New South Wales Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2017 under the Dams Safety Act 1978 DAVID HURLEY, Governor I, General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret'd), Governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 27 of the Dams Safety Act 1978, make the following Proclamation. Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 21st day of June 2017. By His Excellency's Command, NIALL BLAIR, MLC Minister for Regional Water GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! Explanatory note The objects of this Proclamation are: (a) to add the names and locations of certain dams to the list of prescribed dams in Schedule 1 to the Dams Safety Act 1978 to enable the Dams Safety Committee to exercise certain functions in relation to the dams (including issuing notices requiring things to be done to ensure the safety of the dams), and (b) to omit the names and locations of certain other dams from the list of prescribed dams, so as to remove the prescribed status of those dams, and (c) to alter the names of 2 dams and their locations in the list of prescribed dams. Published LW 23 June 2017 (2017 No 273) Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2017 [NSW] Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2017 under the Dams Safety Act 1978 1 Name of Proclamation This Proclamation is the Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2017. 2 Commencement This Proclamation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website. Page 2 Published LW 23 June 2017 (2017 No 273) Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2017 [NSW] Schedule 1 Amendment of Dams Safety Act 1978 No 96 Schedule 1 [1] Amendment of Dams Safety Act 1978 No 96 Schedule 1 Prescribed dams Insert the following in appropriate order: Adelong Tailings Bingara Gorge Pond 1 Blackwood Pit Tailings Storage Facility Connors Creek Dam Corindi Stage 3 Dam Diamond Circuit Detention Basin Dobinson Retarding Basin Emerson Street Detention Basin Kensington Centennial Park Pond Korrumbyn Creek Mount Pleasant Environmental Dam 3 Mount Pleasant Mine Water Dam Mount Pleasant Tailings Northparkes Infill Tailings Storage Facility Nyngan Evaporation Pond Nyngan Tailings Storage Facility Parnells Creek Mine Water Dam Redbank Dam 13 Redbank Dam 15 Sarah Fahey Park Retarding Basin Schofields North Rail Facility Schofields South Rail Facility St Peters Basin--9SWB01 Warkworth Main Water Dam--1N Woodlawn Tailings Storage Facility 4 [2] Schedule 1 Adelong Bingara Gorge, Wilton Broken Hill Connors Creek, Barraba Kathleen Drive, Corindi Rutherford Wollongong Emerson Street Reserve, Wetherill Park Centennial Park, Sydney Korrumbyn Creek, Murwillumbah Muswellbrook Muswellbrook Muswellbrook Goonumbla Nyngan Nyngan Parnells Creek, Jerrys Plains North Richmond North Richmond Copacabana First Ponds Creek, Schofields First Ponds Creek, Schofields St Peters Mt Thorley (near Singleton) Off-stream near Tarago Omit the matter relating to the following dams: Dapto Heights Retarding Basin Jerrara Creek Ravensworth Void 3 Tailings Dam Snapper Startup Water Warkworth Mine Tailings Page 3 Published LW 23 June 2017 (2017 No 273) Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2017 [NSW] Schedule 1 Amendment of Dams Safety Act 1978 No 96 [3] Schedule 1 Omit the matter relating to North Parkes Tailings and North Parkes Tailings Dam No 2. Insert in appropriate order: Northparkes Tailings Northparkes Tailings Dam No 2 Cookopie Creek near Parkes Cookopie Creek near Parkes Page 4 Published LW 23 June 2017 (2017 No 273)