The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 69(1)(iA) of the NEM:WA, made regulations regarding the planning and management of residue stockpiles and residue deposits.
The purpose of the regulations is to regulate the planning and management of residue stockpiles and residue deposits from a prospecting, mining, exploration or production operation and sets out provisions pertaining to, inter alia, characterisation and classification of residue stockpiles and residue deposits; investigation and selection of sites for residue stockpiling; and decommissioning, closure and post closure management of residue stockpiles and residue deposits.
In terms of the transitional arrangements to the regulations, anything done in terms of regulation 73 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations, 2004 that can be done in terms of these regulations must be deemed to have been done in terms of these regulations. Furthermore, management measures of residue stockpiles and residue deposits approved in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations, 2004 must be regarded as having been approved in terms of these regulations.
