Environment Protection Act 2019

to provide communities that may be affected by the mining activity with information and opportunities for consultation to assist each community's understanding of the mining activity and its potential impacts and benefits, including:

any proposal for the remediation and rehabilitation of land as a result of the mining activity; and

any proposal for the closure of extractive operations or mining operations, including the proposed final land use for the mining site;

to consult with affected communities, including Aboriginal communities, in a culturally appropriate manner;

to consider the principles of ecologically sustainable development in the design of the mining activity;

to apply the environmental decision-making hierarchy in the design of the mining activity;

to consider the waste management hierarchy in the design of the mining activity.