Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 19 September 2012:

(1) What are the rehabilitation obligations of Christmas Island Phosphates (CIP) in regard to the areas it has mined or re-mined.

(2) What is the existing mine completion criteria for Christmas Island.

(3) Will CIP be required to produce a mine closure plan within the next 12 months.

(4) If CIP is required to produce a mine closure plan, what consultation processes are occurring to determine post-mining land use.

(5) Will CIP be subject to the Mining Rehabilitation Fund levy.

(6) What documentation and monitoring data is available on the rehabilitation performance of CIP to date.