Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) the application relates to a new relevant mining lease or mining claim for the environmental authority; or
(b) the application relates to an addition to the surface area of a relevant mining lease for the environmental authority; or
(c) the application relates to a change to the rehabilitation objectives that is likely to result in significantly different impacts on environmental values than the impacts previously authorised under the environmental authority.
(2) The administering authority or EPA Minister must, despite sections 246 and 247, decide that the level of environmental harm caused by any relevant mining activity is likely to be significantly increased.