SUPERSEDED - Decision Notice OPW26 0033 (As Published)

                              (*) Refer to Advisory Note
               16.    Vegetation areas for protection must:
                      a.      Be protected in accordance with the approved Tree Protection Plan(s) listed in this
                              Decision Notice.
                      b.      Be protected with a minimum 1.2m high temporary safety fence (or temporary barrier
                              mesh / three-strand wire with pickets at 3m centres or flagging / bunting).
                      c.      Have the fence installed prior to the prestart meeting and maintained for the entire
                              period of construction.
                      d.      Have ‘Exclusion Zone’ (‘No Go,’ ‘No clearing zone’) signage fixed to the fence at
                              10m centres.
                      e.      Have no construction material, equipment or personnel entering the Exclusion Zone’
                              (‘No Go,’ ‘No clearing zone’) except to undertake approved rehabilitation activities.
                              (*) Refer to Advisory Note
               Removal of existing trees and vegetation
               17.    Approved vegetation removal, felling and lopping must:
                      a.      Be undertaken in a manner that avoids damaging surrounding vegetation and habitat
                              to be retained.
                      b.      Retain old growth tree hollows and suitably relocate and distribute for nesting fauna.
                      c.      Mulch all other wood and leaf material (without root balls, soil or debris and minimising
                              weed seeds) for re-usable mulch.
                      d.      Have mulch for re-use in landscape or rehabilitation stockpiled and aged for a minimum
                              of three months.
                      e.      Have mulch stockpiles no larger than 1000m3, 2.5m in height and with 10m separation
                              between piles.
                              (*) Refer to Advisory Note
               FAUNA MANAGEMENT
               18.    Fauna management works must be managed, supervised, undertaken and certified by
                      qualified persons (*) to:
                      a.      ensure all works, prior to and during clearing, are carried out in accordance with the
                              approved Fauna Management Plan and fauna management conditions listed in this
                              Decision Notice; and the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
                      b.      Undertake pre-clearing inspections including fauna relocation and removal or blocking
                              of all vacant hollows.
                      c.      Ensure clearing works avoids nesting times of animals and birds.
                      d.      Co-ordinate staging and sequence of clearing with fauna protection.
                      e.      Protect and recover fauna during clearing operations (not previously removed).
                      f.      Manage the translocation of animals and recovery procedures in accordance with
                              relevant legislation.
                      A qualified person for the purpose of managing and supervising fauna protection, preparing
                      Fauna reporting and certification and calculating compensatory habitat, is considered to be
                      an Ecologist and Environmental Scientist with a minimum of three years current experience
                      in the field of fauna assessment and management and current certification under the
                      Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
                      (*) Refer to Advisory Note




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