Extractive and screening activities

In force

(1)

Extractive and screening activities (the relevant activity) consists of any of the following—

(a)

dredging a total of 1,000t or more of material from the bed of naturally occurring surface waters, in a year;

(b)

extracting, other than by dredging, a total of 5,000t or more of material, in a year, from an area;Examples—

• extracting material for excavating a bund between existing waters and an artificial waterway being constructed on dry land

• extracting virgin rock from a quarry

• extracting rock, that has been previously broken, from a stockpile on the site from which the rock was originally extracted

(c)

screening 5,000t or more of material, in a year.

(2)

The relevant activity does not include—

(a)

extracting material under an environmental authority for a resource activity; or

(b)

extracting material from a road if—

(i)

the material is to be used for constructing or maintaining a road; and

(ii)

the surface area from which the material is extracted is less than 10,000m²; or

(c)

extracting material from a place for constructing a road or railway at the place; orExamples—

• cutting and filling land for constructing a road or railway

• extracting material for constructing a tunnel for a road or railway

(d)

extracting material from a place, other than by dredging, for constructing the foundations of a building at the place; or

(e)

extracting material for reshaping land if—

(i)

reshaping the land does not involve blasting; and

(ii)

the material is not removed from the site from which it is extracted; or

Example—

cutting and filling land for creating building lots

(f)

screening material on the site from which it has been extracted in the course of carrying out an activity mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).

(3)

Also, the relevant activity does not include—

(a)

extracting, other than by dredging, a total of 10,000t or less of material, in a year, from an area if—

(i)

the material is quarry material extracted by, or for, 1 or more regional local governments; and

(ii)

the material is reasonably necessary for each regional local government to perform its responsibilities under the Local Government Act 2009 or Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, chapter 6 in relation to providing roads or infrastructure; and

(iii)

the material is the absolute property of the Crown under the Forestry Act 1959; orNote—

Under the Forestry Act 1959, an authority may be required to get quarry material.

(b)

screening material on the site from which it has been extracted in the course of carrying out the extraction mentioned in paragraph (a).

(4)

In the following table, the aggregate environmental score for the relevant activity is the score stated opposite the threshold within which the relevant activity is carried out.

Threshold	Aggregate environmental score	3
1dredging, in a year, the following quantity of material—
(a)1,000t to 10,000t	11	C
(b)more than 10,000t but not more than 100,000t	25	C
(c)more than 100,000t but not more than 1,000,000t	44	C
(d)more than 1,000,000t	66	C
2extracting, other than by dredging, in a year, the following quantity of material—
(a)5,000t to 100,000t	22
(b)more than 100,000t but not more than 1,000,000t	39	C
(c)more than 1,000,000t	57	C
3screening, in a year, the following quantity of material—
(a)5,000t to 100,000t	13
(b)more than 100,000t but not more than 1,000,000t	29
(c)more than 1,000,000t	47

(5)

In this section—

material includes clay, gravel, loam, rock, sand and other substances found in the earth.

quarry material see the Forestry Act 1959, schedule 3.

regional local government means a local government other than any of the following local governments—

(a)

Brisbane City Council;

(b)

Gold Coast City Council;

(c)

Ipswich City Council;

(d)

Logan City Council;

(e)

Moreton Bay City Council;

(f)

Noosa Shire Council;

(g)

Redland City Council;

(h)

Sunshine Coast Regional Council.

road see the Land Act 1994, section 93.

screening includes washing, crushing, grinding, milling, sizing or separating material.

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