2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 4 - Final New Noosa Plan Part 8-9 Schedule Appendix Track Change version

      Performance outcomes                                            Acceptable outcomes

      (b)   is managed to avoid or minimise the release of acid and         according to the National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance;
            metal contaminants, where disturbance of ASS is           (b)   not excavating or otherwise removing soil or sediment
            unavoidable.                                                    containing ASS;
                                                                      (c)   not permanently or temporarily extracting groundwater
                                                                            that results in the aeration of previously saturated ASS;
                                                                            and
                                                                      (d)   not undertaking filling on land at or below 5 metres AHD
                                                                            that results in:­
                                                                            (i)    actual ASS being moved below the water table; or
                                                                            (ii)   previously saturated ASS being aerated.


                                                                      Editor's note—National Sampling and Identification Methods
                                                                      Guidelines is a reference to:
                                                                      (a) National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance: National acid
                                                                      sulfate soils sampling and identification methods manual,
                                                                      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Canberra
                                                                      (Sullivan et al, 2018); and
                                                                      (b) National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance: National Acid
                                                                      Sulfate Soils Identification and Laboratory Methods Manual,
                                                                      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Canberra;
                                                                      and
                                                                      (c) the Australian Standard 4969.

                                                                      OR

                                                                      AO1.2
                                                                      The disturbance of ASS avoids the release of acid and metal
                                                                      contaminants by:­
                                                                      (a)   undertaking an ASS investigation conforming to
                                                                            the National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance;
                                                                      (b)   neutralising existing acidity and preventing the
                                                                            generation of acid and metal contaminants using
                                                                            strategies documented in the Soil Management
                                                                            Guidelines; and
                                                                      (c)   preventing the release of surface or groundwater flows
                                                                            containing acid and metal contaminants into the
                                                                            environment.

                                                                      AND

                                                                      Editor's note—Soil Management Guidelines is a reference to
                                                                      the 'Soil Management Guidelines. Queensland Acid Sulfate
                                                                      Soils Technical Manual'. Dear SE, Moore NG, Dobos SK,
                                                                      Watling KM and Ahern CR. Department of Natural Resources
                                                                      and Mines (2002).

                                                                      AO1.3
                                                                      Where potential or actual ASS is identified, they are managed in
                                                                      accordance with an ASS management plan.




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