Stage 2 of NSW Integrated Mining Policy (IMP) released for public comment

The NSW Government has now released the second stage of its Integrated Mining Policy (IMP), with a focus on audit and reporting, development contributions and water regulation.

This follows the release of Stage 1 on 28 May, which related primarily to the development application process for State significant mining and coal seam gas (CSG) projects. The public exhibition period for Stage 1 finished last month. Stage 2 is open for public comment until 7 September 2015.

Stage 2 documents

The second stage of the policy package includes exhibition of:

• Post Approval Guidelines ‒ Web-based Reporting Framework;
• Post Approval Guidelines ‒ Annual Review;
• Post Approval Guidelines ‒ Independent Audits;