Bill
Atomic Energy Amendment (Mine Rehabilitation and Closure) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-11-29. Industry, Science and Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Industry, Science and Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-09-08
- second reading — 2022-09-08
- second reading — 2022-10-26
- other — 2022-10-26
- second reading — 2022-11-09
- second reading — 2022-11-09
- other — 2022-11-09
- third reading — 2022-11-09
- introduced — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-23
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- third reading — 2022-11-24
- passed — 2022-11-24
- royal assent — 2022-11-29
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-09-08.
The bill would let the Minister keep the existing rules for the Ranger Uranium Mine in the Northern Territory after mining stopped and full rehabilitation began.
It would allow the Minister to give the mine operator a new Rehabilitation Authority for rehabilitation, remediation and monitoring, or extend the current authority beyond 2026.
The bill would also let the Minister declare that an authority no longer applies to a part of the mine site once the operator has met rehabilitation requirements for that part.
- The Minister can confer a Rehabilitation Authority on the mine operator for rehabilitation, remediation and monitoring at Ranger.
- The Minister can extend the period of the existing Section 41 Authority to authorise rehabilitation beyond 2026.
- The Minister can declare that a Part III Authority no longer applies to a part of the Ranger Project Area when rehabilitation requirements are satisfied.
The mine operator (currently Energy Resources of Australia Ltd), the Northern Land Council, Traditional Owners, and the Australian Government.
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