CMPA 15 Year Members
The CMPA recognises the 15 Year Members from 2020-21
Features
VAGO Rehabilitating Mines
Following is a series of comments from RON KERR, CMPA Honorary CEO. in response to the Victorian Auditor General’s Office (VAGO) report Rehabilitating Mines (1). I, like many of those in our industry who hold or manage Work Authorities, am…
Construction Material Production Statistics
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Tables 1-10. In summary the annual reporting by the extractive industry may contain inaccuracies such as incorrect groupings; internal transfers distorting the rates which may bring into question the integrity of the…
Getting the Groundwork Right – Closure Report
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Many of you may remember in 2017 the review undertaken of Earth Resources Regulation (ERR) “Getting the Groundwork Right: Better Regulation of Mines and Quarries” (Report) undertaken by Anna Cronin Commissioner for…
Rock solid science for the extractives sector
PAUL MCDONALD, Director Geological Survey of Victoria, DJPR. The State’s geoscience agency, the Geological Survey of Victoria (GSV) will be visiting a number of quarries between May and October this year to collect physical rock samples. The geological extractives sampling…
Changes to work authority annual reporting
HELEN J FOARD, DJPR. The Victorian Government’s Extractive Resources Strategy commits to better industry reporting and sharing of data across the quarrying sector and planning agencies. A priority of the Strategy is to improve the type of information submitted by…
New Environment Protection Act
DR ELIZABTH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a report on the new Environment Protection Act 2017 and the Environment Protection Regulations 2020 which take effect from 1 July 2021 (see www.epa.vic.gov.au). General Environmental Duty The centerpiece of the…
Proposed Crystalline Silica Regulations 2021
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides CMPA comments on the proposed Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Crystalline Silica) Regulations 2021. Reforms to the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulations are being considered by WorkSafe in order to…
EPA Waste Determinations Paper
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Purpose The new Environment Protection Act 2017 comes into force on1 July 2021. Through the Recycling Markets Acceleration Package (RMAP), EPA is working on a series of waste and resource recovery determinations…
Draft Earth Resources Regulation Rehabilitation Plan Guidelines
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Purpose According to Earth Resources Regulation (ERR) the purpose of the guideline (https://engage.vic.gov.au/preparation-rehabilitation-plans-guideline-extractive-industry) is to provide information to assist extractive industry work authority holders to develop rehabilitation plans that meet regulatory requirements…