MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                 Environmental Protection Act 1994

                                                                       Schedule 4

              (c)    is carried out under a prospecting permit.
              small scale mining tenure see section 21A(2).
              specified works see the Wild Rivers Act 2005, section 48(2).
              standard application, for chapter 5, see section 122.
              standard conditions—
              (a)    for an environmental authority—means the standard
                     conditions to which the authority is subject; or
              (b)    for     an     application     for    an     environmental
                     authority—means the standard conditions that are in
                     effect for the relevant activity or authority under section
                     318D or 707A.
              standard criteria means—
              (a)    the following principles of environmental policy as set
                     out in the Intergovernmental Agreement on the
                     Environment—
                     (i)   the precautionary principle;
                     (ii) intergenerational equity;
                     (iii) conservation of biological diversity and ecological
                           integrity; and
              (b)    any Commonwealth or State government plans,
                     standards, agreements or requirements about
                     environmental protection or ecologically sustainable
                     development; and
              (c)    any relevant wild river declaration; and
              (d)    any relevant environmental impact study, assessment or
                     report; and
              (e)    the character, resilience and values of the receiving
                     environment; and
              (f)    all submissions made by the applicant and submitters;
                     and
              (g)    the best practice environmental management for
                     activities under any relevant instrument, or proposed
                     instrument, as follows—
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