QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Question No. 2218)
Senator Siewert 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.