Monitoring bores
37 Monitoring bores
A person is exempt in relation to the construction of an exempt monitoring bore, or the use of the exempt monitoring bore, for measuring the following—
water levels,
water pressure,
water quality.
The exemption is subject to a condition that the person must give Water NSW—
a report on the completion of the construction of the exempt monitoring bore no later than 60 days after the completion, or
if an event or activity occurs requiring the preparation of a report under the Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia—the report no later than 60 days after the event or activity.
In this section—
approved State significant infrastructure has the same meaning as in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Division 5.2.
approved voluntary management proposal has the same meaning as in the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997.
environment protection licence has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.
exempt monitoring bore means a monitoring bore constructed in accordance with the Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia that is—
required by—
an order issued under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997, Part 3, or
an approved voluntary management proposal, or
required by the conditions of one or more of the following—
a development consent,
an approval to carry out a transitional Part 3A project within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings, Transitional and Other Provisions) Regulation 2017, Schedule 2,
an approved State significant infrastructure, or
required by, or undertaken as a result of, an environmental assessment under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Division 5.1, or
required by a condition of an environment protection licence, or
required under the Protection of the Environment Operations (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulation 2014, or
constructed and operated only by the Ministerial Corporation.
Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia means the Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia, ISBN 978-0-646-81881-8, published by the National Uniform Drillers Licensing Committee, 2020.
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