Gulf Resource Operation Plan June 2010 Amendment August 2015
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Gulf Resource Operations Plan June 2010 Amendment August 2015 ii Contents Chapter 1 Preliminary .............................................................................. 1 1 Short title ............................................................................................................. 1 2 Commencement of the resource operations plan ................................................. 1 3 Purpose of plan ................................................................................................... 1 4 Interpretation of words used in this plan............................................................... 1 5 Plan area ............................................................................................................. 1 6 Water management areas—Water Regulation 2002, section 56(4A) ................... 1 7 Resource operations plan zones.......................................................................... 1 8 Information about areas and zones ...................................................................... 1 9 Water to which this plan applies .......................................................................... 2 10 Section number not used ..................................................................................... 2 11 Metering .............................................................................................................. 2 12 Departmental water monitoring data collection standards and data reporting standards ............................................................................................................. 2 13 Section number not used ..................................................................................... 2 14 Operating and environmental management rules and monitoring requirements........................................................................................................ 2 15 Interim program ................................................................................................... 2 16 Addressing water resource plan outcomes .......................................................... 3 17 to 28 Section numbers not used ................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 Unallocated water ................................................................... 4 29 Scope of Chapter 2 .............................................................................................. 4 30 Record of volume of unallocated water ................................................................ 4 31 Requirement for information about land suitability ............................................... 4 32 to 34 Section numbers not used ................................................................................... 4 Part 1 Granting unallocated water from reserves ...................................................... 4 35 Granting unallocated water ................................................................................. 4 36 to 38 Section numbers not used ................................................................................... 4 39 Additional considerations for granting water entitlements for taking groundwater ........................................................................................................ 4 40 Section number not used .................................................................................... 4 41 Special conditions for entitlements granted from the indigenous reserve ............ 4 42 to 51 Section numbers not used ................................................................................... 4 Chapter 3 Granting, converting and amending authorisations ............. 5 52 to 82 Section numbers not used ................................................................................... 5 Gulf Resource Operations Plan June 2010 Amendment August 2015 iii Chapter 4 Moondarra Dam and Julius Dam Water Supply Schemes .................................................................................. 6 83 Application of chapter 4 ....................................................................................... 6 84 Section number not used ..................................................................................... 6 Part 1 Water sharing rules ........................................................................................... 6 85 Announced allocation .......................................................................................... 6 86 Calculation of announced allocation for high priority groups (Julius Dam Water Supply Scheme) ........................................................................................ 7 87 Moondarra Dam critical water supply arrangements ............................................ 8 88 Calculation of announced allocations for medium priority groups (Moondarra Dam allocations) ............................................................................... 8 Part 2 Dealing with water allocations ........................................................................ 10 89 Scope of part 3 .................................................................................................. 10 Division 1 Subdivisions or amalgamation of water allocations ............................................ 10 90 Permitted subdivisions and amalgamations ....................................................... 10 91 Section number not used ................................................................................... 10 Division 2 Water allocation change rules ............................................................................ 10 Subdivision 1 Prohibited changes ............................................................................................ 10 92 Prohibited changes ............................................................................................ 10 Subdivision 2 Assessed changes to water allocations ............................................................. 11 93 Change of purpose from ‘distribution loss’ ......................................................... 11 94 Section number not used ................................................................................... 11 Part 3 Seasonal water assignment rules .................................................................. 11 95 Seasonal water assignment rules ...................................................................... 11 96 to 110 Section numbers not used ................................................................................. 11 Chapter 5 Water licences, applications and transfers ......................... 12 Part 1 Dealing with water licence applications ......................................................... 12 111 Application of part 1 ........................................................................................... 12 112 Applications to be refused.................................................................................. 12 113 Application to increase the maximum rate at which water may be taken ............ 12 114 Application to increase the daily volumetric limit ................................................ 13 115 and 115A Section number not used ................................................................... 14 Part 2 Transferring of water licences — (Regulation—s15A) .................................. 14 115B Licences may be transferred .............................................................................. 14 115C Transfer applications to be accepted ................................................................. 14 115D General water licence transfer rules .................................................................. 14 115E Specific water licence transfer rules for water transfer group B .......................... 15 115F Additional rules for transfers to or within an unzoned area ................................. 16 115G Criteria for determining attributes for transferring licences ................................. 16 Part 3 Seasonal water assignment under water licences ........................................ 16 Division 1 Seasonal water assignment—Flinders and Gilbert river water management areas ................................................................................................................. 16 Gulf Resource Operations Plan June 2010 Amendment August