Approvals Application Supporting Material · MCU26/0084

                                               Noosa Harbour & Las Rias Foreshore Management Works
                                                OFFICIAL



As noted in Section 3.1, water and sediment quality impacts are not expected from the dredging and
placement sites and therefore impacts to aquatic ecological values are not anticipated.

The combination of a groynefield and sand nourishment along the foreshore is expected to re-create a
sandy foreshore environment, compared to the current, highly eroded state. This will improve habitat
values for shorebirds and other intertidal species by maximising the land available for these species to
utilise. At present, due to erosion, there is limited to no intertidal habitat available for these species.

Overall, the works are not anticipated to cause any long-term changes to ecological values for the lower
Noosa River and any disturbances during the works would be temporary only.

Note also that, as shown in Figure 3.4, the works are set back a significant distance from any mapped
Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES), including the Noosa River fish habitat area and
wetlands of high ecological significance.

3.4 Environmental Management Arrangement
To appropriately provide for environmental management, the works contractor will be required to
develop and implement a Dredge Management Plan (DMP), inclusive of all dredging and foreshore
works. A framework DMP is attached at Annex D which provides the minimum management
requirements for the DMP.




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