Cover Letter, DA Form 1, Plans, Owners Consent, Coastal Environment Assessment · OPW21/0049

Noosa Spit Coastal Protection Environmental Assessment                                               7
Matters of State Environmental Significance




3          Matters of State Environmental Significance
           Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES) are a component of the biodiversity state
           interest that is defined under the State Planning Policy (SPP) and the Environmental Offsets
           Regulation 2014 (Offset Regulation). These comprise:

           • Protected areas i.e. marine parks, FHAs that are Management A areas

           • Wetlands that are ‘wetlands of high ecological significance’

           • Legally secured offset areas as defined under the Environmental Offsets Act 2014

           • Threatened wildlife under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and special least concern
             animals under the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006

           • Marine plants under the Fisheries Act 1994 (excluding marine plants in an urban area)

           • Waterways that provide for fish passage under the Fisheries Act 1994 (excluding
             waterways providing for fish passage in an urban area)

           • High risk area on the flora survey trigger map as described in the Offset Regulation

           • Regulated vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999.

           Figure 3-1 shows where MSES are mapped in relation to works.

3.1        Fish Habitat Area
           The works are not located within a FHA however, a 50m buffer between the works and the
           adjacent FHA (Figure 3-1) has been allowed.




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