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Metropolitan Coal Independent Environmental Audit
Attachment C Mining Lease
INSTRUMENT OF RENEWAL
Lease No. Consolidated Coal Lease (CCL) No. 703 (ACT, 1973)
Holder: Metropolitan Collieries Limited (ABN. 91 003 135 635)
Date of Lease 3 July 1989 Expiry Date of the Lease: 26 January 2003
Period of Renewal: 26 January 2024
Area:
about 51.95 square kilometres
Mineral:
Coal
Amendments to the Conditions of the Lease: All the Conditions contained in the lease prior to the renewal have been deleted.
The lease is now subject to the attached Schedule of Conditions of Authority (Coal) (1999) related to environmental management
ML No. ML Condition Compliance Comment
SCHEDULE OF CONDITIONS OF AUTHORITY (COAL) (1999) EXTRACTION OF COAL
1 The lease holder shall extract as large a percentage of the coal
in the subject area as is practicable consistent with the
provisions of the Coal Mines Regulations Act 1982 and the
Regulations thereunder and shall comply with any direction
given or which may be given in this regard by the Minister.
MINING, REHABILITATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROCESS (MREMP) MINING OPERATIONS PLAN (MOP)
2 (1) Mining operations, including mining purposes, must be
conducted in accordance with a Mining Operations Plan
(the Plan) satisfactory to the Director-General. The Plan
together with environmental conditions of development
consent and other approvals will form the basis for:-
ongoing mining operations and environmental
management; and
ongoing monitoring of the project.
(2) The Plan must be prepared in accordance with the
Director-General's guidelines, current at the time of
lodgement.
(3) A Plan must be lodged with the Director-General :
prior to the commencement of operations;
subsequently as appropriate prior to the expiry of any
current Plan; and
in accordance with any direction issued by the
Director-General.
(4) The Plan must present a schedule of proposed mine
development for a period of up to seven (7) years and
contain diagrams and documentation which identify:-
Mining Operations Plan, 2000
Mining Operations Plan 1 Oct 2005
to 30 Sep 2012, dated 31 Aug 2005
Letter from DPI re Approval of MOP
1 Oct 2005 to 30 Sep 2012, 14 Sep
2005
Draft Final Closure Plan, Oct 2005
Letter from DPI re Draft Final
Closure Plan – Addendum to MOP,
24 Oct 2005
Letter from DI&I re Approval of MOP
Amendment, 20 May 2010
Noted
C (1) The current Mining Operations Plan 2005 to 2012
was approved by DPI Minerals and amendment of
the MOP occurred in 2010 and was approved by
DI&I. Environmental management of the mine
operations occurs in accordance with the MOP,
Project Approval conditions and Environment
Protection Licence conditions and monitoring
programs.
(2) The MOP was prepared by Olsen Environmental
Consulting to satisfy the Director-General’s
Guidelines current in 2005.
(3) The MOP was lodged with the D-G prior to expiry
of the previous MOP 2000 to address the
proposed operations of the Metropolitan Colliery
operations for the 1 October to 30 September
2012 period.
(4) Section 3 of the MOP presented Proposed Mining
Activities for the 2005 to 2012 period:
plans of areas proposed to be disturbed during the
period of the MOP (Plans 4A, 4B and 4C);
Section 4 Proposed Rehabilitation Activities during
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