Extractive Industry Code
Performance Criteria and Information Requirements
Performance Criteria
Information Requirements
P1
R1
Operation of the use and ongoing
rehabilitation of the site must be designed and
implemented to:
• promote the efficient extraction of
economic resources
• protect the natural environment
• minimise adverse impacts on sensitive
receiving environments and amenity land
form after extraction is completed
• result in optimal future land use and
• minimise the production of waste products
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
Note:
The waste management strategy for
Queensland provides guidance on waste
management strategies
Note:
Demonstration of compliance with this
Performance Criterion is likely to require the
submission of reports detailing:
• survey drawings of the existing site and
plans showing the proposed staging of
extraction and rehabilitation and
development in stages of on–site access,
operational infrastructure, stockpiling
areas, other storage and servicing areas
and water management
• geological and geotechnical information
about the resource, and description and
evaluation of alternatives considered for
the exploitation of the resource
• specification of all machinery, including
vehicles, intended to be employed on the
site
• an evaluation of the need for the
development, including markets and
proposed rates of extraction
• proposals including plans for progressive
planting and site rehabilitation, including
demonstration of visual impact over time
• proposed methods of removing material or
refuse from the site
• an Environmental Management Plan that
addresses all issues relevant to the
Performance Criterion
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P2
The proposal must achieve an acceptable
standard of visual amenity, having regard to
the characteristics of the site, the resource, the
surrounding area and the desirable character
of the locality
R2
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
R3
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
R4
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
Note:
Demonstration of compliance with this
Performance Criterion is likely to require the
submission of reports detailing:
• plans and information about existing
vegetation, specifying what is to be
retained
• proposals for screening particular
components of site operations, e.g. vehicle
servicing
• proposals for bunding, planting and any
other measures aimed at achieving
acceptable visual amenity
• identification of all sensitive areas where
the proposed development can be seen
• evaluation of the impact on visual amenity
of the proposed development over its life
P3
Use of the site must not result in unacceptable
impacts on the natural environment
Note:
Demonstration of compliance with this
Performance Criterion is likely to require the
submission of reports detailing:
• a description of the existing site vegetation
and habitat values
• an evaluation of impacts on ecology,
including in terms of water management
proposals and alternatives for site
development
P4
Water from around and within the area of
operation must be managed so that it does not
adversely affect the environmental values of
groundwater and receiving surface waters
Note:
Demonstration of compliance with this
Performance Criterion is likely to require the
submission of reports detailing information as
required by the Stormwater Management
Code as well as information on likely impacts
on ground water quality
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P5
Emissions of air pollutants must not cause
significant environmental harm or nuisance
impacts
R5
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
R6
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
Note:
The Air Quality Planning Scheme Policy
provides guidance on the assessment of
impacts on air quality
Note:
Demonstration of compliance with this
Performance Criterion is likely to require the
submission of reports detailing:
• impacts from equipment used in
extracting, handling, processing and
transporting materials
• measures to contain air pollution
• identification of sensitive receiving
environments
• modelling of air pollution impacts
• evaluation of the air pollution impacts of
alternative practical approaches to
exploitation of the resource
P6.1 The proposal must be designed and operated
so as to minimise noise impacts on the
surrounding area
P6.2 Operation must not increase noise levels at
any sensitive receiving environment to an
unacceptable level
P6.3 Vibration must be managed to acceptable
levels
Note:
Demonstration of compliance with this
Performance Criterion is likely to require the
submission of a report addressing noise
impacts as detailed in the Noise Impact
Assessment Planning Scheme Policy
P7
Lighting must not cause a nuisance to other
properties
R7
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
P8
Operation must be designed and constructed
to ensure efficient on–site manoeuvring and
adequate off–street parking
R8
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
P9
Any hazard or risk associated with the
development must be within acceptable limits
R9
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
Note:
Demonstration of compliance with this
Performance Criterion is likely to require the
submission of reports detailing:
• public safety issues
• impacts of blasting
• pedestrian movement and safety
• subsidence of land
• restriction of access to the site
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P10
Transport of materials from the site must
minimise environmental and amenity impacts
and must not reduce the operation of the
major road network beyond acceptable limits
R10
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
Note:
Demonstration of compliance with this
Performance Criterion is likely to require the
submission of reports detailing:
• assessment of all transport options,
including rail, road, conveyor, pipeline
and waterborne transport
• analysis of traffic movements predicted for
the extractive industry
• standards of roads proposed to be used
• evaluation of alternative access
possibilities
• impacts on the movement system,
including amenity, maintenance and safety
issues
• measures to avoid spillage, dust and noise
nuisance
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