Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development expressions of interest invited from leading experts in the fields of hydrogeology or hydrology. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (the department), on behalf of the Australian Government Minister for the Environment, is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from leading experts in the fields of hydrogeology or hydrology to fill 2 member positions on the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development (IESC), commencing July . The IESC is an independent, expert, statutory committee established under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act), the Australian Governments central piece of environmental legislation. The EPBC Act provides a framework to protect and manage matters of national environmental significance. This includes the potential impacts to water resources due to unconventional gas and large coal
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