Data as at 14 September 2026 · from the Queensland EP Act public register
BRMN0039 · MT. DOCKERELL MINING PTY LTD
Minerals environmental authority BRMN0039 (MT. DOCKERELL MINING PTY LTD), Granted. 48 conditions indexed. No PRC plan.
- Status
- Granted
- Holders
- MT. DOCKERELL MINING PTY LTD
- PRC plan
- None
- How it was read
- Numbered conditions
- Register
- Register record · Instrument PDF
Conditions
48 numbered conditions read from the current instrument. Page numbers link into the register PDF.
- A1
This environmental authority authorises environmental harm referred to in the conditions. Where there is no condition or this environmental authority is silent on a matter, the lack of a condition or silence does not authorise environmental harm.
- A2
Activities involving machinery may be carried out within 1 kilometre of a category A environmentally sensitive area or within 500 metres of category B environmentally sensitive area. Prior to carrying out activities in a category C environmentally sensitive area, consult with the relevant administering authority. If it is determined through the consultation that additional conditions are necessary, the holder must comply with those conditions.
- A3
Aside from the mining activities authorised under conditions A4, A5 and A6, the holder of the environmental authority must not carry out activities in a category A or B environmentally sensitive area.
- A4
The holder of the environmental authority may only carry out mining activities in a category B environmentally sensitive area in the locations depicted in Schedule G - Figures 1 - 7 and described in Schedule A - Table 1 (Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area Permitted Disturbance). Schedule A - Table 1 (Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area Permitted Disturbance) Description Easting Northing Disturbance (GDA94) (GDA94) Trafalgar
- A5
Notwithstanding the mining activities specified in condition A4, the holder of the environmental authority may also carry out additional activities, restricted to 16 drill pads and access tracks, in a category B environmentally sensitive area in accordance with the following limitations: a) 1000 metres long by five (5) metres wide; and b) must not occur in the bed or banks of surface waters; and c) the locations of the additional activities must only occur within the areas depicted in Schedule G - Figures 8a and 8b.
- A6
Any disturbance within the areas depicted in Schedule G - Figures 1 - 7 and described in Schedule A- Table 1 (Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area Permitted Disturbance) and condition A5 is not to: a) exceed a total disturbance area of 0.75 hectares; b) damage or destroy any mature trees with a trunk diameter of greater than 25 centimetres.
- A7
Significant residual impacts to prescribed environmental matters, are not authorised under this environmental authority or the Environmental Offsets Act 2014.
- A8
Any disturbance within the areas depicted in Schedule G - Figures 1 - 8 and described in Schedule A- Table 1 (Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area Permitted Disturbance) and condition A5 must not impact adversely on surrounding category A or B environmentally sensitive area.
- A9
The mining activity must not, at any one time, cause more than 10 hectares of land to be significantly disturbed.
- A10
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that the area and duration of disturbance to land and vegetation is minimised. Not more than 2,250m2 can be disturbed at any one location.
- A11
Records of disturbance from the mining activities must be kept and made available to the OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority BRMN0039 administering authority upon request in the format requested. These records must include, at a minimum: a) the type, location and area of disturbance from mining activities; and b) the date of the disturbance from the mining activities; and c) the commencement and completion dates for rehabilitation of disturbance
- A12
The holder of this environmental authority must: a) install all measures, plant and equipment necessary to ensure compliance with the conditions of this environmental authority; b) maintain such measures, plant and equipment in a proper and efficient condition; c) operate such measures, plant and equipment in a proper and efficient manner; d) ensure all instruments and devices used for the measurement or monitoring of any parameter under any condition of this environmental authority are properly calibrated.
- A13
All reasonable and practicable measures must be taken to prevent or minimise environmental harm caused by the activities.
- A14
The holder of the environmental authority must record and notify the administering authority of any emergency or incident which demonstrates non-compliance with conditions of this environmental authority. Notification of emergencies, incidents and exceptions
- A15
The holder of this environmental authority must notify the administering authority by written notification within 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.
- A16
Within 10 business days following the initial notification of an emergency or incident, or receipt of monitoring results, whichever is the latter, further 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 unlawful environmental harm; c) proposed actions to prevent a recurrence of the emergency or incident. Complaints
- A17
The holder of this environmental authority must record all environmental complaints received about the mining 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; OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority BRMN0039 g) any abatement measures implemented; h) person responsible for resolving the complaint.
- A18
The holder of this environmental authority must, when requested by the administering authority, undertake relevant specified monitoring within a reasonable time frame 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 10 business days of completion of the investigation, or no later than 10 business days after the end of the timeframe nominated by the administering authority to undertake the investigation.
- A19
Where a condition of this environmental authority requires compliance with a standard, policy or guideline published externally to this environmental authority and the standard is amended or changed subsequent to the issue of this environmental authority, the holder of this environmental authority must: a) comply with the amended or changed standard, policy or guideline within two years of the amendment or change being made, unless a different period is specified in the amended standard or relevant legislation; b) until compliance with the amended or changed standard, policy or guideline is achieved, continue to remain in compliance with the corresponding provision that was current immediately prior to the relevant amendment or change. END OF SCHEDULE A Schedule B - Air
- D1
The holder of the environmental authority must plan and conduct activities on site to prevent any potential or actual release of a hazardous contaminant.
- D2
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that spills of hazardous contaminants are cleaned up as quickly as practicable. Such spillage must not becleaned up by hosing, sweeping or otherwise releasing such contaminants to anywatercourse, waterway, groundwater, wetland or lake.
- D3
The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out activities within 100 metres of a Historical, Archaeological or Ethnographic site. OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority BRMN0039
- D4
The holder of the environmental authority must consult with the landowner prior to establishing any new roads and tracks.
- D5
When constructing new roads and tracks, the holder of the environmental authority must ensure that the area and duration of disturbance to land, vegetation and watercourses is minimised.
- D6
When drilling, excavating or sampling, the holder of the environmental authority must ensure that the area and duration of disturbance to land and vegetation is minimised.
- D7
The holder of the environmental authority must not drill, excavate or clear vegetation: a) in standing waters, wetlands or lakes; or b) on the sloped banks or within 3 metres of the top of the bank or 5 metres of the toe of the bank; or c) within or on the levee banks of the normal flow channel.
- D8
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 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 and; 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); c) backfill the hole above the cap with soil or material similar to the surrounding soil or material.
- D9
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 litres per hour; b) the difference in electrical conductivity of water is greater than 10% of the lower value.
- D10
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that exploration drill holes that strike artesian flows of water that exceeds 500 litres per hourfor seven days must be either: 1. 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 Report No. SW4 - "Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia ", (ARMCANZ 1997); or 2. capped to allow for future conversion into a controlled artesian bore by a licensed water bore driller; or 3. 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; b) the explorer provides details of the agreement and the drill hole to the Department of Resources within 30 days of obtaining the landowner's agreement.
- D11
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 OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority BRMN0039 for more than three (3) years must be capped with steel casing and appropriately identified.
- D12
The holder of the environmental authority must plan and determine the final position of gridlines and geophysical lines in consultation with the landowner.
- D13
In riverine areas, the holder of the environmental authority must complete the rehabilitation processes on all areas disturbed by mining activities, apart from those areas currently being utilised for mining activities, as soon as practical and prior to the onset of the wet season.
- D14
For all other areas on the mining tenement, the holder of the environmental authority must complete the rehabilitation processes on all areas disturbed by mining activities, apart from those areas currently being utilised for mining activities, as soon as practical and at least within six (6) months of the completion of works in those areas.
- D15
The holder of the environmental authority must backfill all excavations, drill holes or sampling sites as soon as practical following the completion of exploration activities.
- D16
Condition D17 does not apply to any excavations, drill holes or sampling sites that are to remain after the completion of exploration activities, by agreement with the landowner
- D17
The holder of the environmental authority must rehabilitate areas disturbed by mining activities to a stable landform similar to that of surrounding undisturbed areas.
- D18
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.
- D19
The holder of the environmental authority must complete rehabilitation of disturbed areas to the satisfaction of the administrating authority.
- D20
All explosives, hazardous chemicals, corrosive substances, toxic substances, gasesand dangerous goods should be stored and handled in accordance with the current Australian Standard where such is applicable.
- D21
The holder of the environmental authority must conduct biannual monitoring of the rehabilitation of activities within environmentally sensitive areas for a minimum of two (2) years.
- D22
A flora and fauna impact assessment, prepared by an appropriately qualified person, must be submitted to the administering authority prior to the clearing of any endangered regional ecosystem.
- D23
By 30 October 2023 a detailed flora survey of sections of the Bulonga, Even Steven, Pearl, Pommern, Tourist Zone and Trafalgar Trend Prospects within the existing category B environmentally sensitive areas on the exploration tenures must be undertaken.
- D24
The flora survey required by condition D23 must be undertaken by an appropriately qualified person and must include, but not be limited to, a ground-truthed assessment of the nature of vegetation.
- D25
An environmental offset must be made in accordance with the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 and Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy, where a significant residual impact occurs to a prescribed environmental matter.
- D26
Records demonstrating that each impact to a prescribed environmental matter did not, or is not likely to, result in a significant residual impact to that matter must be: a) completed by an appropriately qualified person; b) kept for the life of the environmental authority. OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority BRMN0039 END OF SCHEDULE D Schedule E-Water
- E1
Contaminants must not be released directly or indirectly to any waters or groundwaters as a result of the authorised mining activities. Stormwater and water sediment controls
- E2
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. END OF SCHEDULE E Schedule F - Definitions Key terms and/or phrases used in this document are defined in this section. Where a term is not defined, the definition in the Environmental Protection Act 1994, its regulations or environmental protection policies must be used. If a word remains undefined it has its ordinary meaning. 'administering authority' is the agency that administers the environmental authority provisions under the Environmental Protection Act 1994. `appropriately qualified person' means a person who has professional qualifications, training, skills or experience relevant to the nominated subject matter and can give authoritative assessment, advice and analysis on performance relating to the subject matter using the relevant protocols, standards, methods or literature. 'archaeological site' is a site that has physical evidence of the past, which has the potential to increase our knowledge of earlier human occupation, activities and events. 'artesian drill hole' is an exploration drill hole from which water freely flows at a rate of greater than 500 L/hour for at least 7 days after being drilled. 'banks' means the feature which confines major flows within a watercourse. They are steeper than a terrace and are generally of a slope greater than 1:1 on outer bends. 'camp' is the area encompassing any dwelling, amenities (e.g., toilet block, power generator), sewage or general waste disposal facility and includes the office area and vehicle parking areas associated with a temporary or permanent mining camp. 'chemical' means: a) an agricultural chemical product or veterinary chemical product within the meaning of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 (Commonwealth), or b) a dangerous good under the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail approved by the Australian Transport Council, or e) a lead hazardous substance within the meaning of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 1997, or OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority BRMN0039 f) a drug or poison in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons prepared by the Australian Health Ministers ' Advisory Council and published by the Commonwealth, or g) any substance used as, or intended for use as: i. a pesticide, insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, rodenticide, nematicide, miticide, fumigant or related product, or ii. a surface-active agent, including, for example, soap or related detergent, or iii. a paint solvent, pigment, dye, printing ink, industrial polish, adhesive, sealant, food additive, bleach, sanitiser, disinfectant, or biocide, or iv. a fertiliser for agricultural, horticultural or garden use, or v. a substance used for, or intended for use for mineral processing or treatment of metal, pulp and paper, textile, timber, water or wastewater, or vi. manufacture of plastic or synthetic rubber. 'commercial place' means a workplace used as an office or for business or commercial purposes, which is not part of the mining activity and does not include employees' accommodation or public roads.