ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 112 Other key definitions for ch 5
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 112
Other key definitions for ch 5112 Other key definitions for ch 5
In this chapter—
"application stage" , for an application, means the stage of the assessment
process carried out for the application under part 2 .
"decision stage" , for an application, means the stage of the assessment
process carried out for the application under part 5 .
"eligibility criteria" , for an environmentally relevant activity, means
eligibility criteria that are in effect for the activity under—
(a) an ERA standard; or
(b) section 707A or 707B .
"eligible ERA" means an environmentally relevant activity that complies with the eligibility criteria in effect for the activity.
"ERA project" means a prescribed ERA project or a resource project.
"Great Barrier Reef catchment waters" means water in—
(a) a river in the Great Barrier Reef catchment; or
(b) a tributary of a river mentioned in paragraph (a) .
"ineligible ERA" means an environmentally relevant activity that is not an eligible ERA.
"information stage" , for an application, means the stage of the assessment process carried out for the application under part 3 .
"management milestone" , for a non-use management area, means each significant event or step necessary to—
(a) achieve best practice management of the area; and
(b) minimise risks to the environment.
"non-use management area" means an area of land the subject of a PRC plan that can not be rehabilitated to a stable condition after all relevant activities for the PRC plan carried out on the land have ended.
"notification stage" , for an application, means the stage of the assessment process carried out for the application under part 4 .
"post-mining land use" , for land the subject of a PRC plan, means the purpose for which the land will be used after all relevant activities for the PRC plan carried out on the land have ended.
"PRC plan" , for land the subject of a mining lease, means a progressive rehabilitation and closure plan for the land that consists of—
(a) the rehabilitation planning part of the plan; and
(b) the PRCP schedule for the plan, including any conditions imposed on the schedule.
"PRCP schedule" , for a PRC plan, means a schedule of the plan that—
(a) complies with section 126D ; and
(b) is approved under chapter 5 , part 5 , division 2 , with or without conditions.
"prescribed ERA project" means all prescribed ERAs carried out, or proposed to be carried out, as a single integrated operation.
"public interest consideration" see section 316PA (3) .
"public interest evaluation" means an evaluation of a proposed non-use management area conducted under section 316PA .
"rehabilitation milestone" , for the rehabilitation of land, means each significant event or step necessary to rehabilitate the land to a stable condition.
"rehabilitation planning part" , of a PRC plan, see section 126C (2) .
"resource project" means resource activities carried out, or proposed to be carried out, under 1 or more resource tenures, in any combination, as a single integrated operation.
"single integrated operation" see section 113 .
"stable condition" , for land, see section 111A .
"underground water rights" means any of the following—
(a) underground water rights within the meaning of the Mineral Resources Act 1989 ;
(b) underground water rights within the meaning of the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 ;
(c) underground water rights within the meaning of the Petroleum Act 1923 , section 87 (3) .