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Queensland Government Gazette PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ISSN 0155-9370 Vol. 364] Friday 25 October 2013 Vacancy Appointment Gazette All submissions to the Vacancy Appointments which is included in the General Gazette must be received before 12noon on Tuesdays. Email your Appointments Part I - Appealable Part II - Non-Appealable in Word format to [email protected] The weeks Combined Gazette is placed online Friday morning and can be downloaded free of charge or viewed at www.qld.gov.au/publications [241] Queensland Government Gazette Extraordinary PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ISSN 0155-9370 Vol. 364] Monday 21 October 2013 [No. 39 State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 DECLARATION OF A PRESCRIBED PROJECT I, Jeffrey William Seeney, appointed as the Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, do hereby declare the Ella Bay Integrated Resort project to be a prescribed project pursuant to section 76E of the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971. The declaration takes effect from the date of its publication in the gazette, pursuant to section 76E(3) of the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971. © The State of Queensland 2013 Copyright protects this publication. Except for purposes permitted by the Copyright Act, reproduction by whatever means is prohibited without prior written permission. Inquiries should be addressed to: Gazette Advertising, GPO Box 2457, Brisbane QLD 4001. _____________________________ BRISBANE 21October 2013 242 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 39 [21 October 2013 This page has been left blank intentionally [243] Queensland Government Gazette Extraordinary PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ISSN 0155-9370 Vol. 364] Wednesday 23 October 2013 [No. 40 Mineral Resources Act 1989 1. Mandatory Criteria: The minimum expenditure is $2,000 per sub-block per year CALL FOR TENDERS FOR EXPLORATION PERMITS FOR COAL for coal aggregated over the permit area. Only those tenders NO. 01 2013 that meet this expenditure commitment may be further Short title considered for Preferred Tenderer status. 2. Other Criteria: 1. This notice may be cited as the Call for Tenders for Exploration • Appropriateness of work program; and Permits for Coal (No 01) 2013 under the Mineral Resources • Capability and commitment / willingness to proceed. Act 1989 (the Act). Further details of the evaluation criteria are set out in the call for Notice of Tender for Exploration Permits for Coal [s136C of the Act] tenders document. 2. This call for tenders, pursuant to section 136C of the Act, is In responding to each specific evaluation criteria explicitly stated an invitation for work program based tenders for an in the call for tenders document, tenderers are expected to Exploration Permit for Coal (EPC) for the three areas address each criteria by submitting their best possible application described as CLR2013-1-1, CLR2013-1-2 and CLR2013-1-3 including providing a program of works of a sufficiently high in the Schedule to this Notice. The tender process for the quality to distinguish them from competitors. To ensure a fair and three areas does not involve a cash bid component. equitable evaluation process, the State will employ reasoned judgement as to the relative merit and appropriateness of tenders. Tenders must be lodged with the Department of Natural Resources and Mines before 2.30 pm on Wednesday, 5 March 2014. Further information relevant to the grant process, including All tenders must be addressed to the Manager (Exploration requirements to make a valid tender application, the evaluation Management Unit) and hand delivered (by agent or in person) to criteria, and potential land use constraints, can be obtained in the the Land and Mines Policy Tender Box, which is located at: Call for Tenders for Exploration Permits for Coal document which is available from the department’s website www.dnrm.qld.gov.au Level 16, 61 Mary Street Brisbane QLD 4000 The Schedule to this Notice contains the description of the call Department of Natural Resources and Mines for tender areas in graticular blocks and sub-blocks as provided on the Block Identification Map (BIM) Series B held by the All tenders should be marked Attn: Manager – Exploration DNRM. Pursuant to Section 139 of the Act, there will be periodic Management Unit reductions in the area of each exploration permit unless the Tenderers must use the approved form and submit all necessary Minister directs otherwise on reasonable grounds. documentation for evaluation as prescribed in the Call for Tenders Additional conditions for Preferred Tenderers for Exploration Permits for Coal (CLR2013-1) document, available The Preferred Tenderer must lodge an environmental authority from the department’s website www.dnrm.qld.gov.au. Tenderers (EA) application with the Department of Environment and must lodge a separate application form and tender for each land Heritage Protection within 14 business days of being notified of area for which a tender is lodged. Preferred Tenderer status. Under Section 136D of the Act, a tender cannot be made after The failure of a Preferred Tenderer to comply with the the closing time for the call, or for only part of the area of the requirements of the tender may, without limitation, result in the proposed permit. Tenders lodged must also provide evidence Minister appointing another Preferred Tenderer, under section that each party to the tender is an eligible person (as defined 136J(4)(b) of the Act, or refusing to grant the permit, pursuant under Schedule 2 of the Act). to section 136K(1)(b) of the Act. Under Section 136E(d)(iii) of the Act, an application must be SCHEDULE accompanied by the statutory application fee (for each separate application form). The tenderer must provide a cheque for the Area CLR2013-1-1 amount of the prescribed application fee in Schedule 5 Part 3 of the CLER1422 d,j,o,p,t*,u Mineral Resources Regulation 2013 (the Regulation) with its tender. * Exclusive of ML 4571 (Bee Creek) Area CLR2013-1-2 Sections 136E of the Act outlines the requirements for making CLER2291 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y a tender for an EPC. The initial term and work program period for CLER2363 a,b,c,f,g,h,l,m,q,r an EPC granted in relation to CLR2013-1-1 to CLR2013-1-3 is proposed to be five (5) years. Area CLR2013-1-3 CLER2579 b,g,l,m,n,r,s,t,x,y,z The granting of Preferred Tenderer status is subject to a competitive CLER2651 d,e tendering process. Tenders will be assessed according to the CLER2652 a following evaluation criteria: 244 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 40 [23 October 2013 Mineral Resources Act 1989 Further information relevant to the grant process, including requirements to make a valid tender application, the evaluation CALL FOR TENDERS FOR EXPLORATION PERMITS FOR COAL criteria, and potential land use constraints, can be obtained in the NO. 02 2013 Call for Tenders for Exploration Permits for Coal document, which is available from the department’s website www.dnrm.qld.gov.au Short title 1. This notice may be cited as the Call for Tenders for The Schedule to this Notice contains the description of the call Exploration Permits for Coal Notice (No 02) 2013 under the for tender areas in graticular blocks and sub-blocks as provided Mineral Resources Act 1989 (the Act). on the Block Identification Map (BIM) Series B held by the DNRM. Pursuant to Section 139 of the Act, there will be periodic Notice of Tender for Exploration Permits for Coal [s136C of the Act] reductions in the area of each exploration permit unless the Minister directs otherwise on reasonable grounds. 2. This call for tenders, pursuant to section 136C of the Act, is an invitation for work program based tenders for an Exploration Additional conditions for Preferred Tenderers Permit for Coal (EPC) for the four areas described as CLR2013- Environmental authority 2-1, CLR2013-2-2, CLR2013-2-3, and CLR2013-2-4 in the The Preferred Tenderer must also lodge an environmental Schedule to this Notice. The tender process for the four areas authority (EA) application with the Department of Environment and does not involve a cash bid component. Heritage Protection within 14 business days of being notified of Tenders must be lodged with the Department of Natural Resources Preferred Tenderer status. and Mines before on . 2.30 pm Wednesday, 5 March 2014 Native Title All tenders must be addressed to the Manager (Exploration Management Unit) and hand delivered (by agent or in person) to A Right to Negotiate (RTN) or an Indigenous Land Use Agreement the Land and Mines Policy Tender Box, which is located at: (ILUA) (each a native title process) must be completed prior to the grant of any EPC in the CLR2013-2 release areas. After it receives Level 16, 61 Mary Street notification of its Preferred Tenderer status, the Preferred Tenderer Brisbane QLD 4001 must within 20 business days of the date of notification, inform Department of Natural Resources and Mines DNRM of the native title process that they intend to undertake for the grant of the EPC: either a RTN or an ILUA. All tenders should be marked Attn: Manager – Exploration If a Preferred Tenderer decides to undertake an RTN process under Management Unit the Native Title Act 1993 (Commonwealth), they must: Tenderers must use the approved form and submit all necessary a. (within 40 business days from the date of notification of documentation for evaluation as prescribed in the Call for Tenders being the Preferred Tenderer), lodge a submission with the for Exploration Permits for Coal (CLR2013-2) document, available Native Title Services Unit of the Department of Natural from the department’s website www.dnrm.qld.gov.au.