Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) Subregulation (2) applies to a work plan lodged on or after 1 July 2020.
(2) For the purposes of regulation 40(b)(ii), the specified information is details of the proposed rehabilitation of land disturbed by mining work under the licence including—
(a) proposed land uses for the affected land after it has been rehabilitated, that considers community views expressed during consultation; and
(b) a land form that will be achieved to complete rehabilitation, which must—
(i) be safe, stable and sustainable; and
(ii) be capable of supporting the proposed land uses referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c) objectives that set out distinct rehabilitation domains that collectively amount to the land form described in paragraph (b);
(d) criteria for measuring whether the objectives described in paragraph (c) have been met; and
(e) a description of, and schedule for, rehabilitation milestones; and
(f) an identification and assessment of relevant risks that the rehabilitated land may pose to the environment, to any member of the public or to land, property or infrastructure in the vicinity of the rehabilitated land, including—
(i) the type, likelihood and consequence of the risks; and
(ii) the activities required to manage the risks; and
(iii) the projected costs to manage the risks; and
(iv) any other matter that may be relevant to risks arising from the rehabilitated land.
(3) Subregulation (4) applies to a work plan lodged on or after 1 July 2019 but before 1 July 2020.
(4) For the purposes of regulation 40(b)(ii), the specified information is—
(a) concepts for the end utilisation of the mine site; and
(b) proposals for the progressive rehabilitation, stabilisation and revegetation of extraction areas, waste disposal areas, stockpile areas, dams and other land affected by the mining work; and
(c) proposals for landscaping to minimise the visual impact of the mine site; and
(d) proposals for the final rehabilitation and closure of the mine site, including the security of the site and the removal of plant and equipment, taking into account any potential long-term degradation of the environment.
(5) In this regulation—
"relevant risks" means risks that may require monitoring, maintenance, treatment or other ongoing land management activities after rehabilitation is complete.