Environmental Protection (Underground Water Management) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Queensland Document type Legislation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Mineral resources, Water Keyword Cultural heritage Local government Protection of environment Mining Oil Pollution control Groundwater Offences/penalties Water abstraction Water quality standards Water rights Well sinking/boreholes Concession Contract/agreement Freshwater pollution Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract Under Part 2 the Environmental Protection (Underground Water Management) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (The Amendment Act) amends the Environmental Protection Act 1994 in several sections and provides the definition and discipline for underground water rights within the meaning of the Mineral Resources Act 1989, of the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 and of the Petroleum Act 1923, section 87. The underground water rights disciplined are for a resource project that includes a resource tenure that is a mineral development license, mining lease or petroleum lease; or a resource activity for which the relevant tenure is a mineral development license, mining lease or petroleum lease. A new section 126A establishes distinct requirements for site-specific applications involving the exercise of underground water rights. The application must state any proposed exercise of underground water rights during the period in which resource activities will be carried out under the relevant tenure; the areas in which underground water rights are proposed to be exercised; for each aquifer affected by the exercise of underground water rights a description of the aquifer, an analysis of the movement of underground water, a description of the area and the predicted quantities of water to be taken or interfered with; the environmental values that will, or may, be affected; any impacts on the quality of groundwater; strategies for avoiding, mitigating or managing the predicted impacts. A new section 227AA is also added concerning requirements for amendment applications involving changes to the exercise of underground water rights. Full text English Website www.legislation.qld.gov.au References - Legislation Amends Water Act 2000. Legislation | Australia | 2000 (2023) Keyword: Framework law, Freshwater resources management, Institution, Water rights, Water charges, Well sinking/boreholes, Irrigation, Drainage/land reclamation, Groundwater, Right to water, Sustainable development, Indigenous peoples, Human rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX Environmental Protection Act 1994. Legislation | Australia | 1994 (2020) Keyword: Framework law, Environmental planning, Authorization/permit, Mining, EIA, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Indigenous peoples, Policy/planning, Concession, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable development, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX Queensland Heritage Act 1992. Legislation | Australia | 1992 (2016) Keyword: Cultural heritage, Non-governmental entity, Registration, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX