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

Noosa Spit Coastal Protection Environmental Assessment                                                                                                          B-17
State Codes


 Performance outcomes                                    Acceptable outcomes                              Code compliance
 PO8 Works are undertaken to encourage fish              No acceptable outcome is prescribed.             NA
 habitats and fisheries resource values to
 naturally regenerate.

 Note: Substitution of fish habitats is not
 supported.

 A condition of approval for any marine plant
 restoration is likely to require a post-works
 monitoring and maintenance program
 appropriate for the scale of the restoration works.
 PO9 Development likely to cause drainage or             No acceptable outcome is prescribed.             Dredging will only be undertaken to approximately -3m
 disturbance to acid sulfate soils, prevents the                                                          AHD; previous testing has identified that acidic material is
 release of contaminants and impacts on fisheries                                                         unlikely above this level. Additionally, regular testing of
 resources and fish habitats.                                                                             dredge material will be undertaken and material avoided
 Note: Management of acid sulfate soil is                                                                 where acidic material is present (i.e. material taken from
 consistent with the current Queensland acid                                                              another location).
 sulfate soil technical manual: Soil Management
 Guidelines v4.0, Department of Science,
 Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts,
 2014
 PO10 Tidal and freshwater inundation and                For bridges:                                     Beach nourishment will be below MHWS, and is not
 drainage patterns, extent and timing are                                                                 expected to prevent or change existing drainage to
 maintained or restored such that ecological             AO10.1 Bridges are designed with abutments       marine plants present at the Spit (most inundation occurs
 processes continue and associated fish habitat          above the highest astronomical tide.             from the south – from Noosa Sound, rather than from
 values and condition are maintained.                    AND                                              Noosa River).

                                                         For water, sewer or stormwater infrastructure:

                                                         AO10.2 Infrastructure is placed below the
                                                         existing natural substrate surface level, and
                                                         natural substrate, surface levels and habitat
                                                         condition and values are reinstated.

                                                         For any other development, no acceptable
                                                         outcome is prescribed.




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