Data as at 14 September 2026 · from the Queensland EP Act public register
EPVX03835216 · NC COAL COMPANY PTY LIMITED
Coal environmental authority EPVX03835216 (NC COAL COMPANY PTY LIMITED), Granted. 32 conditions indexed. No PRC plan.
- Status
- Granted
- Holders
- NC COAL COMPANY PTY LIMITED
- PRC plan
- None
- How it was read
- Numbered conditions
- Register
- Register record · Instrument PDF
Conditions
32 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
Monitoring Except where specified otherwise in another condition of this environmental authority, all monitoring records, or reports, required by this authority must be kept for a period of not less than five (5) years. Records must include, but are not limited to, the location of all disturbance activities undertaken, including fluids and any additives used for drilling.
- A3
Financial assurance The activity must not be carried out until the environmental authority holder has given financial assurance to the administering authority as security for compliance with this environmental authority and any costs or expenses, or likely costs or expenses, mentioned in section 298 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
- A4
The amount of financial assurance must be reviewed by the holder of this environmental authority when the authority is amended.
- A5
Notification of emergencies and incidents The holder of this environmental authority must notify the administering authority by written notification within twenty-four (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.
- A6
Within ten (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; and c) Proposed actions to prevent a recurrence of the emergency or incident. ____________________________ 1 Permit includes licences, approvals, permits, authorisations, certificates, sanctions or equivalent/similar as required by legislation www.des.qld.gov.au ABN 46 640 294 485 Permit Environmental authority - EPVX03835216
- A7
Complaints The holder of this environmental authority must record all environmental complaints received about the mining activities including: a) Name, address and contact number for 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; g) Any abatement measures implemented; and h) Person responsible for resolving the complaint.
- A8
Chemicals and flammable or combustible liquids Flammable and combustible liquids, including petroleum products, should be stored and handled in accordance with the latest edition of AS1940--The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids. Where no relevant Australian standard exists for a stored material, the holder must store such materials within an effective on-site containment system.
- A9
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that spills of hazardous contaminants are cleaned up as quickly as practicable. Such spillage must be cleaned in a way that prevents the release of such contaminants to waters. Agency interest: Land Condition Condition number
- B1
The mining activity must not, at any one time, cause more than 10 hectares of land to be significantly disturbed.
- B2
The operational area of each individual drill site must not exceed 1000m2.
- B3
This environmental authority does not authorise costeaning or bulk sampling.
- B4
The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out activities in a Category A Environmentally Sensitive Area.
- B5
Activities involving machinery must not be carried out within 1 kilometre of a Category A Environmentally Sensitive Area.
- B6
Activities involving machinery are authorised to be carried out within a Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area only at the locations specified in Table 1: Authorised exploration sites in 2017, and identified in Attachment 1.
- B7
Activities involving machinery are authorised to be carried out within 500 metres of a Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area only at the locations specified in Table 1: Authorised exploration sites in 2017, and identified in Attachment 1. Table 1: Authorised exploration sites in 2017 Permit Environmental authority - EPVX03835216 FID Hole Type Area Tenure East North Collar 36 NNOH43 OH Kangaroo EPC977 596898 7663232 230 49 NNOH60 OH Kangaroo EPC977 595850 7663750 100 50 NNOH61 OH Kangaroo EPC977 596100 7663749 100 51 NNOH62 OH Kangaroo EPC977 596350 7663752 100 52 NNOH63 OH Kangaroo EPC977 596600 7663500 100 53 NNOH64 OH Kangaroo EPC977 596591 7663751 100 54 NNOH65 OH Kangaroo EPC977 596900 7663499 100 55 NNOH66 OH Kangaroo EPC977 595726 7663623 100 56 NNOH67 OH Kangaroo EPC977 595850 7664000 100 57 NNOH68 OH Kangaroo EPC977 596100 7664000 100 58 NNOH69 OH Kangaroo EPC977 596350 7664000 100
- B8
Prior to carrying out activities in a Category C environmentally sensitive area, the holder of this environmental authority must consult with the administering authority. If it is determined through the consultation that additional conditions are necessary, the holder must comply with those conditions.
- B9
The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out activities within 100m of a Historical, Archaeological or Ethnographic site.
- B10
Erosion and Sediment Control 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.
- B11
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.
- B12
The holder of the environmental authority must ensure that topsoil is removed and stockpiled prior to carrying out any mining activity. The mixing, and erosion, of topsoil and overburden stockpiles must be prevented or minimised.
- B13
The holder of the environmental authority must plan and conduct activities on site to prevent any potential or actual release of a hazardous contaminant.
- B14
Acid sulphate soils The holder of the environmental authority must treat and manage acid sulphate soils in accordance with the latest edition of the Queensland Acid Sulfate Soil Technical Manual.
- B15
Roads and tracks The holder of the environmental authority must consult with the landowner prior to establishing any new roads and tracks.
- B16
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. Permit Environmental authority - EPVX03835216
- B20
Campsites Campsites are not authorised on EPC977.
- B21
Rehabilitation Unless stated otherwise by conditions in this environmental authority, rehabilitation must be carried out in accordance with the most recent version of the document: Eligibility criteria and standard conditions for exploration and mineral development projects.
- B22
Rehabilitation of disturbance within 500m of, and within, Category B Environmentally Sensitive Areas, must be undertaken as soon as practicable, but no longer than three (3) months after completion of the disturbance activity.
- B23
Rehabilitation of disturbance within a Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area must achieve a stable landform, which includes the same vegetation types and density of cover to that of the surrounding undisturbed Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area.
- B24
Notwithstanding condition B23, all areas disturbed by activities carried out under this environmental authority must be rehabilitated to achieve the following outcomes; a) safe to humans and wildlife; b) non-polluting; c) stable; d) able to sustain the surrounding, undisturbed land use.
- B25
Legacy Sites The holder of the environmental authority must decommission all drill holes identified in Table 2, apart from those still required for monitoring purposes on or before 31 December 2018 by undertaking the following actions: 1) where practical dispose of all unused drill chips to the hole or to a sump pit and; 2) cap the hole at a depth that is appropriate for the previous land use of the area (unless the land owner stipulates a future use which requires the cap to be placed deeper); and 3) backfill the hole above the cap with soil or material similar to the surrounding soil or material.
- B26
The holder of the environmental authority must rehabilitate all drill holes identified in Table 2 to a stable landform similar to that of surrounding undisturbed areas. Permit Environmental authority - EPVX03835216 Table 2 - Drill holes to be decommissioned by 31 December 2018 Borehole ID EAST NORTH Grid Coordinates