General duties
12 General duties
A person who carries out a mining operation or an associated, incidental or ancillary activity must ensure that the operation or activity is carried out so as to minimise interference with the amenity of the area.
A person who carries out a mining operation or an associated, incidental or ancillary activity must ensure that vegetation within and around the site of the operation or activity is not unnecessarily interfered with, damaged or cut down.
A person who carries out a mining operation or an associated, incidental or ancillary activity must not create a nuisance through the production of undue or excessive noise or dust.
A person who carries out a mining operation or an associated, incidental or ancillary activity must not allow the operation or activity to cause the sea, groundwater, or a river, tributary, stream, dam, watercourse, billabong or other body of water, to become degraded.
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