Technical guidelines
The Technical Guidelines for the Environmental Management of Exploration and Mining in Queensland (PDF, 71K)* were prepared for the former Department of Minerals and Energy and published in 1995.
Please note, the guidelines contain references to some statutory tools and responsible authority contacts that are now out of date. However, the technical information is still applicable, and the guidelines are referred to in the various Codes of Environmental Compliance that contain conditions applicable to environmental authorities for standard exploration, mineral development, mining claim and mining lease projects.
Any suggestions for a review of these documents can be provided to the Director, Regulatory Support and Practice, Environment and Natural Resource Regulation, Department of Environment and Resource Management, GPO Box 2454, Brisbane Qld 4001.
Some of the information in the documents below, such as contact telephone numbers and addresses, are out of date.
Mine planning guidelines
- Identification of Potential Environmental Issues (PDF, 75K)*
- Initial Advice Statement (PDF, 87K)*
- Determination of Post-Mining Land Use (PDF, 29K)*
- Land Suitability Assessment Techniques (PDF, 68K)*
- Good Relations With Landowners (PDF, 37K)*
- Community Consultation (PDF, 70K)*
- Air Pollution Control (PDF, 57K)*
- Noise Management (PDF, 29K)*
- Exploration and Mining in Watercourses (PDF, 123K)*
- Identification of Suitable Mine Environmental Management Expertise (PDF, 120K)*
- Progressive Rehabilitation (PDF, 14K)*
- Assessment and Management of Acid Drainage (PDF, 67K)*
- Assessment and Management of Saline/Sodic Wastes (PDF, 37K)*
Water management guidelines
- Water supply (PDF, 76K)*
- Site Water Management (PDF, 70K)*
- Water Discharge Management (PDF, 22K)*
- Tailings Management (PDF, 49K)*
- Water Monitoring (PDF, 33K)*
Rehabilitation guidelines
- Rehabilitation of Areas Containing Shafts, Boreholes or Adits (PDF, 84K)*
- Open Pit Rehabilitation (PDF, 32K)*
- Rehabilitation of Spontaneous Combustion Areas (PDF, 24K)*
- Rehabilitation of Land Subsidence Areas (PDF, 127K)*
- Geotechnical Slope Stability (PDF, 126K)*
- Erosion Control (PDF, 33K)*
- Growth Media Management (PDF, 49K)*
- Revegetation Methods (PDF, 130K)*
- Assessment of Revegetation (PDF, 31K)*
- Housekeeping on Rehabilitated Areas (PDF, 39K)*
- Minesite Decommissioning (PDF, 35K)*
- Estimation of Mine Rehabilitation Costs (PDF, 51K)*
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Last updated 18 April 2012