Conditions imposed for future environmental authority or mining lease relating to EPC 891
100 Conditions imposed for future environmental authority or mining lease relating to EPC 891
This section applies for any environmental authority or mining lease granted because of an application for an environmental authority or a mining lease relating to EPC 891.
It is a condition of the lease that no open cut mining can be carried out under the lease.
It is a condition of the environmental authority that its holder must use all reasonable endeavours to rehabilitate all impacts on the land from underground coal mining carried out under the lease.
This section does not limit or otherwise affect a power under this Act, the Mineral Resources Act 1989 or the Environmental Protection Act to impose other conditions on the lease or authority, or a resource activity for the lease or authority, that are not inconsistent with these conditions.
In this section—
EPC means an exploration permit for coal under the Mineral Resources Act 1989.
mining lease means a mining lease under the Mineral Resources Act 1989.
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