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Extractive industries approval - Queensland

Description

You will need this approval if you intend to carry on an extractive industry.

Extractive industry refers to the recovery or processing of extractive materials such as soil, sand, gravel, rock, stone or other materials extracted from the earth. This does not include regulated substances like coals, minerals or petroleum.

If you are extracting over 5000t of extracting materials per year, you will also require an environmental authority (EA).

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

Please contact the council or local authority to identify any eligibility requirements.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

There may be specific approval conditions that require you to:

  • take specified measures to protect the safety of persons working on the site and others
  • regulate access to the site
  • fence the site and stockpile of extractive materials
  • regulate the accumulation of water on the site
  • regulate the time when operations or specific aspects of the operations (such as blasting) may be carried out
  • take specified action to prevent or minimise pollution (including pollution of land, water or air and noise pollution)
  • plant and maintain vegetation to screen the site and prevent or minimise visual pollution
  • rehabilitate the land affected by the operations carried out under the approval
  • give security for compliance with the conditions of the permit
  • keep specified records containing information of a specified kind.

Duration

As specified

Fees

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Forms

Act(s) name

Local Government Act 2009 Queensland

Administering agency

Local Council

Contact details

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