Coppabella Mine Major Amendment (A-EA-AMD-100600739)

Closed
3 October 2025 4.30pm
Topic
Environmental licensing and regulation
Type
Public notice and consultation
Region
Mackay

Peabody Coppabella Pty Ltd on behalf of the Coppabella Moorvale Joint Venture (CMJV) has lodged an application for a major amendment to environmental authority EPML00579213 relating to the reconfiguration and expansion of mining disturbance areas across the mining tenements. The activities authorised at Coppabella include Mining Black Coal and ancillary activities across Mining Leases’s ML70161, ML70163, ML70164, ML70236 ML70237 and Petroleum Lease PL1015.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994
Section 152
Application notice

Resource activity: Mining activity relating to a mining lease

It is advised that PEABODY ENERGY AUSTRALIA has lodged an amendment application for an environmental authority in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Protection Act 1994. The environmental authority being amended is EPM100579213.

The application relates to an amendment to the environmental authority (EA) based on inconsistencies identified in the rehabilitation and residual void conditions of the approved mining plan.

An amendment to the EA is required due to the following issues:

  • Inconsistent surface Areas
    • Projected surface areas in Table C1 are not aligned with current lease areas or the current plan to maximise resource extraction.
  • Unassigned Land Use
    • Residual voids listed in Table C1 do not have a proposed post-mining land use.
  • Void Configuration Mismatch
    • Table C3 authorises four discrete final voids, which does not reflect the intended final landform configuration.
  • NUMA Components Not Addressed
    • Low walls, end walls, and highwalls—classified under the Waste Management Plan (WMP) as part of the NUMA—do not have a proposed land use in the EA.
  • Water Quality Concerns
    • Water quality within the residual void(s) is incompatible with any proposed post-mining land use (PMLU), necessitating reconsideration of land use planning.

The resource activity is proposed to occur on the following tenure(s) and will involve Schedule 3: 13 mining black coal and ancillary activities:

ML70161, ML70163, ML70164, ML70236 ML70237, PL1015

The application documents (including documents submitted with the application and any final revised response to the information request) for the project consist of Application Form, Supporting Report including Appendices.

Application documents may be inspected or accessed at Peabody Energy and Current environmental authority applications.

Copies of, or extracts from, the application documents may also be obtained at info@peabodyenergy.com.

It is advised that any person may make a submission about the application documents during the submission period, which is from 6 September 2025 to 3 October 2025. Submission must be received on or before 4.30pm on the last day of the submission period. Submissions must be sent to:

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Business Centre Coal
PO Box 3028, Emerald QLD 4720
CRMining@detsi.qld.gov.au
Attention: Jessica Edgar

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation as administering authority shall accept all properly made submissions and may accept written submissions even if they are not properly made. A properly made submission must meet all of the following requirements:

  • be written or made electronically
  • state the name and address of each submitter
  • be made to the administering authority stated above
  • be received on or before the last day of the submission period
  • state the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds.

Submission may be made using the Submission form: Application or amendment application for an environmental authority / PRC plan / PRCP schedule (ESR/2015/1617). If you wish to make submissions electronically, please use submission form (ESR/2015/1617) as a guide about the matters that are to be included.