Environmental Protection Act 1994

A proposed PRC plan must—

be in the approved form; and

describe the following—

each resource tenure, including the area of each tenure, to which the application relates;

the relevant activities to which the application relates;

the likely duration of the relevant activities; and

include—

a proposed PRCP schedule that complies with section 126D; and

a detailed description, including maps, of how and where the relevant activities are to be carried out; and

details of the consultation undertaken by the applicant in developing the proposed PRC plan; and

details of how the applicant will undertake ongoing consultation in relation to the rehabilitation to be carried out under the plan; and

state the extent to which each proposed post-mining land use for land, or non-use management area, identified in the proposed PRCP schedule for the plan is consistent with—

the outcome of consultation with the community in developing the plan; and

any strategies or plans for the land of a local government, the State or the Commonwealth; and

for each proposed post-mining land use for land, state the applicant’s proposed methods or techniques for rehabilitating the land to a stable condition in a way that supports the rehabilitation milestones under the proposed PRCP schedule; and

identify the risks of a stable condition for land mentioned in paragraph (e) not being achieved, and how the applicant intends to manage or minimise the risks; and

for each proposed non-use management area, state the reasons the applicant considers the area can not be rehabilitated to a stable condition because of a matter mentioned in section 126D(2); and

for each matter mentioned in paragraph (g), include copies of reports or other evidence relied on by the applicant for each proposed non-use management area; and

for each proposed non-use management area, state the applicant’s proposed methodology for achieving best practice management of the area to support the management milestones under the proposed PRCP schedule for the area; and

include the other information the administering authority considers necessary to decide whether to approve the PRCP schedule for the plan.

The matters mentioned in subsection (1), other than the matter mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(i), are the rehabilitation planning part of the proposed PRC plan.