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About the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development
- Fact sheet - the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development (IESC)
- The IESC and the assessment process under the EPBC Act
Information Guidelines
The IESC has developed a suite of resources to assist industry and regulators with environmental assessments. The resources provide guidance on the suggested information and data to be included in an environmental impact assessment. Providing appropriate information enables the Committee to provide robust scientific advice to government regulators on the potential water-related impacts of coal seam gas and large coal mining development proposals.
The IESC’s advice is available on the Scientific advice page.
Explanatory Notes
For some topics, Explanatory Notes have been written to supplement the IESC Information Guidelines, providing tailored guidance and up-to-date robust scientific methodologies and tools for specific components of Environmental Impact Assessments on coal seam gas and large coal mining developments.
- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Uncertainty analysis for groundwater modelling
- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Assessing groundwater-dependent ecosystems
- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Deriving site-specific guideline values for physico-chemical parameters and toxicants
- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Characterisation and modelling of geological fault zones
- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with underground coal mining
Annual Reviews
- Annual Review of Activities - July 2021-June 2022
- Annual Review of Activities - July 2020-June 2021
- Annual Review of Activities - July 2019-June 2020
- Annual Review of Activities - July 2018-June 2019
- Annual Review of Activities - July 2017-June 2018
- Annual Review of Activities - July 2016-June 2017
- Annual Review of Activities - July 2015-June 2016
- Annual Review of activities - July 2014-June 2015
- Review of activities - December 2012-June 2014
- The year in review - 2012-2013
Fact sheets
Consistent with its functions, the IESC has developed a number of fact sheets on key scientific issues associated with the water related impacts of coal seam gas and large coal mining development.
- Fact sheet - Coal seam gas extraction and co-produced water
- Fact sheet - Connectivity between water systems
- Fact sheet - Environmental Assessments
- Fact sheet - Environmental water tracers in environmental impact assessments for coal seam gas and large coal mining developments
- Fact sheet - Subsidence from coal seam gas extraction
- Fact sheet - Subsidence from longwall coal mining