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Section 9

QUARRIES –

of Environment Protection Prescribed Activities Environmental Impact Assessment Order 2005

State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 9 of 12
Section 9

(i)

Quarrying of aggregates, limestone, silica, quartzite, sandstone, sand, marble or stones for commercial or construction purposes within 3

kilometres of –

(a)

any existing settlement, residential, commercial or industrial area, major roads, or any buildings for public purposes, or

(b)

any area for which a licence, permit or approval has been granted for development of settlement, residential, commercial or indus-tries area, major roads, or any buildings for public purposes;

(ii)

Earth work involving extraction, removal, filling or dumping of earth with a volume of 40,000 cubic metres or more; or

(iii)

Excavation or dredging of sand or rock materials from watercourses, streams, rivers, coastal area or sea for commercial or construction purposes.