Annex 12 - Code 12 - Declared fish habitat area

  Performance outcomes                                     Acceptable outcomes                                Response
                                                           For any other development, no acceptable outcome
                                                           is nominated.
  PO10 Development likely to cause disturbance to          No acceptable outcome is prescribed.               Complies with PO10
  potential or actual acid sulfate soil, prevents the
  release of contaminants.                                                                                    The works will not result in the disturbance of
                                                                                                              materials (acid sulphate soils or otherwise). Clean
  Note: Management of acid sulfate soil is consistent                                                         igneous or metamorphic rock substrate will be used,
  with the current Queensland acid sulfate soil                                                               which will be sourced from a local quarry, and placed
  technical manual: Soil management guidelines v4.0,                                                          carefully on site (i.e. no dumping).
  Department of Science, Information Technology,
  Innovation and the Arts, 2014.
  PO11 Where benthic disturbance is necessary, it is       No acceptable outcome is prescribed.               Complies with PO11
  undertaken in a manner that enables the area to be
  restored to the pre-disturbance condition and profile,                                                      The restoration structures are designed to augment
  having regard to (amongst other things):                                                                    the existing benthic habitat to restore oyster reef
                                                                                                              ecosystems, therefore a temporary disturbance to
      1. surface sediment type and profile
                                                                                                              benthos is required and this will be monitored and
      2. bank profile and potential for erosion; and                                                          managed.
      3. amount of surface area disturbed.


  Note: Such disturbances include but are not limited
  to those associated with provisions of subterranean
  infrastructure, or temporary structures.
  PO12 Excess sediment arising from development is         AO12.1 Excess sediment is disposed of outside of   Complies with PO12
  managed to avoid further disturbance within the          the boundaries of a declared fish habitat area.
  declared fish habitat area.                                                                                 Temporary disturbance of sediment on the seabed
                                                                                                              during the construction of the oyster reef patches will
                                                                                                              be managed as per the protocol specified in the
State Development Assessment Provisions – version 2.6
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