Data as at 14 September 2026 · from the Queensland EP Act public register
EPPR00718713 · VALERIA COAL HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED
Minerals environmental authority EPPR00718713 (VALERIA COAL HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED), Granted. 62 conditions indexed. No PRC plan.
- Status
- Granted
- Holders
- VALERIA COAL HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED; J.C.D. AUSTRALIA PTY.LTD.; J-POWER AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.; LEICHHARDT COAL PTY LIMITED
- PRC plan
- None
- How it was read
- Numbered conditions
- Register
- Register record · Instrument PDF
Conditions
62 numbered conditions read from the current instrument. Page numbers link into the register PDF.
- A1
The conditions of this environmental authority are in force until a surrender of the authority is accepted pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1994. The conditions apply unless an amendment is approved pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
- A2
The environmental authority holder must develop and implement during the continuation of this authority, a program to ensure that all employees and contractors on site are aware of and comply with the relevant requirements for this authority.
- A3
Activity This environmental authority does not authorise environmental harm unless a condition contained within the authority explicitly authorises that harm. Where there is no condition or the authority is silent on a matter, the lack of a condition or silence shall not be construed as authorising harm.
- A4
The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out resource activities in a Category A Environmentally Sensitive Area. Resource activities involving machinery must not be carried out within 1km of a Category A Environmentally Sensitive Area. Prior to carrying out resource activities in a Category C Environmentally Sensitive Area, the holder of this environmental authority must consult with the administering authority. If it is determined through the consultation that additional conditions are necessary, the holder must comply with those conditions.
- A5
The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out resource activities in a Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area with the exception of: a) rehabilitation activities involving vegetation clearing at nine (9) legacy exploration sites; and b) rehabilitation activities not involving vegetation clearing at legacy exploration sites.
- A6
The environmental authority holder is authorised to undertake resource activities within 500m of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) in accordance with Table A1- Authorised disturbance within 500m of a Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area, and Table A2: Pre-existing legacy disturbance within 500m of a Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area. Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713 Table A1: Authorised disturbance within 500m of a Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area Activity Limitation of Maximum disturbance area Total disturbance (ha) activity Exploration 7 1,600m2 1.12ha Drill pad 2.6km 13,000m2 1.3ha Roads and Tracks 2D Seismic - - - Survey Table A2: Pre-existing legacy disturbance within 500m of a Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area Activity Limitation of Maximum disturbance area Total disturbance (ha) activity Rehabilitation 1,000m2 13.9ha of legacy 139 exploration sites Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713
- A7
The environmental authority holder is not authorised to undertake 3D seismic survey tracks in, and within 500 metres of, Category B Environmentally Sensitive Areas.
- A8
Construction of resource activity camps is not authorised in or within 500 metres of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area.
- A9
The environmental authority holder must ensure that the area and duration of disturbance to land, vegetation and watercourses is minimised when undertaking the following resource activities - a) Drilling; b) Excavating; c) Sampling; d) Constructing new roads or tracks; e) Constructing grid or geophysical lines; f) Rehabilitation; and g) Establishing a campsite.
- A10
Maintenance of Measures, Plant and Equipment The environmental authority holder must: a) install all measures, plant and equipment necessary to ensure compliance with the conditions of this environmental authority; and maintain such measures, plant and equipment in a proper condition; and b) operate such measures, plant and equipment in a proper manner.
- A11
Reporting and Emergency Response Procedures All reasonable and practicable measures are to be taken to minimise environmental harm, or potential environmental harm, resulting from any emergency, incident or circumstances not in accordance with the conditions of this environmental authority.
- A12
The holder must notify the administering authority by written notification as soon as practicable but within twenty-four (24) hours after becoming aware of any emergency or incident which results in the release of contaminants not in accordance, or reasonably expected to be not in accordance, with the conditions of this environmental authority. Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713
- A13
The notification in Condition A12 must include, but not be limited to, the following: a) The environmental authority number and name of the holder; b) The name and telephone number of the designated contact person; c) The location of the emergency or incident; d) The date and time of the emergency or incident; e) The time the holder of the environmental authority became aware of the emergency or incident; f) Where known, the estimated quantity and type of substances involved in the emergency or incident; g) the actual or potential cause of the emergency or incident; h) a description of the nature and effects of the emergency or incident including environmental risks, and any risks to public health or livestock; i) Any sampling conducted or proposed, relevant to the emergency or incident; j) Immediate actions taken to prevent or mitigate any further environmental harm caused by the emergency or incident; and k) What notification of stakeholders who may be affected by the emergency or incident has occurred or is being undertaken.
- A14
Within ten (10) business days following the initial notification of an emergency or incident, or receipt of monitoring results, whichever is the later, written advice must be provided to the administering authority, including the following: a) results and interpretation of any samples taken and analysed; b) outcomes of actions taken at the time to prevent or minimise environmental harm; and c) proposed actions to prevent a recurrence of the emergency or incident.
- A15
The holder must notify, in writing, the occupiers or registered owners of affected land as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of any incident that has the potential to impact on environmental values or breaches any condition of this environmental authority concerning releases of contaminants to the environment.
- A16
The notification in Condition A15 must include the following: a) The location of the incident; b) The date and time of the incident; c) The estimated quantity and type of any substances involved in the incident; d) The potential impacts to environmental values caused by the incident; and e) Where there is potential impact on livestock or human health, precautionary measures that should be taken.
- A17
Monitoring Record, compile and keep for a minimum of five (5) years all monitoring results required by this environmental authority and make available for inspection all or any of these records upon request by the administering authority.
- A18
Monitoring or determinations or both, required under a condition of this environmental authority must be conducted by an appropriately qualified person(s). Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713
- A19
Complaints The holder of this environmental authority must record all environmental complaints received about the resource activities including: a) name, address and contact number for of the complainant; b) time and date of complaint; c) reasons for the complaint; d) investigations undertaken; e) conclusions formed; f) actions taken to resolve the complaint; g) any abatement measures implemented; and h) person responsible for resolving the complaint.
- A20
The holder of this environmental authority must, when requested by the administering authority, undertake relevant specified monitoring within a reasonable timeframe nominated or agreed to by the administering authority to investigate any complaint of environmental harm. The results of the investigation (including an analysis and interpretation of the monitoring results) and abatement measures, where implemented, must be provided to the administering authority within ten (10) business days of completion of the investigation, or no later than ten (10) business days after the end of the timeframe nominated by the administering authority to undertake the investigation.
- A21
Chemicals and flammable or combustible liquids The holder of the environmental authority must not directly or indirectly release fuels, oils, lubricants or other contaminants to any watercourse, waterway, groundwater, wetland or lake.
- A22
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that all chemical, fuel and oil storage facilities less than 10,000L on a mining tenement, must be designed and operated in accordance with Australian Standard 1940:2017 - `The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids', Section 2, Minor Storage.
- A23
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that: a) all chemical, fuel and oil storage facilities of more than 10,000L on a mining tenement, must be bunded to contain at least 100 percent of the volume of the largest container, plus 25 percent of the storage capacity of the largest container up to a maximum of 10,000L, together with 10 percent of the storage capacity beyond 10,000L; and b) the facility must be operated and maintained in accordance with the Australian Standard 1940:2017 - "The Storage and Handling of flammable and combustible liquids".
- A24
Hazardous Contaminants The holder of the environmental authority must plan and conduct resource activities on site to prevent any potential or actual release of a hazardous contaminant. Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713
- A25
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that spills of hazardous contaminants are cleaned up as quickly as practicable. Such spillage must not be cleaned up by hosing, sweeping or otherwise releasing such contaminants to any watercourse, waterway, groundwater, wetland or lake. Schedule B: Air Condition Condition Number
- D1
The holder of the environmental authority must not directly or indirectly release waste from the site to any watercourse, waterway, groundwater, wetland or lake.
- D2
The holder of the environmental authority must not directly or indirectly release wastewater to any watercourse, waterway, groundwater, wetland or lake.
- D3
The holder of the environmental authority must not dispose of more than 50 tonnes of general waste on the mining tenement per year. Schedule E: Water Condition Condition number
- E1
Contaminants that will or have the potential to cause environmental harm must not be released directly or indirectly to any waters as a result of the authorised resource activities.
- E2
Erosion and Sediment Control The holder of the environmental authority must design, install and maintain adequate banks and/or diversion drains to minimise the potential for storm water runoff to enter disturbed areas.
- E3
The holder of the environmental authority must design, install and maintain adequate erosion and sediment control structures wherever necessary to prevent or minimise erosion of disturbed areas and the sedimentation of any watercourse, waterway, wetland or lake.
- E4
The holder of the environmental authority must not drill, excavate or clear vegetation: Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713 a) in standing waters, wetlands or lakes; b) on the watercourse banks or within 3m of the top of the bank or 5m of the toe of the bank; or c) within, or on the levee banks of the normal flow channel.
- E5
The holder of this environmental authority is permitted to conduct rehabilitation activities for 12 legacy exploration sites within or in proximity (within 25m) to watercourses in compliance with condition E4.
- E6
Groundwater The holder of this environmental authority must not release contaminants to groundwater. Schedule F: Land Condition Condition number
- F1
Drilling, Excavating and Sampling The environmental authority holder must not exceed 3,500m2 area of disturbance for each drill pad.
- F2
The environmental authority holder must not exceed 10,000m2 area of disturbance for each groundwater pumping bore site, with a maximum area of disturbance for all groundwater pumping bore sites on MDL219 not exceeding 30,000m2.
- F3
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure: a) all marker pegs are marked with contrasting colour so as to be clearly visible; b) all marker pegs are removed from the tenement at the completion of resource activities; and c) all permanent markers (example, concrete plugs or steel plates) are installed at ground level and made safe.
- F4
Topsoil and Overburden Management The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that: a) Topsoil is removed and stockpiled prior to carrying out any exploration activity; and b) Measures are implemented to the mixing and erosion of topsoil and overburden stockpiles is prevented.
- F5
Offsets Impacts to prescribed environmental matters are only authorised to occur for the prescribed environmental matters and to the extent specified in Table F1 - Authorised impacts to prescribed environmental matters, and at the locations specified in Figure 2 - Impacts to Matters of State Environmental Significance on MDL219.
- F6
Historical, Archaeological or Ethnographic site(s) The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out resource activities within 100m of a Historical, Archaeological or Ethnographic site. Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713 Note: Refer to the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Register established under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 and the Queensland Heritage Act 1992.
- F7
Prior to carrying out resource activities, the holder of the environmental authority must consult with the administering authority if a site has the potential to be designated as a historical, archaeological or ethnographic site.
- F8
Roads, Tracks, Camps and Gridlines or Geophysical Lines The environmental authority holder must use any existing access and fence line tracks where practicable.
- F9
The holder of the environmental authority must consult with the landowner prior to establishing: a) New roads; b) New tracks; c) Campsites; and d) Gridlines or geophysical lines.
- F10
Tracks are not to be constructed greater than 4 metres in width, including shoulder width.
- F11
All new tracks within 500 metres of a Category B and Category C Environmentally Sensitive Areas are to be recorded with a Global Positioning System, and records kept of their location, and made available to the administering authority on request.
- F12
Rehabilitation All land subject to resource activities must be rehabilitated to a non-polluting, safe, stable and self-sustaining landform.
- F13
Rehabilitation of areas significantly disturbed by resource activities within 500 metres of any ground-truthed Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area must be completed as soon as practicable, but no longer than three (3) months after completion of the disturbance activity.
- F14
For all other areas on the mining tenement, the holder of the environmental authority must complete the rehabilitation processes on all areas disturbed by resource activities, apart from those areas currently being utilised for resource activities, as soon as practical and at least within six (6) months of the completion of works in those areas.
- F15
The holder of the environmental authority must spread seeds or plant species that will promote vegetation of a similar species and density of cover to that of the surrounding undisturbed areas or vegetation that is appropriate for providing erosion control and stabilisation of the disturbed areas.
- F16
Significantly disturbed areas within 500m of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area must be revegetated with plant species that will promote the same vegetation type and density of cover to that of the surrounding areas in and within 500 metres of Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area undisturbed by resource activities.
- F17
An annual rehabilitation report must be prepared each year and made available on request to the administering authority. The annual rehabilitation report must include: a) Completed rehabilitation from previous calendar year; Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713 b) Planned rehabilitation for upcoming calendar year; and c) Rehabilitation status across the tenure.
- F18
The report required by Condition F17 must include details of resource activities undertaken and details of progressive rehabilitation works completed to demonstrate compliance with Conditions F12 to F13.
- F19
The holder of the environmental authority must backfill all excavations, drill holes or sampling sites as soon as practical following the completion of resource activities, unless to be retained by agreement with the landowner.
- F20
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that exploration drill holes that are to be retained for future mineral resource evaluation purposes are cased and capped. Holes to be retained for more than three (3) years must be capped with steel casing and appropriately identified.
- F21
For any Mine Infrastructure to remain after all resource activities have ceased, the holder of the environmental authority must obtain the written agreement of the land owner stating they will take over responsibility for that infrastructure.
- F22
The holder of the environmental authority must decommission all non-artesian drill holes, apart from those still required for monitoring purposes as soon as practical, but no later than six (6) months after the hole was drilled by undertaking the following actions: a) where practical dispose of all unused drill chips to the hole or to a sump pit; b) cap the hole at a depth that is appropriate for the previous land use of the area (unless the landowner stipulates a future use which requires the cap to be placed deeper); and c) backfill the hole above the cap with soil or material similar to the surrounding soil or material.
- F23
The holder of the environmental authority must isolate non-artesian aquifers where a drill hole intersects more than one water bearing strata by casing or plugging the hole as soon as practical after the hole is no longer required, but no later than two (2) months after the hole was drilled, apart from those holes that are still required for monitoring purposes if: a) the flow difference between aquifers exceeds 500 L/hour; and b) the difference in electrical conductivity of water is greater than 10 percent of the lower value.
- F24
Conditions F22 and F23 do not apply to a non-artesian exploration drill hole if: a) the landowner and the holder of the environmental authority have agreed that it should be left for conversion to a water bore; b) the landowner gives a written undertaking to accept responsibility for the hole; c) the details of the agreement and the drill hole (such as its GPS location and the drill logs showing the water bearing strata and flow rates) are provided to the Department of Resources within thirty (30) days of the landowner giving the undertaking; and d) the hole is temporarily capped so as to prevent possible ingress of surface waters and associated sediments and pollutants. Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713
- F25
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that exploration drill holes that strike artesian flows of water that exceeds 500 L/hour for seven (7) days must be either: a) decommissioned as soon as practical, but no later than one (1) month after the hole was drilled, apart from holes that are still required for monitoring or evaluation purposes. Refer to "Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia", (NUDLC 2020); or b) capped to allow for future conversion into a controlled artesian bore by a licensed water bore driller; or c) converted into a controlled artesian bore by a licensed water bore driller, provided that: (a) the landowner has undertaken in writing to accept responsibility for the drill hole; and (b) the holder of the environmental authority provides details of the agreement and the drill hole to the Department of Resources within thirty (30) days of obtaining the landowner's agreement.
- F26
In Riverine Areas, the holder of the environmental authority must complete the Rehabilitation Processes on all areas disturbed by resource activities, apart from those areas currently being utilised for resource activities, as soon as practical and prior to the onset of the wet season.
- F29
Legacy Rehabilitation Rehabilitation of the 465 legacy bores displayed in Figure 1 - Project location and legacy sites must be completed by 29 February 2028.
- F30
Rehabilitation of the 465 legacy bores will be in accordance with the rehabilitation method in the EA EPPR00718713 Amendment Application Legacy Rehabilitation Supporting Information Report submitted on 21 December 2023. Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713 Table F1 - Authorised impacts to prescribed environmental matters Prescribed Environmental Matter Total Environmental Maximum Extent of Offset Required Regulated vegetation Endangered regional ecosystem - 11.3.1 Impact (ha) 0.13 No Of concern regional ecosystem - 11.3.2 0.31 No Of concern regional ecosystem - 11.3.3 0.56 No Of concern regional ecosystem - 11.3.4 0.53 No Of concern regional ecosystem - 11.3.6 0.33 No Of concern regional ecosystem - 11.3.25 0.11 No Of concern regional ecosystem within a defined distance from the defining 0.75 No banks of a relevant watercourse - 11.3.2, 11.3.3, 11.3.4, 11.3.6, 11.3.25 Endangered regional ecosystem within a wetland or within 100m from the 0.08 No defining banks of a wetland- 11.3.1 Of concern regional ecosystem within a wetland or within 100m from the 0.11 No defining banks of a wetland- 11.3.2, 11.3.3 Essential habitat - Ornamental snake 0.13 No Protected wildlife habitat Habitat for an animal that is vulnerable wildlife - Squatter pigeon 1.97 No Habitat for an animal that is endangered wildlife - Koala 1.84 No Habitat for an animal that is vulnerable wildlife - Yakka Skink 0.43 No Habitat for an animal that is vulnerable wildlife - Greater Glider 1.84 No Habitat for an animal that is vulnerable wildlife - Ornamental Snake 0.43 No Habitat for an animal that is Special Least Concern wildlife - Short-beaked 2.37 No Echidna Permit Environmental authority EPPR00718713