Quarrying operations plan

You may need to provide an operations plan along with your application to extract riverine quarry material.

We will determine if a plan is required and what information needs to be provided. Contact your local business centre before lodging your application for advice.

An operations plan is a combination of documents, sketches and drawings to explain:

• where the proposed extraction operation is to be located
• when it is to occur
• how it is to occur
• any impacts that may need to be managed
• follow-up rehabilitation required.

The type of information that may be required in an operations plan include:

• operational requirements (e.g. site access, site plan, volume and method of extraction)
• technical requirements (e.g. geomorphology and condition of the stream reach, sediment replenishment rate, hydraulic regime)
• impacts and how they will be managed (e.g. wastewater disposal, turbidity, noise, dust)
• proposed rehabilitation (e.g. timing, methods, revegetation, performance measures).