Extractive industries - Isaac Regional Council - QLD - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You need this permit to carry out an extractive industry.

This does not apply to operations that are regulated by the:

You do not need this permit for operations involving:

Certain farm improvement work is exempt from permit requirements. Contact council for further details.

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

Contact council for more information on the current application process and relevant form.

To obtain this permit, you may require:

town planning approval - (Material change of use)
licences from
1. Department of Natural Resources and Mines
2. Department of the Environment
an environmental impact study
a blasting permit.

Councils regulate extractive industries to ensure that:

Individuals establish, operate and maintain extractive industry operations:
1. according to essential public safety standards
2. that do not adversely impact existing infrastructure and services
3. that do not adversely impact the existing visual and acoustical amenity of the built and natural environment.
Industries rehabilitate land used for extractive industry operations during and following cessation of the extractive industry so as to enhance, or at least be consistent with, the built and natural environment
Industries make reasonable contributions to the effect of extractive industries on public infrastructure.

Councils may specify approval conditions that require you to:

take specified measures to protect the safety of persons working on the site and others
fence the site and stockpile extractive materials
take specified action to prevent or minimise pollution (including pollution of land, water, air or noise pollution)
plant and maintain vegetation to screen the site and prevent or minimise visual pollution
take action to rehabilitate land affected by the operations carried out under the approval
give security for compliance with the conditions of approval
make specified contributions to the council towards the maintenance or improvement of roads or other public infrastructure used in connection with an extractive industry
keep specified records containing information of a specified kind
take out public liability insurance in an amount nominated by the council and to name council as an interested party on the policy
require you and any other person who has an interest in or benefits from the operations to indemnify the council against claims for personal injury (including death) and damage to property (including economic loss) arising by, through, or, in connection with the operations
regulate site access
regulate the accumulation of water on the site
regulate the time when you may carry out operations or specific aspects of the operations
relate to any other matter prescribed by local law policy.

You need to contact council to determine these conditions.

The business use of this permit is only for extractive industries.

Isaac Regional Council

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Isaac Regional Council
Operating address:	Grosvenor Complex Batchelor Parade Moranbah, Queensland, 4744
Mailing address:	PO BOX 97 Moranbah, Queensland 4744
Phone:	1300 472 227
Fax:	07 4941 8666
Email:	records@isaac.qld.gov.au
Website:	Isaac Regional Council (Opens in new window)