Guidelines for preparing mine closure plans / Руководство по подготовке планов закрытия шахт (рекультивации)

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance on the preparation of Mine Closure Plans (or referred to as “the Plans”) to meet Western Australian regulatory requirements.
Consistent with industry leading practice, the guidelines are based on the principle that planning for mine closure should be an integral part of mine development and operations planning and should start “up front” as part of mine feasibility studies, before mining begins.

DMP and the EPA recognise that closure planning is a progressive process and that mine closure plans are living documents which should undergo on-going review, development and continuous improvement throughout the life of a mine. The level of information required needs to recognise the life span of a mine (e.g. a short term, medium term or long term project), and the detail should increase with time to closure. However, at all stages, DMP and the EPA expect mine closure plans to demonstrate, based on reliable science-based and appropriate site-specific information, that ecologically sustainable closure can be achieved <...>