Preparation of Work Plans and Work Plan Variations – Guideline for Extractive Industry Projects October 2020 version 1.2. Extractive Industry Work Plan Guideline Update “Earth Resources Regulation (ERR) have released (30.10.20) the revised Preparation of Work Plans and Work Plan…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA reports on ERR’s new Geotechnical Guidelines. General comments The approach that the guideline takes seems to be extremely conservative, confusing, and unclear. A ‘Preliminary geotechnical assessment‘ (Section 2.1 and Section 3.3) is…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA reports on planning issues raised with DELWP. The CMPA has been involved in consultation with Planning, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) over the last 2 years. See “Encroachment and…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA reports on the meeting held with DJPR. A meeting (Microsoft teams) was held with DJPR to discuss the proposed Changes to Operating hours for extractives operations – Consultation draft for industry (7…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA comments on the VAGO report. Small to medium quarries distributed throughout Victoria provide for quality, choice and competitive pricing of construction materials for the Victorian consumer (including governments). The founding of the CMPA…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA discusses the Extractive Industry Priority List. The following information was taken from www.earthresources.vic.gov.au The initial Priority List (Hot List was published in the 2018 Joint Ministerial Statement – Extractive Resources. Being on the…
KATHY MAC INNES, Associate Director for Ricardo Energy, Environment and Planning provides an overview on the approvals process for quarries. The changes to requirements for compliance and approvals for quarries has accelerated in recent years such that it seems that…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA AGM. On 10th September 2020, the CMPA Annual General Meeting was held for the first time electronically on Microsoft Teams. The online event was hosted by Dr Elizabeth…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. Chairperson’s Report – Garry Cranny Following is a summary of the Chairperson’s report by Garry Cranny prepared by Dr Elizabeth Gibson. The most important set of…
GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager of CMPA reports on the value of being a CMPA Member. The current COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for all members of CMPA to work together for a common cause: keep the extractive industry…