Key Points:
The use of voluntary land acquisition and mitigation
rights for land owners has been clarified under a new framework to
manage dust and noise impacts from mining, petroleum and extractive
industry developments.
On 19 December 2014, the NSW Government published a policy which
describes in detail how it will deal with predicted noise and dust
impacts from State significant mining, petroleum production and
extractive industry proposals in determining planning applications
for those proposals.
Entitled the Voluntary Land Acquisition and Mitigation
Policy, the Policy indicates when the Government will
consider approving a State significant development
(SSD) proposal which is predicted to exceed
relevant noise or dust assessment criteria, and describes the
mitigation and land acquisition obligations which will be required
of proponents in order to obtain approval.
