Coal Mining Referral Area

Coal Mining Referral area showing areas of high development risk.

The Development High Risk Area is the part of the coal mining reporting area which contains one or more recorded coal mining related features at surface or shallow depth. These features pose a potential risk to surface stability and public safety. The combination of features included in this composite area includes mine entries; shallow coal workings (recorded and probable); recorded coal mining related hazards; recorded mine gas sites; fissures and breaklines and previous surface mining sites. New development proposals in this defined area should be supported by a Coal Mining Risk Assessment in order to demonstrate that the development will be safe and stable, taking full account of former coal mining activities. This area was formally known as the Development Referral Area.

煤炭开采区域推荐区，显示高风险开发区域。开发高风险区域系煤炭开采报告区域中包含一个或多个记录在案的煤炭开采相关特征的地带，这些特征对地表稳定性及公共安全构成潜在风险。该复合区域所包含的特征组合包括矿井入口；浅层煤炭开采（已记录及可能存在的）；记录在案的煤炭开采相关危险；记录在案的矿井瓦斯地点；裂缝和断裂线以及先前的地表开采地点。在此定义区域内的新开发提案应支持煤炭开采风险评估，以证明开发活动将安全稳定，充分考虑过往的煤炭开采活动。此区域曾正式被称为开发推荐区域。