Environmental Protection Act 1994

The holder of an environmental authority for a resource activity may apply to the administering authority for an ERC decision for the resource activity.

The application must—

be in the approved form; and

state the ERC period to which the application relates; and

state the amount the holder considers to be an estimate of the total cost, for the ERC period, of the following, worked out in compliance with the methodology decided by the chief executive—

rehabilitating the land on which the resource activity is carried out;

preventing or minimising environmental harm, or rehabilitating or restoring the environment, in relation to the resource activity; and

include the other information the administering authority considers necessary to make the ERC decision; and

include a compliance statement made by or for the holder stating the amount mentioned in paragraph (c) for the ERC period—

is worked out in compliance with the methodology mentioned in that paragraph; and

if a PRCP schedule or plan of operations applies for the resource activities—is consistent with the schedule or plan.