An ER is required for all mines that have an ER condition imposed under the Mining Act 1978 (Mining Act). A condition requiring the submission of an ER annually (or reporting on an alternative timescale) is imposed on all Approvals Statements. An ER that is required annually is commonly referred to as an Annual Environmental Report (AER). For mines that have not yet been issued with an Approvals Statement, an AER condition was commonly imposed on all tenements following the approval of a mining proposal.
Failure to submit a required ER is a breach of tenement conditions that renders the affected tenement(s) liable for forfeiture pursuant to sections 96(2)b, 96A(1) or 97(1) of the Mining Act.
ERs are submitted through the DMPE Environmental Assessment and Regulatory System 2 (EARS2) system. This Guideline provides an overview of the structure and information required when reporting on mining activities approved under the Mining Act in Western Australia.
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