About the document

For some topics, Explanatory Notes have been written to supplement the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development (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.

The Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Uncertainty analysis for groundwater modelling provides a range of approaches available to proponents and regulators in understanding and interpreting uncertainty analysis for groundwater modelling to assist in decision making.

The summary guide provides a short, simplified summary of the Explanatory Note.

Updates to IESC Information Guidelines and Explanatory Notes will be undertaken as new methodologies and tools become available.

Further information

• Information guidelines for proponents preparing coal seam gas and large coal mining development proposals
• On 26 May 2021, the IESC hosted a virtual masterclass on its Explanatory Note: Uncertainty analysis–Guidance for groundwater modelling within a risk management framework.