Supervising Scientist Annual Report 2002 - 2003
Supervising Scientist, Darwin, 2003
ISBN 0 642 24383 2
ISSN 0 158-4030
Foreword
Subsection 36(1) of the Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978 requires the Supervising Scientist to provide an Annual Report to Parliament on the operation of the Act and on certain related matters. The Act requires the following information to be reported:
- all directions given to the Supervising Scientist by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage;
- information on the collection and assessment of scientific data relating to the environmental effects of mining in the Alligator Rivers Region;
- standards, practices and procedures in relation to mining operations adopted or changed during the year, and the environmental effects of those changes;
- measures taken to protect the environment, or restore it from the effects of mining in the region;
- requirements under prescribed instruments that were enacted, made, adopted or issued and that relate to mining operations in the Alligator Rivers Region and the environment;
- implementation of the above requirements;
- a statement of the cost of operations of the Supervising Scientist.
Contents
- Letter of Transmittal
- Foreword
- Supervising Scientist's Overview
- Abbreviations
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Environmental Assessments of Uranium Mines
- 3 - Environmental Research and Monitoring
- 4 - Statutory Committees
- 5 - National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research
- 6 - Communication Liaison
- 7 - Administrative Arrangements
- Appendix 1 - List of Publications 2002-03
- Appendix 2 - Presentations to Conferences and Symposia
- List of Tables
- List of Figures