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Metropolitan Coal Independent Environmental Audit
Condition
No.
Condition Verification Compliance Comments
of the Director-General. This strategy must:
(a) be prepared by a team of suitably qualified and experienced
experts whose appointment has been endorsed by the
Director-General;
(b) be prepared in consultation with relevant stakeholders,
including WCC and the CCC;
(c) investigate options for the future use of the area upon the
completion of mining;
(d) describe and justify the proposed rehabilitation strategy for
the area; and
(e) define the rehabilitation objectives for the area, as well as
the proposed completion criteria for this rehabilitation.
Progressive Rehabilitation
6/3 To the extent that mining operations permit, the Proponent shall carry
out rehabilitation progressively, that is, as soon as reasonably
practicable following the disturbance.
Rehabilitation Management Plan
6/4 The Proponent shall prepare and implement a Rehabilitation
Management Plan for the project to the satisfaction of the Executive
Director Mineral Resources. This plan must be prepared in
consultation with the relevant stakeholders, and submitted to DPI for
approval prior to carrying out any second workings in the mining area.
Note: In accordance with condition 12 of schedule 2, the preparation
and implementation of Rehabilitation Management Plans is likely to be
staged, with each plan covering a defined area (or domain) for
rehabilitation. In addition, while mining operations are being carried
out, some of the proposed remediation or rehabilitation measures may
be included in the detailed management plans that form part of the
Extraction Plan. If this is the case, however, then the Proponent will be
required to ensure that there is good cross-referencing between the
various management plans.
2011
Letter from DP&I Endorsing
Experts for Rehabilitation
Strategy Development, 8 Oct
2011
Rehabilitation Strategy, Oct
2011
Letter to DP&I re
Rehabilitation Strategy, 26
Oct 2011
Metropolitan Colliery
Rehabilitation Management
Plan, Dec 2010
Letter from DI&I re Approval
of the Rehabilitation
Management Plan, 22 Oct
2010
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the Director-General on 26 October 2011:
(a) The team of suitably qualified experts to prepare
the Rehabilitation Strategy was approved by
DP&I on 8 October 2011:
• Reece McDougall, Heritage Consultant, Godden
Mackay Logan Pty Ltd.
• Elizabeth Norris, Ecologist/Botanist, Eco Logical
Australia.
• Allan Watson, Civil Engineering Consultant,
Allan Watson Associates Pty Ltd.
(b) consultation with Wollongong City Council on
(26 September 2011), Community Consultative
Community (2 August 2011 and 16 August
2011), and the Helensburgh and District
Historical Society (2 August 2011 and 8 August
2011).
(c) Section 4 Future Land Use Options
(d) Section 5 Rehabilitation Objectives
(e) Section 5 and 6 Completion Criteria
The Rehabilitation Management Plan was prepared
and submitted to the Director-General prior to
carrying out any second workings in the Long-wall
20-22 mining area.
DP&I approved the Rehabilitation Management
Plan on 14 May 2010, subject to comments
provided in a letter dated 21 April 2010 being
addressed prior to 31 October 2011.
Rehabilitation Management Plan approved by
NSW I&I (Mineral Resources) on 22 October
2010.
Rev A of the Rehabilitation Management Plan
was distributed to the SCA, DECCW, NSW
Office of Water, NSW I&I (Fisheries), DoP and
NSW I&I (Mineral Resources). Rev B of the
RMP addressed comments from NSW I&I
(Mineral Resources), SCA and DoP.
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