Bengalla Mining Company Pty Limited - Rio Tinto Coal Australia

Rehabilitation & Landscape
Management Plan
Table 1
Rehabilitation & Landscape Management Plan Requirements
Condition Requirement Section
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By end of July 2007, the Applicant must prepare (and following approval
implement) a detailed Rehabilitation and Landscape Management Plan
for the development, in consultation with affected agencies, and to the
satisfaction of the DPI and the Director-General. This plan must be
prepared by suitably qualified expert/s whose appointment/s have been
approved by the Director-General, and must include a:
(a)
Rehabilitation Management Plan;
This
RLMP
(b)
(c)
Final Void Management Plan; and
Mine Closure Plan.
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The Rehabilitation Management Plan must include:
(a) the rehabilitation objectives for the site; 3.1
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
a description of the short, medium, and long term measures that
would be implemented to:
• rehabilitate the site; and
• manage the remnant vegetation and habitat on the site;
detailed assessment and completion criteria for the rehabilitation
of the site;
a detailed description of how the performance of the rehabilitation
of the mine would be monitored over time to achieve the stated
objectives;
a detailed description of what measures would be implemented
over the next 5 years to rehabilitate and manage the landscape of
the site including the procedures to be implemented for:
3.2 &
3.3
3.4
3.2.5 &
4.0
3.2
• progressively rehabilitating areas disturbed by mining; 3.2.3 &
3.2.4
• implementing revegetation and regeneration; 3.2.4
• protecting areas outside the disturbance areas; 3.2.1
• managing impacts on fauna; 3.2.1
• conserving and reusing topsoil; 3.2.1 &
3.2.3
• collecting and propagating seed for rehabilitation works; 3.2.1
• salvaging and reusing material from the site for habitat
enhancement;
3.2.1
• controlling weeds and feral pests; 3.2.6
• controlling access; 3.2.5
• bushfire management; 3.2.6
• managing any identified conflicts between the rehabilitation of
the mine and Aboriginal cultural heritage; and
3.2.1
Ref: 071025 bmc rehabilitation & landscape mp Page 2