Data as at 14 September 2026 · from the Queensland EP Act public register
EPML00550413 · THALANGA COPPER MINES PTY LTD
Minerals environmental authority EPML00550413 (THALANGA COPPER MINES PTY LTD), Granted. 20 conditions indexed. No PRC plan.
- Status
- Granted
- Holders
- THALANGA COPPER MINES PTY LTD; BML Holdings Pty Ltd
- Tenures
- ML10028; ML1571; ML1734; ML1739
- PRC plan
- None
- How it was read
- Numbered conditions (OCR)
- Register
- Register record · Instrument PDF
Conditions
20 numbered conditions read from the current instrument. Page numbers link into the register PDF.
- A1-1
Provide a financial assurance in the amount and form required by the administering authority prior to the commencement of activities proposed under this environmental authority.
- A1-2
The financial assurance is to remain in force until the administering authority is satisfied that no claim on the assurance is likely. NOTE: Where progressive rehabilitation is completed and acceptable to the administering authority, progressive reductions to the amount of financial assurance will be applicable where rehabilitation has been completed in accordance with the acceptance criteria defined within this environmental authority. Maintenance of Measures, Plant and Equipment
- A2-1
The holder must: a) install all measures, plant and equipment necessary to ensure compliance with the conditions of this environmental authority; and b) maintain such measures, plant and equipment in a proper condition; and Cc) operate such measures, plant and equipment in a proper manner. Monitoring
- A3-1
Record, compile and keep for a minimum of five 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.
- A3-2
Where monitoring is a requirement of this environmental authority, ensure that a competent person(s) conducts all monitoring. Storage and Handling of Flammable and Combustible Liquids
- A4-1
Spillage of all flammable and combustible liquids must be contained within an on-site containment system and controlled in a manner that prevents environmental harm (other than trivial harm) and maintained in accordance with Section 5.9 of AS 1940 - Storage and Handling of Flammable and Combustible Liquids of 1993. Definitions
- A5-1
Words and phrases used throughout this Environmental Authority (EA) are defined in Schedule | — Definitions. Where a definition for a term used in this EA is sought and the term is not defined within this EA, the definitions in the Environmental Protection Act 1994, its Regulations and Environmental Protection Policies must be used. Notification
- A6-1
Notify the administering authority as soon as practicable when the release of contaminants is not in accordance with the conditions of this authority or any event where environmental harm may be threatened.
- A6-2
Written advice of the following information must be provided within 14 days following any event as identified in Condition A6-1: a) the location of the event; b) the time of the event; Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 Cc) the time the holder of this authority became aware of the event; d) — the suspected cause of the event; e) a description of the resulting effects of the event; f) actions taken to mitigate any environmental harm and or environmental nuisance caused by the event; g) proposed actions to prevent a recurrence of the event. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE A Schedule B - Air Dust nuisance {B1-1} Subject to Conditions (B1-2) and (B1-3) the release of dust or particulate matter or both resulting from the mining activity must not cause an environmental nuisance, at any sensitive place.
- C1-1
Receiving waters affected by the release of process water or storm water contaminated by the mining activities or both must be monitored at the locations and frequencies defined in Schedule C - Table 1 and Schedule J — Map 1 and comply with the contaminant limits defined in Schedule C - Table 2. Schedule C - Table 1 (Receiving water monitoring locations and frequency) Easting (GDA 94 Zone 55) Northing (GDA 94 Zone 55) Monitoring point Monitoring frequency 416691 7748531 Event is defined as: a flow event of sufficient magnitude to allow for collection of a sample of the receiving water at a monitoring point. Schedule C - Table 2 (Receiving water contaminant limits) Contaminant trigger Parameter Limit type lecela Total Dissolved Solids Sulfate 8 (C1-2) Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 Parameter Uni Limit type - | Contaminant trigger ipo levels Cyanide (WAD) ‘ These limits are based upon the ANZECC 2000 limits for livestock drinking water, and the concentrations therefore relate to total unfiltered concentrations in relation to metals. (See section 4.3.4 of the Guidelines.) ? Measured as the total concentration of sulfate. Stream sediment contaminant levels (C2-1) (C2-2) Easting (GDA 94 Zone 55) Northing (GDA 94 Zone 55) Monitoring frequency Monitoring point © 418188 7748255 Bi-Annually' 417937 7746693 Bi-Annually’ | 418293 7745825 Bi-Annually' 7748662 Bi-Annually' } 416553 7747063 415776 Bi-Annually' | 414930 7746299 Bi-Annually’ | 416588 7747467 Bi-Annually' | ‘ Sediments must be collected in October and April each year. The bed of the receiving waters, affected by the release of process water and storm water contaminated by the mining activities must be monitored at the locations and frequencies defined in Schedule C - Table 3 and Schedule J ~ Map 2. Schedule C - Table 3 (Receiving stream sediment monitoring locations and frequency) 4 Contaminants from the Pit, the ROM pad and the Tailings Storage Facility must not be released to any waters or the bed and banks of any waters. All reasonable and practicable erosion protection measures and sediment control measures must be implemented and maintained to minimise erosion and the release of sediment. Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413
- C2-3
Subject to Condition (C2-2), if the stream sediment contaminant trigger levels defined in Schedule C - Table 4 are exceeded then the environmental authority holder must complete an investigation into the potential for environmental harm and notify the administering authority within 3 months of receiving the analysis results. Schedule C - Table 4 (Receiving stream sediment co stream sediment contaminant trigger tt Monitoring point Units Contaminant trigger levels' mg/kg (ppm) 0.25 mg/kg (ppm) 117 mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) 681.6 mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) 30.4 mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) 240 0.8 113 31 85 Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 Monitoring point | Parameter | unte | contaminant tigger iva! Contaminant trigger levels’ mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) i mg/kg (ppm) These values relate to total, unfiltered concentrations.
- C2-4
Subject to Condition (C2-2), stream sediment contaminant limits must not exceed the contaminant limits defined in Schedule C -Table 5. Schedule C - Table 5 (Receiving stream sediment contaminant Jpenea Contaminant limits’ Parameter mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) mg/kg (ppm) $S7 ‘These values relate to total, unfiltered concentrations.
- C2-5
All stream sediment sampling must be undertaken in accordance with AS 5667.12 Guidance on Sampling of Bottom Sediments of 1998 or more recent editions as they become available, Sewage Effluent {C3-1) Treated sewage effluent may only be discharged to the evaporation trenches on site. Effluent may not be used for dust suppression or irrigation, nor discharged to land. He Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 Groundwater
- C4-1
Groundwater, affected by the mining activities must be monitored at the locations and frequencies defined in Schedule C - Table 6 and Schedule J — Map 3. Schedule C - Table 6 (Groundwater monitoring locations and frequency) Easting Northing (GDA 94 Zone 55) | (GDA 94 Zone 55) Monitoring frequency Monitoring point Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413
- C4-2
The trigger levels defined in Schedule C - Table 7 must not be exceeded when measured at the monitoring point listed in Schedule C — Table 6. If the groundwater contaminant trigger levels are exceeded, then the environmental authority holder must complete an investigation into the potential for environmental harm and notify the administering authority within 3 months of receiving the analysis results. Schedule C - Table 7 (Groundwater contaminant trigger levels) Contaminant trigger levels Total Dissolved Solids Sulfate Molybdenum ‘ These levels are based upon the ANZECC 2000 limits for livestock drinking water, and the concentrations therefore relate to total unfiltered concentrations in relation to metals. (See section 4.3.4 of the Guidelines.) ? Measured as the total concentration of sulfate.
- C4-4
Groundwater levels must be monitored and groundwater draw down fluctuations in excess of 2m per year, not resulting from the pumping of licensed bores, must be notified within 14 days to the administering authority following completion of monitoring. {C4-5) The method of sampling of groundwater must comply with that set out in the latest edition of the Administering Authority’s Water Quality Sampling Manual. Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 Acid rock drainage and leachate management (C5-1) (C5-2) Subject to the release limits defined in Schedule - C, all reasonable and practicable measures must be implemented to prevent hazardous leachate being directly or indirectly released or likely to be released as a result of the activity to any groundwater or water course. Seepage and leachate captured in the seepage monitoring well installed at the base of the Waste Rock Dump must be monitored monthly for the first 12 months after installation and quarterly thereafter. Results of the analysis of the samples are to be provided to the administering authority as they become available. Annual reporting must include an analysis of any trends or patterns in the contaminant levels and flow rates of the seepage. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE C Schedule D - Noise and Vibration Noise nuisance (D1-1) (D1-2) (D1-3) (D1-4) Subject to Conditions (D1-2) and (D1-3) noise from the mining activity must not cause an environmenta! nuisance, at any sensitive or commercial place. When requested by the administering authority, noise monitoring must be undertaken within a reasonable and practicable timeframe nominated by the administering authority to investigate any complaint (which is neither frivolous nor vexatious nor based on mistaken belief in the opinion of the authorised officer) of environmental nuisance at any sensitive or commercial place, and the results must be notified within 14 days to the administering authority following completion of monitoring. If the environmental! authority holder can provide evidence through monitoring that the limits defined in Schedule D - Table 1 and 2 inclusive, are not being exceeded then the holder is not in breach of Condition (D1-1). Monitoring must include: @) La, max adj, T b) the level and frequency of occurrence of impulsive or tonal noise; c) atmospheric conditions including wind speed and direction; and d) location, date and time of recording. If monitoring indicates exceedence of the limits in Schedule D - Table 1 and 2, then the environmental authority holder must: a) address the complaint including the use of appropriate dispute resolution if required; or b) immediately implement noise abatement measures so that emissions of noise from the activity do not result in further environmental nuisance. Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 The method of measurement and reporting of noise levels must comply with the latest edition of the Administering Authority's Noise Measurement Manual. Schedule D - Table 1 (Noise limits) Noise level Monday to Saturday Sundays and public holidays dB(A) measured ! { Lato, adj, 10 mins Las, adj, 10 Lato, adj, 10 Lads adj, 10 mins NOTE: The method of measurement and reporting of noise levels must comply with the !atest editions of the Administering Authority's Noise Manuals. Schedule D - Table 2 (Airblast Overpressure Level) Monday to Friday 7 am - 6 pm Location Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays 9am - 6 pm Sensitive place Air blast overpressure level (linear peak.); 115dB Commercial place Air blast overpressure level (linear peak.); 115dB Permit Environmental authority EPMLO00550413 Vibration nuisance (D2-1) (D2-2) (D2-3) (D2-4) Subject to Conditions (D2-2) and (D2-3) vibration from the mining activity must not cause an environmental nuisance, at any sensitive place. When requested by the administering authority, vibration monitoring must be undertaken within a reasonable and practicable timeframe nominated by the administering authority to investigate any complaint (which is neither frivolous nor vexatious nor based on mistaken belief in the opinion of the authorised officer) of environmental nuisance at any sensitive place, and the results must be notified within 14 days to the administering authority following completion of monitoring. If the environmental authority holder can provide evidence through monitoring that the limits defined in Schedule D - Table 3 are not being exceeded then the holder is not in breach of (D2-1). Monitoring must include: a) location of the blast(s) within the mining area (including which bench level); and b) atmospheric conditions including temperature, relative humidity and wind speed and direction; and c) location, date and time of recording. If monitoring indicates exceedence of the relevant limits in Schedule D - Table 3, then the environmental authority holder must: a) address the complaint including the use of appropriate dispute resolution if required; or b) immediately implement vibration abatement measures so that vibration from the activity does not result in further environmental nuisance. Schedule D - Table 3 (Vibration limits) Vibration measured at a sensitive place Location Monday to Friday 7am - 6pm | Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays 9am - 6pm 25mmi/s peak particle velocity for vibrations of more than 35Hz Sensitive place 10mm/s peak particle velocity for vibrations equal to or less than 35Hz 25mm/s peak particle velocity for vibrations of more than 35Hz Commercial place | 40Qmmi/s peak particle velocity for vibrations equal to or less than 35Hz END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE D Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 Schedule E - Waste Storage of tyres
- E1-1
Tyres stored awaiting disposal or transport for take-back and, recycling, or waste-to-energy options - should be stockpiled in volumes less than 3m in height and 200m’? in area and at least 10m from any other tyre storage area. ({E1-2) All reasonable and practicable fire prevention measures must be implemented, including removal of grass and other materials within a 10m radius of the scrap tyre storage area. Disposal of tyres
- E2-1
Where practicable, scrap tyres resulting from the mining activities can be disposed of in underground stopes provided this practice does not cause an unacceptable fire risk or compromise mine safety.
- E2-2
Disposing of scrap tyres resulting from the mining activities in spoil emplacements is acceptable, provided tyres are placed as deep in the spoil as reasonably practicable.
- E2-3
Scrap tyres resulting from the mining activities disposed within the operational land must not impede saturated aquifers or compromise the stability of the consolidated landform. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE E Schedule F — Land Rehabilitation landform criteria (F1-1)} Ail areas significantly disturbed by mining activities identified in Schedule F — Table 1 must be rehabilitated to the final land description as defined in Schedule F — Table 2. Schedule F - Table 1 (Final Land Use and Rehabilitation Approval Schedule) Tenure ID Projective Post mine land (Mmnaglesse | Disturbance type| Surface Post-mine land description Suitability Numibsr} area (ha) classification Residual void Residual void Waste Rock Light grazing, disturbed native . ; Grazing VIII dumps habitat Light grazing, disturbed native G vill habitat eel 1734 Borrow pits Light grazing, disturbed native Grazing VIII IW pI I habitat 0 Light grazing, disturbed native Wetland Grazing VII Light grazing, disturbed native Landfill Grazi Tenure ID {Mining Lease Nuinbert Waste Rock dumps 1739 Roads/tracks Dam Disturbance type Office/Contractor facilities Roads/tracks Creek diversion 55 Old Water Storage 40028 Open pit Open pit Old tailings dam 1571 Core yard Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 al Post mine land ~ sultability Projective surface Post-mine land description area (ha) classification Light grazing, disturbed native habitat Light grazing, disturbed native habitat Light grazing, disturbed native Light grazing, disturbed native habitat Light grazing, disturbed native habitat Light grazing, disturbed native habitat TBA Light grazing, disturbed native habitat Residual void Residual void 13 Residual void Residual void Grazing VIII Grazing VIII Light grazing, disturbed native habitat Light grazing, disturbed native habitat if Permit Environmental authority EPML00550413 418173