Blair Athol Coal Mine EA amendment application (A-EA-AMD-100464270)

Closed: 1 July 2024 4.30pm
Topic: Environmental licensing and regulation
Type: Public notice and consultation

Orion Mining Pty Ltd has lodged an application for a major amendment to the Blair Athol Coal Mine EA EPML00876713. The application relates to a change to the final void outcome and construction design.

Environmental Protection Act 1994

Section 152

Application notice

Blair Athol coal mine

Resource activity: Mining activity relating to a mining lease.

It is advised that Orion Mining Pty Ltd (Blair Athol Mine) has lodged an application for a major amendment to an environmental authority in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Protection Act 1994. The environmental authority being amended is EPML00876713.

The application relates to a change to the final void outcome and construction design.

The resource activity is proposed to occur on the following tenure(s) and will involve: ML1804.

Schedule 3 13: Mining black coal.

Ancillary 08 – Chemical Storage 1: Storing a total of 50t or more of chemicals of dangerous goods class 1 or class 2, division 2.3 under subsection (1)(a)

Ancillary 31 – Mineral processing 2: Processing, in a year, the following quantities of mineral products, other than coke (b) more than 100,000t

Ancillary 63 – Sewage Treatment 1: Operating sewage treatment works, other than no-release works, with a total daily peak design capacity of (b-ii) more than 100 but not more than 1500EP otherwise.

The application documents for the project consist of application form, supporting document, information request, information response documents.

Application documents may be inspected or accessed at https://terracomresources.com/sustainability/environment/

Copies of, or extracts from, the application documents may also be obtained from the current environmental authority application or amendment documents web page.

It is advised that any person may make a submission about the application documents during the submission period, which is from 1 June 2024 to 1 July 2024. Submission must be received on or before 4.30pm on the last day of the submission period. Submissions must be sent to:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation
Business Centre Coal
PO Box 3028, Emerald QLD 4720
CRMining@des.qld.gov.au
Attention: Alison Cummings

The Department of Environment, 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.

Enquiries about the application can be made directly to:
Blair Athol Coal Mine,
Blair Athol Access Road,
Clermont, QLD, 4721
Andrew Koerber
Phone +61 461 298 603