Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 344A

344A Meaning of remediation activity

(1) Each of the following activities is a
"remediation activity" —

(a) investigating the condition of—

(i) an abandoned mine site or affected land; or

(ii) a mine shaft or underground mine feature on an abandoned mine site or affected land; or

(iii) a structure or equipment on an abandoned mine site or affected land related to previous mining activities;

(b) capping or otherwise making safe a mine shaft on an abandoned mine site;

(c) making safe an underground mine feature or subsidence on an abandoned mine site or affected land;

(d) removing, modifying or otherwise making safe structures or equipment on an abandoned mine site or affected land related to previous mining activities;

(e) maintaining a mine shaft, underground mine feature, structure or equipment on an abandoned mine site or affected land related to previous mining activities;

(f) mitigating, managing, treating or cleaning up pollution that is on an abandoned mine site or affected land because of, directly or indirectly, previous mining activities;

(g) maintaining, managing and monitoring the condition of an abandoned mine site or affected land, including, for example—

(i) repairing erosion of the site or land or vegetation on the site or land; and

(ii) preventing further erosion of the site or land or vegetation; and

(iii) revegetating the site or land;

(h) if an abandoned mine site or affected land is contaminated land under the Environmental Protection Act —conducting work to remediate the site or land;

(i) removing, mitigating or managing a hazard on an abandoned mine site or affected land because of, directly or indirectly, previous mining activities;

(j) mitigating, managing or monitoring risks to, or adverse impacts on, public health or safety, other property or the environment because of, directly or indirectly, previous mining activities, including, by constructing infrastructure or installing equipment;

(k) assessing the commercial or practical feasibility of an abandoned mine site for the future exploration and mining of minerals or another use;

Examples of other uses—

a park, renewable energy generation, a water resource

(l) another activity on an abandoned mine site or affected land, prescribed by regulation—

(i) to make the site or land safe; or

(ii) to mitigate, manage or monitor risks to, or adverse impacts on, public health or safety, other property or the environment because of, directly or indirectly, previous mining activities.

(2) In this section—

"other property" , in relation to an abandoned mine site or affected land, means—

(a) land other than the abandoned mine site or affected land; or

(b) a structure, equipment or other thing, other than a structure or equipment on the abandoned mine site or affected land related to previous mining activities.