RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                  Ecological Assessment Report




Legislative Element   Description                                           Triggers                       Database Search           Applicable to report

Vegetation            The clearing of native vegetation in Queensland       Clearing of regulated          DOR Vegetation            Yes. The site is
Management Act        is regulated by the VM Act, which protects the        vegetation communities,        Management Report -       mapped as supporting
1999 Vegetation       clearing of remnant vegetation as shown by the        unless exempt under the        Regulated Vegetation      regulated vegetation
Management and        DOR mapping. The VM Act works in conjunction          Planning Act 2016 and/or       Management (RVM)          under the RVM map.
Other Legislation     with the Planning Act 2016 and Planning               Vegetation Management          Map                       refer to Section 5.
Amendment Bill 2018   Regulation 2017 to ensure that where vegetation       Regulation.
(VM Act)              clearing is for a relevant purpose and constitutes
                      assessable development.                               Clearing of habitat that is    DOR Vegetation            Yes. The site is
                                                                            mapped as essential            Management Report -       mapped as supporting
                                                                            habitat for endangered,        Vegetation                essential habitat. refer
                                                                            vulnerable or near-            management                to Section 4.
                                                                            threatened                     supporting map
                                                                            wildlife protected under the
                                                                            NC Act.

Water Act 2000        The Water Act 2000 provides for the sustainable       Action resulting in            Mapped Watercourse        No. The site does not
                      management of water and other resources and           interference with overland     on the Watercourse        impact on any mapped
                      establishes a framework for the operation of          flow, earthworks,              identification map        watercourses.
                      water authorities. The Act aims to provide and        significant disturbance.       (WIM)
                      manage water resources through the principles of
                      water sharing, cost sharing and pricing principles,
                      planning and water source quality.

Economic              The purpose of this act is to facilitate economic     Action within a Priority       SPP Interactive           No. The site is not
Development Act       growth and development in Queensland.                 Development Area.              Mapping System            mapped in a PDA.
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