Progressive rehabilitation and closure plans

Holders of environmental authorities must submit rehabilitation plans for certain mining activities. These may be known under various names, but the department is transitioning holders towards progressive rehabilitation and closure plans (PRC plans) and associated schedules to manage their land rehabilitation.

This portal includes records related to PRC plans, as required under section 540(1)(a)(iv)-(vi) of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act).

This includes:

• PRC Plans and PRCP schedules
• audit reports of PRCP schedules

Documents are added to the portal incrementally, as they are reviewed by the department (for example, after a PRC plan is issued, or an audit report is received, by the department). Accordingly, the range of documents available online will depend on the stage of its assessment process; not all document types may be available at a given time. The most common stages that a proposed PRC plan goes through are outlined below (noting that not all stages apply to every application, and some applications may have additional requirements under the EP Act):​

1. Application
2. Public interest evaluations report for particular applications
3. Information request
4. Response to information request (applicant)
5. Proceed with the assessment of the application
6. Decision
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2. Issue PRCP schedule
3. Post-approval audits

You can also search for application documents for a proposed PRC Plan or an amendment of a PRCP schedule and reports about public interest evaluations.

For further information relating to these documents please refer to progressive rehabilitation and closure plan for mined land.

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Download a list of PRC Plans (XLSX) issued by the department.

Search for progressive rehabilitation and closure plan information:

1. 1. PRC number
   2. 1. Related permit
      2. Permit holder
      3. Status Approved
      4. Condition type Site-specific
   3. 1. Activity Schedule 3 ERA 63 - Sewage Treatment ERA 62 - Resource recovery and transfer facility operation ERA 60 - Waste disposal ERA 54 - Mechanical waste reprocessing ERA 50 - Mineral and bulk material handling ERA 42 - Clay or ceramic products manufacturing ERA 33 - Crushing, milling, grinding or screening ERA 31 - Mineral processing ERA 16 - Extraction and Screening ERA 15 - Fuel burning ERA 14 - Electricity generation ERA 08 - Chemical Storage ERA 07 - Chemical manufacturing Ancillary 64 - Water treatment Ancillary 63 - Sewage Treatment Ancillary 62 - Resource recovery and transfer facility operation Ancillary 60 - Waste disposal Ancillary 54 - Mechanical waste reprocessing Ancillary 41 - Cement manufacturing Ancillary 38 - Surface coating Ancillary 33 - Crushing, milling, grinding or screening Ancillary 31 - Mineral processing Ancillary 30 - Metal smelting and refining Ancillary 16 - Extraction and Screening Ancillary 15 - Fuel burning Ancillary 13 - Tyre manufacturing or retreading Ancillary 10 - Gas producing Ancillary 08 - Chemical Storage Ancillary 07 - Chemical manufacturing
      2. Industry Coal Industry and Development Minerals
   4. 1. Date effective from
      2. Date effective to
   5. 1. Location
      2. Postcode
   6. 1. Locality BEACHMERE BLACKWATER BLUFF BRIGALOW BROUGHTON BURBANK BURTON CAMEBY CANAL CREEK CANOONA CLONCURRY CLONTARF COLUMBOOLA COMET COPPABELLA DAJARRA DOMVILLE DYSART EAGLEFIELD FRANKFIELD GINDIE GODWIN BEACH GREENVALE HOOKSWOOD JELLINBAH KUNWARARA LAKELAND MACKENZIE RIVER MARMOR MIDDLEMOUNT MILLMERRAN MOFFATDALE MORANBAH MOUNT COOLON MOUNT ISA MURGON NEUMGNA NINGI REDLAND BAY ROCHEDALE ROSEWOOD SEVENTY MILE SOUTH NANANGO SPRINGLANDS STANWELL STEWARTON STRATHFIELD TALLEGALLA TARONG THREE RIVERS VALKYRIE WAVERLEY WINCHESTER WISHART YAAMBA YARRAMAN
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