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

Noosa Spit Coastal Protection Environmental Assessment                                                                                                           B-12
State Codes

                                           Table B-3     State Code 11: Removal, destruction or damage of marine plants

 Performance outcomes                                    Acceptable outcomes                                   Code compliance
 All development
 PO1 There is a demonstrated need for the                For development associated with a public health       Complies - The works are required to reduce erosion on
 development, and alternatives (locations and            or safety                                             Dog Beach while maintaining navigational access.
 designs) which do not involve removal,                  purpose:
 destruction or damage of marine plants and                                                                    A number of alternative designs were considered: the
 impacts to fisheries resources and fish habitats        AO1.1 Development is for:                             option chosen was preferred as it minimises ongoing
 are not viable.                                                                                               maintenance requirements and disturbance to the marine
                                                         1. signage or aids to warn the public of a safety     environment.
                                                         hazard
                                                         (for example, within a waterway to warn of
                                                         submerged rocks, crocodiles, marine stingers);
                                                         or
                                                         2. prevention of an impending public safety
                                                         issue; or
                                                         3. the mitigation of a hazard to public safety that
                                                         has
                                                         resulted from a specific unforeseen event (for
                                                         example, a fallen tree that is a danger to safe
                                                         navigation); or
                                                         4. placement of a cyclone mooring identified
                                                         under a
                                                         cyclone contingency plan by the harbour master
                                                         or
                                                         controlling port authority, and is located in
                                                         accordance with the plan; or
                                                         5. a public health purpose that has been
                                                         endorsed in
                                                         writing by Queensland Health or the relevant
                                                         local
                                                         government.
                                                         For any other development, no acceptable
                                                         outcome is
                                                         prescribed.
                                                         Note: The application should identify and
                                                         document the impacts of alternative proposals.



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