The objective of the final rehabilitation, decommissioning and mine closure plan, which must be measurable and auditable, is to identify a post-mining land use that is feasible through─
| (a) |
providing the vision, objectives, targets and criteria for final rehabilitation, decommissioning and closure of the project; |
| (b) |
outlining the design principles for closure; |
| (c) |
explaining the risk assessment approach and outcomes and link closure activities to risk rehabilitation; |
| (d) |
detailing the closure actions that clearly indicate the measures that will be taken to mitigate and/or manage identified risks and describes the nature of residual risks that will need to be monitored and managed post closure; |
| (e) |
committing to a schedule, budget, roles and responsibilities for final rehabilitation, decommissioning and closure of each relevant activity or item of infrastructure; |
| (f) |
identifying knowledge gaps and how these will be addressed and filled; |
| (g) |
detailing the full closure costs for the life of project at increasing levels of accuracy as the project develops and approaches closure in line with the final land use proposed; and |
| (h) |
outlining monitoring, auditing and reporting requirements. |
Statistics Act, 1999
