Section 8, Ores Regulations, 2012

(1) An application to operate a mine or mill shall include- (b) a general description of the proposed activities and their schedule; (c) the results of a process-hazard analysis or safety analysis; (d) the proposed policies, methods and programs for operating and maintaining the mine or mill; (e) a radiation protection plan that meets the requirements of the Board; (f) an environmental management plan that meets the requirements of environmental management plan in regulation 3, (g) a waste management plan that meets the requirements of waste management plan in regulation 3; (h) a strategic management plan that meets the requirements of regulation 3; (i) a community engagement plan that meets the requirements of regulation 3, (j) updates of the proposed decommissioning plan, including commitments to ongoing progressive rehabilitation; (k) a financial guarantee of an amount to be determined by the Board; 10 11 Underground mines In situ recovery mining. Operation of mine or mill. (l) the ventilation, air quality management and ground control plans; (m) proposed reporting of the extent and movement of mine fluids and groundwater including monitoring and modeling; (n) proposed reporting of impacts of mining operations on groundwater, and (o) location and depth of the installed injection, recovery, monitoring and waste disposal wells. (9) An application to decommission a mine or mill shall include- (b) a decommissioning plan that includes- (i) the scope of the proposed decommissioning including land, buildings, structures, components, systems, equipment, waste materials, radioactive materials and hazardous substances that will be affected. (ii) the scope of the currently authorized mine or mill that will not be subject to decommissioning; (c) the term of the proposed authorization to include the periods of active decommissioning work and ongoing institutional control; (d) the methods and programmes for carrying out the decommissioning; (e) schedules including proposals to progressively apply for authorization to release parts of the authorized mine or mill from regulatory control; (f) a radiation protection plan, environmental management plan, a waste management plan and a strategic management plan that meets the requirement of regulation 3; (g) a community engagement plan that meets the requirement of regulation 3; (h) a financial guarantee of an amount determined by the Board; (i) a safety case including an environmental assessment to support the implementation of the final decommissioning plan; (j) the objectives and end-state status of the authorized mine or mill on completion of works; (k) radiological and environmental criteria; (l) performance measures and monitoring programs that will demonstrate that the endstate criteria have been achieved; (m) details of ongoing institutional controls including access restriction and longterm care and maintenance activities such as water treatment; (n) justification for any institutional controls; (o) monitoring programs to demonstrate that decommissioning objectives continue to be achieved after the decommissioning phase is completed; (p) the content of records to be provided to the Board at the conclusion of the term of the authorization and location form and accessibility of these records; and 12 13 Decommissioning. (q) contingency measures to be taken if decommissioning objectives do not continue to be achieved, (10) The application to release a mine or mill from regulatory control shall include- (b) the scope of the authorized site where release from regulatory control is being sought; (c) a general description of the site and its location, and any remaining buildings, structures and equipment; (d) results of decommissioning activities including- (i) radiation surveys; (ii) environmental monitoring (e) an assessment of the effectiveness of rehabilitation works; (f) structural assessment of engineered barriers; (g) evidence that ongoing institutional controls including access restrictions and long-term case and maintenance activities such as water treatment are in place and operating; (h) location, form and accessibility of records that have been retained; (i) the updated safety case based on results of decommisssioning activities; (j) the proposed timing of release; and (k) a community engagement plan that meets the requirements of regulation 3.