Guidelines

• Estimated rehabilitation cost under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 – ESR/2018/4425
• Model mining conditions—ESR/2016/1936 (formerly EM944)
• Model water conditions for coal mines in the Fitzroy basin—ESR/2015/1561 (formerly EM288)
• Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plans (ESR/2019/4964)
• Guideline—Reef discharge standards for industrial activities—ESR/2021/5627

Environmental impact statements

• Criteria for environmental impact statements for resource projects under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (ESR/2016/2167)
• The environmental impact statement process for resource projects under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (ESR/2016/2171)

Read more information about the environmental impact statement process.

Regulated structures

• Structures which are dams or levees constructed as part of environmentally relevant activities—ESR/2016/1934 (formerly EM634)
• Manual for assessing consequence categories and hydraulic performance of structures— ESR/2016/1933 (formerly EM635)

• Regulated dam register—ESR/2016/2506

Underground water management

• Baseline assessments—ESR/2016/1999 (formerly EM1088)
• Bore assessments—ESR/2016/2005 (formerly EM1178)
• Quick Guide—Make Good Obligations—ESR/2016/2681
• Underground water impact reports and final reports— ESR/2016/2000 (formerly EM1089)
• Requirements for site-specific and amendment applications—underground water rights—ESR/2016/3275

Submission of spatial information

• Spatial information submission guideline (ESR/2018/4337)

Read more about the submission of spatial information and access to the schema and shapefile templates associated with this guideline.