2022-05-16 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Report from Marine Approval Specialists

Performance outcome   Acceptable outcome                  Applicant response             Assessment
                      cause, by changing the flow         throughout the Noosa           the potential for short-term
                      of water, the removal of, or        River.                         disturbance to the stability of the
                      disturbance to, the sediment        However, Concept Layouts       bed and banks of tidal water. The
                      on the bed and banks of tidal       2 & 3 (segmented               Project demonstrates appropriate
                      water;                              longshore modules most         mitigation and management
                      (b) if a relevant planning scheme   suitable for locations which   measures have been considered
                      standard is more stringent          are vulnerable to erosion      through the Noosa Oyster Ecosystem
                      than the standard mentioned         and adopted for Phase 1)       Restoration Project – Project
                      in paragraph (a)—the                are anticipated to act as a    Restoration Plan. In addition, as
                      relevant planning scheme            segmented reef patches         required under condition 21 of SARA
                      standard, to the extent it is       and provide some               Decision Notice, the Inspection and
                      more stringent than the             sheltering to the shoreline    Monitoring Program will monitor any
                      standard mentioned in               from wave action and           potential impacts and provide
                      paragraph (a).                      vessel wake and result in      management measures to remediate
                                                          reduced erosion. The           any adverse impacts should they
                                                          layout is aligned with the     occur.
                                                          river flows and provide        Furthermore, the works must be
                                                          gaps between reef patches      undertaken in accordance with an
                                                          to limit potential for         approved Construction
                                                          impacts on natural             Environmental Management Plan
                                                          processes.                     (CEMP) as per Council approval
                                                          The proposed works are         conditions.
                                                          not expected to adversely
                                                          affect the stability of the
                                                          bed or banks of tidal
                                                          waters. Some settlement
                                                          or localised scour on the
                                                          seaward side may occur
                                                          and the works are
                                                          expected to be reprofiled
                                                          or topped up in response.