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27 March 2006 a

Environmental Protection Agency

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4 io . Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Project Manager

Blue Care

Property Development Unit
PO Box 1539

MILTON QLD 4066

Dear Ms Hollands
Prelodgement meeting for Blue Care facility located at Girraween Estate, Noosa

I refer to the prelodgement meeting between representatives from Blue Care and Place Design
Group and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held on 8 March 2006 to discuss the
above development proposal. The following key issues were identified and need to be
addressed along with any actions required to progress each item.

Environmental management plan
To ensure the protection of environmental values both on- and off-site, in particular in the

adjacent Noosa National Park, it is recommended that an environmental management plan be
prepared and that the plan cover both construction and operational phases of the development.
The management plan should include a vegetation management plan that is consistent with
that prepared by Noose Shire Council for the Girraween Estate. An EPA guideline for
preparing such plans is available at: htttp://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications?id=706.

Buffer to National Park

The site, identified as Area 1 on Noosa Shire’s Girraween Master Plan, borders Noosa
National Park to the west. In order to ensure that the values of the national park are not
impacted it is recommended that the following measures be incorporated:
oA buffer of not less than 30 metres be provided along the entire eastern border with the
first 20 metres (closest to the park) being vegetation with locally indigenous species
with the balance of the buffed being available for fire management and storm water
management.
o Anaccess track/road be included in the buffer towards the development site and that
this track be constructed with a permeable material to allow natural water flow
o No increased water-flow entering the park — a reduction in water-flow may be
acceptable, though additional consultation with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
staff would be required to ascertain acceptable flow regimes.
© Quality of water entering the park is to be at least equivalent to that currently entering
the park.

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