Data as at 14 September 2026 · from the Queensland EP Act public register
EPVX01592413 · PEABODY COPPABELLA PTY LTD
Minerals environmental authority EPVX01592413 (PEABODY COPPABELLA PTY LTD), Granted. 18 conditions indexed. No PRC plan.
- Status
- Granted
- Holders
- PEABODY COPPABELLA PTY LTD; CITIC AUSTRALIA COPPABELLA PTY LTD; KC RESOURCES PTY. LTD.; NS COAL PTY LTD; WINCHESTER COAL OPERATIONS PTY LTD
- PRC plan
- None
- How it was read
- Numbered conditions
- Register
- Register record · Instrument PDF
Conditions
18 numbered conditions read from the current instrument. Page numbers link into the register PDF.
- B1
Contaminants must not be released to land. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Permit Environmental authority
- B2
The environmental authority holder is authorised to undertake no more than twenty nine (29) drill sites, within the 500 m buffer of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Areas, in accordance with Attachment 1: MDL 494 Location of mineral development activities.
- B3
The environmental authority holder is not authorised to undertake any mining activities within any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area, in accordance with Attachment 1: MDL 494 Location of mineral development activities.
- B4
The environmental authority holder is authorised to undertake approximately 8.2 km in length of access tracks, at a width of <5m, totaling approximately 5 ha of clearing required (maximum), within the 500 m buffer of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Areas, in accordance with Attachment 1: MDL 494 Location of mineral development activities.
- B5
The operational area of individual drill sites must not exceed 1000m2.
- B6
Drill holes constructed in accordance with condition B2 are to be located as far as practicable in previously cleared areas.
- B7
Drill holes are limited to less than 250mm in diameter.
- B8
The construction of sumps must not exceed 10m2.
- B9
Existing access and fence line tracks must be used wherever possible. Any new tracks are to be constructed (with prior consultation of the landowner) by linking naturally cleared or disturbed areas.
- B10
When constructing tracks, the environmental authority holder must minimise disturbance and avoid clearing of trees in or within the 500m buffer and in Category B Environmentally Sensitive Areas.
- B11
Constructed tracks must be less than 5 metres in width, including shoulder width.
- B12
Track construction involving blade clearing of established ground cover vegetation and/or clearing of mature trees is to be minimised.
- B13
Tracks should not be used when soil is saturated and prone to displacement or erosion by vehicle movement.
- B14
Topsoil stripping is limited to the sump area of 10m2. Where topsoil is removed it must be stockpiled for re-spreading during rehabilitation.
- B15
Rehabilitation must be carried out in accordance with the Queensland Coal Corporation Site Preparation and Rehabilitation Guidelines.
- B16
Rehabilitation of disturbance within the 500m buffer and in Category B Environmentally Sensitive Areas must be completed as soon as practicable, but no longer than three (3) months after completion of the disturbance activity. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Permit Environmental authority
- B17
All land subject to mining activities must be rehabilitated within six (6) months of concluding exploration activities at each drill site to a non-polluting, safe, stable and self- sustaining landform.
- B18
An annual report must be prepared each year and submitted with each annual return. The report must include a map identifying all mineral development activities undertaken to date on Mineral Development Licence 494. The map is to clearly distinguish between proposed, completed and rehabilitated mining activities to demonstrate compliance with this environmental authority. END OF CONDITIONS DEFINITIONS Key terms and/or phrases used in this document are defined in this section and bolded throughout this document. Applicants should note that where a term is not defined, the definition in the Environmental Protection Act 1994, its regulations or environmental protection policies and codes must be used. If a word remains undefined it has its ordinary meaning. Activity means the environmentally relevant activities, whether resource activities or prescribed activities, to which the environmental authority relates. predecessors. Appropriately qualified person(s) means a person or persons who has professional qualifications, training, skills or experience relevant to the nominated subject matter and can give authoritative assessment, advice and analysis to performance relative to the subject matter using the relevant protocols, standards, methods or literature. Boundary means within 1m of the cadastral boundary of the approved place. Category B environmentally sensitive area as per the definitions within the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008. Contaminate means to render impure by contact or mixture. Contaminant A contaminant can be - _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Permit Environmental authority a) a gas, liquid or solid; or b) an odour; or c) an organism (whether alive or dead), including a virus; or d) energy, including noise, heat, radioactivity and electromagnetic radiation; or e) a combination of contaminants. Disturbed means any area that has had its natural state altered by the action or interference of carrying out an activity associated with the mining project. Environmental authority means an environmental authority under Chapter 5 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994.