disposal of such waste is at a facility lawfully
able to do so. |
| WATER |
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The mining activity must not be
conducted within 50 metres of the centre of the bed of Fifteen
Mile Creek or its tributaries. |
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Water visibly laden with sediment
must not be directly or indirectly released from ML50200 to
any waters. |
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There must be no work undertaken
on ML50200 that causes an impediment to the natural flow of
water in Fifteen Mile Creek or its tributaries. |
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Helidon Hills from 50,000ft
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